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The 2001 Welsh Open (officially the 2001 Regal Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 28 January 2001 at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales.
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Tournament information | |
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Dates | 24–28 January 2001 |
Venue | Cardiff International Arena |
City | Cardiff |
Country | Wales |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £440,200 |
Winner's share | £62,000 |
Highest break | Alan McManus (SCO) (140) |
Final | |
Champion | Ken Doherty (IRL) |
Runner-up | Paul Hunter (ENG) |
Score | 9–2 |
← 2000 2002 → |
John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost his quarter-final match against Stephen Lee.
Ken Doherty defeated Paul Hunter 9–2 in the final to win his fourth ranking title.
Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Graham Harding. Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 28 January 2001.[1] | ||
Paul Hunter (14) England |
2–9 | Ken Doherty (7) Ireland |
Afternoon: 1–63, 76–1 (68), 23–77 (71), 59–0, 56–62 (52), 5–57, 51–73, 13–129 (125) Evening: 44–72, 8–99 (56), 36–85 (69) | ||
68 | Highest break | 125 |
0 | Century breaks | 1 |
1 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
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