2001 Welsh Open (snooker)
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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.
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.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £62,000
- Runner-up: £33,000
- Semi-finalists: £16,500
- Quarter-finalists: £9,400
- Last 16: £4,800
- Last 32: £3,900
- Last 48: £3,100
- Last 64: £2,400
- Last 96: £1,550
- Last 128: £950
- Highest break (televised): £5,000
- Highest break (untelevised): £1,000
- Total: £440,200
Tournament summary
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.
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Graham Harding. Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 28 January 2001. | ||
| 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 |