2001 LG Cup (snooker)

LG Cup

Tournament information
Dates	12–21 October 2001 (2001-10-12 – 2001-10-21)
Venue	Guild Hall
City	Preston
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£617,200
Winner's share	£82,500
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Stephen Lee  (ENG)
Runner-up	Peter Ebdon  (ENG)
Score	9–4
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The 2001 LG Cup was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 21 October 2001 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The highest break of the tournament was 147 made by Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost to Stephen Hendry in the quarter-finals. Stephen Lee defeated Peter Ebdon 9–4 in the final to win his second ranking title.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the tournament was as follows:

• Winner: £82,500
• Runner-up: £42,500
• Semi-finalists: £21,250
• Quarter-finalists: £11,700
• Last 16: £9,600
• Last 32: £7,800
• Last 48: £4,000
• Last 64: £3,150
• Last 80: £2,150
• Last 96: £1,450
• Highest break: £7,500
• Highest break (non-televised): £1,800
• Main stage maximum break: £27,500
• Total: £617,200

Tournament summary

Defending champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Main draw

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	Last 48 Best of 9 frames					Last 32 Best of 9 frames					Last 16 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
						1	Mark Williams	5
	25	Quinten Hann	5			25	Quinten Hann	4
											1	Mark Williams	5
	45	Michael Holt	3
											15	Dave Harold	3
						15	Dave Harold	5
	31	Anthony Davies	2			56	Jason Ferguson	2
																1	Mark Williams	2
	56	Jason Ferguson	5
																5	Stephen Hendry	5
						12	Alan McManus	5
	20	Dominic Dale	5			20	Dominic Dale	3
											12	Alan McManus	4
		Rory McLeod	0
											5	Stephen Hendry	5
						5	Stephen Hendry	5
	26	Billy Snaddon	0			60	Mark Davis	1
																					5	Stephen Hendry	4
	60	Mark Davis	5
																					8	Stephen Lee	6
						8	Stephen Lee	5
	21	Steve Davis	5			21	Steve Davis	1
											8	Stephen Lee	5
	34	Patrick Wallace	3
											14	Graeme Dott	4
						14	Graeme Dott	5
	28	Michael Judge	3				Phaitoon Phonbun	1
																8	Stephen Lee	5
		Phaitoon Phonbun	5
																3	John Higgins	2
						13	Mark King	5
	24	Chris Small	1				Robin Hull	3
											13	Mark King	4
		Robin Hull	5
											3	John Higgins	5
						3	John Higgins	5
	22	John Parrott	5			22	John Parrott	1
																										8	Stephen Lee	9
	40	Shokat Ali	4
																										7	Peter Ebdon	4
						4	Ken Doherty	2
	17	Marco Fu	5			17	Marco Fu	5
											17	Marco Fu	4
	61	Ali Carter	4
											85	Barry Hawkins	5
						16	Fergal O'Brien	4
	32	James Wattana	1			85	Barry Hawkins	5
																85	Barry Hawkins	4
	85	Barry Hawkins	5
																10	Joe Swail	5
						10	Joe Swail	5
	27	Joe Perry	2			33	Brian Morgan	1
											10	Joe Swail	5
	33	Brian Morgan	5
											5	Matthew Stevens	2
						5	Matthew Stevens	5
	30	David Gray	5			30	David Gray	3
																					10	Joe Swail	3
	52	Stephen Maguire	0
																					7	Peter Ebdon	6
						7	Peter Ebdon	5
	19	Anthony Hamilton	5			19	Anthony Hamilton	4
											7	Peter Ebdon	5
	37	Gary Wilkinson	4
											9	Paul Hunter	4
						9	Paul Hunter	5
	29	Tony Drago	4			38	Alfie Burden	1
																7	Peter Ebdon	5
	38	Alfie Burden	5
																2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
						11	Jimmy White	3
	18	Drew Henry				18	Drew Henry	5
											18	Drew Henry	1
	41	Marcus Campbell	2
											2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
						2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	23	Nigel Bond	3			50	Jonathan Birch	0
	50	Jonathan Birch	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. Guild Hall, Preston, England, 21 October 2001. [1]
Stephen Lee (8)   England	9–4	Peter Ebdon (7)   England
Afternoon:99–17, 84–54 (76), 69–13, 1–62, 52–55, 26–62 (60), 75–0 (74), 85–0 Evening: 55–83 (78), 70–9 (70), 66–12, 61–21 (52), 72–4 (71)
76	Highest break	78
0	Century breaks	0
5	50+ breaks	2

References

1. "LG Cup 2001". Snooker.org. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
2. "2001 World Open Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.