Tournament Name: | 2001 Stan James British Open |
Venue: | Telewest Arena |
Location: | Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Country: | England |
Organisation: | WPBSA |
Format: | Ranking event |
Total Prize Fund: | £666,800 |
Score: | 9–6 |
Previous: | 2000 |
Next: | 2002 |
The 2001 British Open (officially the 2001 Stan James British Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 29 September–7 October 2001 at the Telewest Arena, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. John Higgins won the tournament by defeating Graeme Dott nine frames to six in the final. The defending champion, Peter Ebdon, was defeated by Mark King in the quarter-final.[1] __TOC__
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Williams Telewest Arena, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. 7 October 2001. | |||
John Higgins | 9–6 | Graeme Dott | |
Afternoon: 48–78 (78), 57–81, 80–0 (79), 11–62, 62–38, 138–0 (90), 97–16 (61), 68–6 Evening: 93–6 (93), 0–100 (100), 45–70, 126–1 (112), 71–43, 14–75, 52–40 | |||
112 | Highest break | 100 | |
1 | Century breaks | 1 | |
5 | 50+ breaks | 2 |