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LG Cup
Tournament information
Dates12–21 October 2001 (2001-10-12 – 2001-10-21)
Venue Guild Hall
City Preston
CountryEngland
Organisation WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £597,200
Winner's share£82,500
Highest break  Ronnie O'Sullivan ( ENG) ( 147)
Final
Champion  Stephen Lee ( ENG)
Runner-up  Peter Ebdon ( ENG)
Score9–4
2000
2002

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.

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

[1] [2]

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 Wales Mark Williams5
25 Australia Quinten Hann525 Australia Quinten Hann4
1 Wales Mark Williams5
45 England Michael Holt3
15 England Dave Harold3
15 England Dave Harold5
31 Wales Anthony Davies256 England Jason Ferguson2
1 Wales Mark Williams2
56 England Jason Ferguson5
5 Scotland Stephen Hendry5
12 Scotland Alan McManus5
20 Wales Dominic Dale520 Wales Dominic Dale3
12 Scotland Alan McManus4
England Rory McLeod0
5 Scotland Stephen Hendry5
5 Scotland Stephen Hendry5
26 Scotland Billy Snaddon060 England Mark Davis1
5 Scotland Stephen Hendry4
60 England Mark Davis5
8 England Stephen Lee6
8 England Stephen Lee5
21 England Steve Davis521 England Steve Davis1
8 England Stephen Lee5
34 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace3
14 Scotland Graeme Dott4
14 Scotland Graeme Dott5
28 Republic of Ireland Michael Judge3 Thailand Phaitoon Phonbun1
8 England Stephen Lee5
Thailand Phaitoon Phonbun5
3 Scotland John Higgins2
13 England Mark King5
24 Scotland Chris Small1 Finland Robin Hull3
13 England Mark King4
Finland Robin Hull5
3 Scotland John Higgins5
3 Scotland John Higgins5
22 England John Parrott522 England John Parrott1
8 England Stephen Lee9
40 Pakistan Shokat Ali4
7 England Peter Ebdon4
4 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty2
17 Hong Kong Marco Fu517 Hong Kong Marco Fu5
17 Hong Kong Marco Fu4
61 England Ali Carter4
85 England Barry Hawkins5
16 Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien4
32 Thailand James Wattana185 England Barry Hawkins5
85 England Barry Hawkins4
85 England Barry Hawkins5
10 Northern Ireland Joe Swail5
10 Northern Ireland Joe Swail5
27 England Joe Perry233 England Brian Morgan1
10 Northern Ireland Joe Swail5
33 England Brian Morgan5
5 Wales Matthew Stevens2
5 Wales Matthew Stevens5
30 England David Gray530 England David Gray3
10 Northern Ireland Joe Swail3
52 Scotland Stephen Maguire0
7 England Peter Ebdon6
7 England Peter Ebdon5
19 England Anthony Hamilton519 England Anthony Hamilton4
7 England Peter Ebdon5
37 England Gary Wilkinson4
9 England Paul Hunter4
9 England Paul Hunter5
29 Malta Tony Drago438 England Alfie Burden1
7 England Peter Ebdon5
38 England Alfie Burden5
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan4
11 England Jimmy White3
18 Scotland Drew Henry18 Scotland Drew Henry5
18 Scotland Drew Henry1
41 Scotland Marcus Campbell2
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan5
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan5
23 England Nigel Bond350 England Jonathan Birch0
50 England Jonathan Birch5

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. ^ a b "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.