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Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

D4P wrote:Is this the first time that Ronnie passed Hendry in the rankings...?

Good question. I think it was after the 1998 UK Championship actually.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Just checked.
Although O'Sullivan didn't play in the 98 UK, he moved above Hendry into second place. Hendry famously lost 9-0 to Marcus Campbell in the first round.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2000 China Open - Mission Hills Resort, Shenzhen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_China_Open_(snooker)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhen

Shenzhen had a population of 6 million at the time of this event. In the 20 years since then, it has grown to 11 million.

For the second consecutive ranking event, number 1 Mark Williams was taken apart by a fellow class of 92 player in the final. This time though it was Ronnie O'Sullivan doing the damage. Ronnie scoreed 6 50+ breaks to race into a 7-1 lead, and eventually won 9-3.

Recent entrant into the top 16, Drew Henry, had another good run. He thrashed Matthew Stevens in the quarters, and lost to Mark WIlliams in a deciding frame in the semis.

John Higgins was beaten 5-2 by Bradley Jones in the first round.

QFs:
Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) 5-4 Paul Hunter (26)
Stephen Hendry (4) 5-2 Alan McManus (19)
Mark Williams (1) 5-3 Stephen Lee (6)
Drew Henry (10) 5-0 Matthew Stevens (5)

SFs:
O'Sullivan (3) 6-3 Hendry (4)
Williams (1) 6-5 Henry (10)

Final:
O'Sullivan (3) 9-3 Williams (1)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2000 China Open

Top 16
1 = Mark Williams 28916
2 = John Higgins 19625
3 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 19141
4 = Stephen Hendry 17027
5 = Matthew Stevens 14874
6 = Stephen Lee 13987
7 = Jimmy White 11408
8 +2 Drew Henry 10935
9 -1 Ken Doherty 10379
10 -1 Peter Ebdon 10301
11 = Marco Fu 9558
12 = Dominic Dale 8573
13 +6 Alan McManus 8420
14 -1 Joe Swail 8354
15 = Mark King 8043
16 -2 Fergal O'Brien 8021

In: Alan McManus
Out: David Gray

Top 32
In: Bradley Jones; Nigel Bond
Out: Michael Holt; Quinten Hann

Top 64 and 128 - no change

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2001 Welsh Open - Cardiff International Arena
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Welsh_Open_(snooker)

We had a couple of surprise finalists here, with Ken Doherty meeting Paul Hunter. Doherty won 7 in a row from 2-2 to win 9-2.

The biggest surprise was probably Joe Swail beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-4 in the last 16.

QFs:
Stephen Lee (6) 5-1 John Higgins (2)
Paul Hunter (17) 5-2 Joe Swail (14)
Ken Doherty (9) 5-3 Stephen Hendry (4)
Mark Williams (1) 5-4 Alan McManus (13)

SFs:
Hunter (17) 6-3 Lee (6)
Doherty (9) 6-3 Williams (1)

Final:
Doherty (9) 9-2 Hunter (17)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2001 Welsh Open

Top 16
1 = Mark Williams 29029
2 = John Higgins 20220
3 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 18952
4 = Stephen Hendry 17285
5 = Matthew Stevens 14976
6 = Stephen Lee 14736
7 +2 Ken Doherty 13179
8 -1 Jimmy White 11298
9 -1 Drew Henry 10963
10 = Peter Ebdon 10634
11 +6 Paul Hunter 9637
12 -1 Marco Fu 9580
13 = Alan McManus 9031
14 = Joe Swail 8978
15 +1 Fergal O'Brien 8519
16 -4 Dominic Dale 8501

In: Paul Hunter
Out: Mark King

Top 32
In: Quinten Hann
Out: Billy Snaddon

Top 64
In: Ali Carter
Out: Leo Fernandez

Top 128
In: Matt Wilson; Jeff Cundy
Out: Tony Knowles; Munraj Pal

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2001 Thailand Masters - Merchant Court Hotel, Bangkok
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Thailand_Masters

Although none of the class of 92 reached the final this time, it was another 1-sided affair, with Ken Doherty beating Stephen Hendry easily. He won the final 9-3 with 7 breaks over 50.

It was a great event for Shokat Ali. The Accrington potter beat Marco Fu and Ronnie O'Sullivan en route to the quarter-finals.
And John Parrott once again performed well overseas, beating Mark Williams in a run to the semi-final.

QFs:
John Parrott (28) 5-3 Quinten Hann (31)
Ken Doherty (7) 5-1 Shokat Ali (44)
Stephen Hendry (4) 5-3 Matthew Stevens (5)
John Higgins (2) 5-3 Dave FInbow (41)

SFs:
Doherty (7) 5-1 Parrott (28)
Hendry (4) 5-1 Higgins (2)

Final:
Doherty (7) 9-3 Hendry (4)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2001 Thailand Masters

Top 16
1 = Mark Williams 26331
2 = John Higgins 18750
3 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 18450
4 = Stephen Hendry 16464
5 = Matthew Stevens 14623
6 +1 Ken Doherty 13787
7 -1 Stephen Lee 13077
8 +1 Drew Henry 11022
9 -1 Jimmy White 10988
10 +14 Michael Judge 10280
11 -1 Peter Ebdon 9601
12 = Marco Fu 8969
13 -2 Paul Hunter 8858
14 +5 David Gray 8764
15 -1 Joe Swail 8572
16 = Dominic Dale 8338

In: Michael Judge; David Gray
Out: Fergal O'Brien; Alan McManus

This ranking update follows the qualifying matches from the Thailand Masters, Scottish Open and World Championship, as well as the venue stages of the Thai event. Some of the points from as many as 11 events are also coming off at this point. There are therefore significant changes, particularly lower down the rankings.

Top 32
In: Shokat Ali; Patrick Wallace; Michael Holt
Out: John Parrott (his run to the semis in Bangkok helped him, but the points dropping off severely impacted his ranking); Nigel Bond; Robert Milkins

Top 64
In: Mark Davis; Adrian Gunnell; David Roe; Bjorn Haneveer; Barry Pinches; Steve James; Jonathan Birch; Andy Hicks
Out: Rod Lawler; Peter Lines; Paul Sweeny; Paul Davies; Jason Ferguson; Nick Walker; Lee Walker; John Lardner

Top 128
In: Munraj Pal; Antony Bolsover; Craig Butler; Simon Bedford; Philip Williams; David McDonnell; Joe Jogia
Out: Jeff Cundy; Colm Gilcreest; Wayne Jones; Mario Geudens; Chris Scanlon; Wayne Saidler; Matt Wilson

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2001 Scottish Open - Aberdeen Exhibition Centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Scot ... n_(snooker)

Peter Ebdon beat Ken Doherty 9-7 in a final which was close throughout. Doherty's 88 was the high break.

None of the top 4 reached the quarter-finals.
Williams lost to Ebdon; Higgins to Drew Henry; O'Sullivan to Mark Davis; Hendry to Ali Carter.

QFs:
Ken Doherty (6) 5-3 Mark Davis (45)
Paul Hunter (13) 5-2 Joe Swail (15)
Drew Henry (8) 5-4 Matthew Stevens (5)
Peter Ebdon (11) 5-2 Alan McManus (22)

SFs:
Doherty (6) 6-3 Hunter (13)
Ebdon (11) 6-4 Henry (8)

Final:
Ebdon (11) 9-7 Doherty (6)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2001 Scottish Open

Top 16
1 = Mark Williams 25810
2 = John Higgins 18237
3 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 16829
4 +2 Ken Doherty 15901
5 -1 Stephen Hendry 15129
6 -1 Matthew Stevens 15005
7 = Stephen Lee 12629
8 = Drew Henry 12096
9 +2 Peter Ebdon 10809
10 = Michael Judge 10057
11 -2 Jimmy White 10026
12 +1 Paul Hunter 9421
13 +1 David Gray 8802
14 +1 Joe Swail 8678
15 -3 Marco Fu 7758
16 = Dominic Dale 7716

Top 32
In: John Parrott; Nigel Bond
Out: Brian Morgan; Stuart Bingham

Top 64
In: Neal Foulds
Out: Darren Morgan

Top 128
In: Jeff Cundy
Out: Craig MacGillivray

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2001 World Championship - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Worl ... ampionship

L32
Mark Williams (1) 10-4 Billy Snaddon (49)
Joe Swail (14) 10-9 Sean Storey (78)
Fergal O'Brien (19) 8-10 Mark King (17)
Alan McManus (18) 2-10 Patrick Wallace (27)
Stephen Lee (7) 10-3 Nigel Bond (32)
Peter Ebdon (9) 10-8 James Wattana (53)
Dave Harold (22) 10-5 Quinten Hann (26)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) 10-2 Andy Hicks (60)
Stephen Hendry (5) 10-5 Mark Davis (36)
Paul Hunter (12) 10-6 David Roe (47)
Anthony Hamilton (31) 10-4 Marcus Campbell (35)
Matthew Stevens (6) 10-1 Tony Drago (50)
Ken Doherty (4) 10-7 Nick Dyson (33)
John Parrott (29) 6-10 Michael Judge (10)
Marco Fu (15) 8-10 Chris Small (38)
John Higgins (2) 10-4 Graeme Dott (20)

L16
Williams (1) 12-13 Swail (14)
King (17) 5-13 Wallace (27)
Lee (7) 12-13 Ebdon (9)
O'Sullivan (3) 13-6 Harold (22)
Hendry (5) 13-5 Hunter (12)
Stevens (6) 13-5 Hamilton (31)
Doherty (4) 13-7 Judge (10)
Higgins (2) 13-8 Small (38)

QFs:
Swail (14) 13-11 Wallace (27)
O'Sullivan (3) 13-6 Ebdon (9)
Hendry (5) 5-13 Stevens (6)
Higgins (2) 13-6 Doherty (4)

SFs:
O'Sullivan (3) 17-11 Swail (14)
Higgins (2) 17-15 Stevens (6)

Final:
O'Sullivan (3) 18-14 Higgins (2)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2000-2001 End of Season Rankings

1 = Mark Williams 24101
2 +3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 22436
3 -1 John Higgins 22286
4 = Matthew Stevens 17595
5 +2 Ken Doherty 17296
6 -3 Stephen Hendry 16762
7 -1 Stephen Lee 13523
8 +8 Peter Ebdon 12855
9 = Joe Swail 11943
10 +8 Drew Henry 11596
11 +21 Michael Judge 11178
12 +9 Paul Hunter 9857
13 = Jimmy White 9051
14 +27 Patrick Wallace 8576
15 +16 David Gray 8516
16 +7 Mark King 8240
17 -9 Marco Fu 7798
18 -8 Dave Harold 7364
19 +1 Dominic Dale 7058
20 +5 Graeme Dott 7036
21 -6 Alan McManus 7033
22 +2 Anthony Davies 6912
23 -9 Fergal O'Brien 6846
24 -5 Joe Perry 6635
25 +1 Chris Small 6527
26 +35 Quinten Hann 6508
27 +28 Shokat Ali 6471
28 +65 Nick Dyson 6265
29 -18 Anthony Hamilton 5927
30 -3 Michael Holt 5910
31 -14 Steve Davis 5892
32 +49 Mark Davis 5843
33 +15 Bradley Jones 5815
34 -22 John Parrott 5806
35 -7 Nigel Bond 5761
36 -1 Marcus Campbell 5532
37 +1 Brian Morgan 5305
38 -16 Stuart Bingham 5081
39 +12 Robert Milkins 4989
40 -3 Dave Finbow 4973
41 +16 Stephen Maguire 4944
42 +7 Alfie Burden 4850
43 +23 David Roe 4762
44 +2 Jimmy Michie 4676
45 -5 Ian McCulloch 4645
46 +56 Adrian Gunnell 4576
47 -18 Billy Snaddon 4560
48 +20 Ali Carter 4465
49 -10 James Wattana 4245
50 +99 Bjorn Haneveer 4188
51 -4 Kristjan Helgason 4165
52 -19 Tony Drago 3998
53 +23 Jamie Burnett 3790
54 -18 Stuart Pettman 3719
55 +40 Barry Pinches 3680
56 +6 Wayne Brown 3580
57 -4 Gary Ponting 3566
58 +16 Andy Hicks 3436
59 +11 Steve James 3434
60 +45 Sean Storey 3405
61 +26 Gerard Greene 3387
62 +2 Gary Wilkinson 3311
63 = Jonathan Birch 3309
64 +51 Neal Foulds 3275
65 -10 Rod Lawler 3240
66 -22 Terry Murphy 3170
67 +16 Mike Dunn 3170
68 -8 Paul Sweeny 3163
69 -24 Peter Lines 3079
70 +2 Martin Dziewialtowski 3045
71 -37 Darren Morgan 2998
72 +8 Hugh Abernethy 2996
73 -30 Jason Ferguson 2935
74 -32 Lee Walker 2900
75 -45 Paul Davies 2897
76 -7 Phaitoon Phonbun 2844
77 +11 Noppadon Noppachorn 2813
78 +8 Patrick Delsemme 2743
79 -2 Mark Gray 2650
80 +19 Martin Clark 2581
81 -8 Paul Wykes 2565
82 -30 Nick Walker 2555
83 -33 John Lardner 2552
84 -6 Stephen O'Connor 2513
85 +7 Nick Pearce 2451
86 +5 Mark Fenton 2439
87 -22 Euan Henderson 2423
88 +1 Alain Robidoux 2400
89 +29 Jason Prince 2348
90 +21 Ryan Day 2304
91 +15 Troy Shaw 2279
92 -17 Joe Johnson 2245
93 +84 Barry Hawkins 2241
94 -40 John Read 2227
95 -16 Willie Thorne 2216
96 -37 Leo Fernandez 2207
97 +10 James Reynolds 2203
98 -1 Tony Jones 2183
99 +10 Robin Hull 2177
100 -16 Tony Chappel 2177
101 -44 Matthew Couch 2130
102 +14 Karl Burrows 2040
103 +34 Andrew Higginson 1958
104 +36 David McDonnell 1948
105 +16 Mark Selby 1927
106 -39 Darren Clarke 1921
107 +40 Antony Bolsover 1899
108 -37 Leigh Griffin 1895
109 -5 Dene O'Kane 1879
110 -14 Mick Price 1846
111 -26 Karl Broughton 1838
112 +12 Munraj Pal 1825
113 -13 David McLellan 1822
114 +11 Mehmet Husnu 1815
115 -5 Eddie Manning 1749
116 -26 Steve Judd 1727
117 NEW Craig Butler 1639
118 -15 Dean Reynolds 1618
119 -35 Stefan Mazrocis 1543
120 +16 Simon Bedford 1537
121 -23 Ian Brumby 1465
122 +29 Philip Williams 1412
123 -10 Craig Harrison 1364
124 +59 Joe Jogia 1305
125 +21 Paul McPhillips 1247
126 +36 Jeff Cundy 1199
127 -10 Nick Terry 1198
128 -27 Mark Bennett 1142

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Moving into the 2001-02 season, we are back down to 128 professionals. As many as 62 players have retired or lost their professional status, including:
Martin Clark
Ryan Day
Willie Thorne
Tony Chappel
Dene O'Kane
Mick Price
Dean Reynolds
Joe Jogia
Stefan Mazrocis
Tony Knowles
Mike Hallett
Wayne Jones
Bob Chaperon

We have (I think) 28 new or returning pros, including:
Shaun Murphy
Ricky Walden
Rory McLeod
Kurt Maflin

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2001 British Open - Telewest Arena, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_British_Open
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The 2001 British Open was the first of 9 ranking events in the 01-02 season, and was moved to a new venue. I make this the first time a ranking event was held in Newcastle.

John Higgins defeated Graeme Dott in an all-Scottish final. He won 9-6 despite being 3-1 down at the first mid-session interval.

There were a couple of points of interest in the event, aside from Dott's surprise run to the final.
Mark King won his last 16 and quarter final matches 5-0, but then had a 6-0 reverse to Higgins in the semis.
Shaun Murphy, who had recently turned 19, beat Mark Selby, Barry Hawkins and Stephen Maguire in his first three matches as a top-level professional, before losing 5-0 to Gary Wilkinson in the last 64.

No. 1 Mark Williams lost to Ali Carter in the last 16.

QFs:
Mark King (16) 5-0 Peter Ebdon (8)
John Higgins (3) 5-4 Stephen Lee (7)
Graeme Dott (20) 5-3 Ali Carter (48)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 5-1 Alan McManus (21)

SFs:
Higgins (3) 6-0 King (16)
Dott (20) 6-4 O'Sullivan (2)

Final:
Higgins (3) 9-6 Dott (20)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2001 British Open

1 +2 John Higgins 20359
2 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 18404
3 -2 Mark Williams 17713
4 = Matthew Stevens 14127
5 = Ken Doherty 13652
6 +2 Peter Ebdon 11282
7 +2 Joe Swail 10778
8 -2 Stephen Hendry 10492
9 -2 Stephen Lee 10218
10 = Drew Henry 9445
11 = Michael Judge 8817
12 = Paul Hunter 8123
13 +7 Graeme Dott 7529
14 +2 Mark King 7220
15 -2 Jimmy White 7155
16 -2 Patrick Wallace 7105

In: Graeme Dott
Out: David Gray

Top 32
In: Ali Carter; John Parrott
Out: Anthony Davies; Michael Holt

Top 64
In: Robin Hull; Euan Henderson; Phaitoon Phonbun; Paul Davies; Mike Dunn
Out: Jamie Burnett; Gerard Greene; Gary Ponting; Steve James; Wayne Brown

Top 128
In: Neil Robertson; Luke Fisher; Rory McLeod
Out: Stefan Mazrocis; Nick Terry; Mark Bennett

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2001 LG Cup - Guild Hall, Preston
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_LG_Cup_(snooker)

There were a couple of surprise finalists in Preston, with Stephen Lee defeating Peter Ebdon. It was a relatively low-scoring affair, the highest break being Lee's 76.

There isn't much else of note to mention. Perhaps Phaitoon Phonbun making his best ranking event run, beating Michael Judge in reaching the last 32. And Barry Hawkins beating Wattana, O'Brien and Fu to reach his first quarter-final.

QFs:
Stephen Hendry (8) 5-2 Mark Williams (3)
Stephen Lee (9) 5-2 John Higgins (1)
Joe Swail (7) 5-4 Barry Hawkins (68)
Peter Ebdon (6) 5-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)

SFs:
Lee (9) 6-4 Hendry (8)
Ebdon (6) 6-3 Swail (7)

Final:
Lee (9) 9-4 Ebdon (6)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2001 LG Cup

Top 16
1 = John Higgins 20859
2 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 19168
3 = Mark Williams 18296
4 = Matthew Stevens 14187
5 = Ken Doherty 13086
6 +3 Stephen Lee 13030
7 -1 Peter Ebdon 12150
8 -1 Joe Swail 12098
9 -1 Stephen Hendry 11836
10 = Drew Henry 9474
11 = Michael Judge 8682
12 +1 Graeme Dott 8037
13 -1 Paul Hunter 8010
14 = Mark King 7525
15 +2 David Gray 7211
16 = Patrick Wallace 7105

In: David Gray
Out: Jimmy White

Top 32 - no change

Top 64
In: Barry Hawkins
Out: Kristjan Helgason

Top 128 - no change

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Luke Fisher is an interesting one. Born in 1982, he was the strongest performer of all the new players on tour in the first 3 events of the 2001-02 season. It seems he only lasted 3 seasons on tour and didn't do much though. He has never entered Q School, has no wiki page, and there seems to be very little information about him online.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby SnookerEd25

Interesting. Not a name I can recall coming across, although my extensive recognition of ‘obscure’ players did take a bit of a hit during the ‘Open Era’ when it was nigh-on impossible to keep track of 700-odd pro’s,& seemingly endless preliminary rounds just to get down to a manageable level.

Because of that, the ‘lower reaches’ of the rankings passed me by for several years thereafter, until the Internet became a ‘thing’ & suddenly these players, and their matches, became accessible beyond anything I could ever have envisaged in the 80s...

Anyway, I’ll do a bit of digging, see if I can unearth anything regarding Mr. Fisher...

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Alex0paul wrote:How on earth is Michael Judge top 16??


Yes, it's a bit unexpected.
In 8 ranking events in 2000-01, he made 4 last 16s and a last 32. 2 of the last 16 runs were in the World and UK Championships, the events with the most points on offer.

It's also partly because in the 00-01 season there was a significant drop in form for a number of top 16 players, Wattana, McManus, Hamilton, Fu, Parrott and Bond for example, not to mention Jimmy and Steve slipping.

I'd say Patrick Wallace, Drew Henry and David Gray being top 16 is also quite surprising.

The top 7 of Higgins, Williams, O'Sullivan, Stevens, Lee, Doherty and Hendry have really been the only consistently top performers over the last year or two (with a nod to Ebdon), and there's really not much in it for the next 20-30 down the list.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby SnookerEd25

David Gray is not that surprising. He was in the official top 16, won a Ranking Event & got to a couple of other Ranking finals in his early years as a pro’.

Many pundits considered him to be up at the forefront of the young pro’s in the early noughties ahead of such others as Shaun Murphy, Mark Selby and Barry Hawkins.

More surprising, to me anyway, was his drastic loss of form and absolute plunge down the rankings into oblivion before the decade was out.

I still find it puzzling when I watch some of his early performances - he really did seem to have a bright future in the game (he’s only 41 now, but has been off the tour for over a decade)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2001 European Open - Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Euro ... n_(snooker)

Stephen Hendry picked up his 33rd ranking title, comfortably beating Joe Perry 9-2 in the final. It was Perry's first final, which he reached after impressively beating Swail, Stevens, White and Williams.

Hendry beat O'Sullivan in the quarters, while Higgins fell to Jimmy White in the last 16.

QFs
Stephen Hendry (9) 5-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
Ken Doherty (5) 5-4 Stephen Lee (6)
Joe Perry (27) 5-3 Jimmy White (17)
Mark Williams (3) 5-2 Billy Snaddon (55)

SFs
Hendry (9) 6-4 Doherty (5)
Perry (27) 6-2 Williams (3)

Final
Hendry (9) 9-2 Perry (27)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2001 European Open, Ronnie O'Sullivan becomes world number 1 for the first time.

Top 16
1 +1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 17058
2 -1 John Higgins 16852
3 = Mark Williams 14984
4 +5 Stephen Hendry 13247
5 +1 Stephen Lee 12938
6 -1 Ken Doherty 12877
7 = Peter Ebdon 11377
8 -4 Matthew Stevens 10563
9 -1 Joe Swail 9701
10 +1 Michael Judge 8884
11 -1 Drew Henry 8771
12 +15 Joe Perry 7940
13 -1 Graeme Dott 7580
14 +1 David Gray 7277
15 -2 Paul Hunter 7146
16 -2 Mark King 7053

In: Joe Perry
Out: Patrick Wallace

Top 32
In: Anthony Davies; Robin Hull; Alfie Burden; Stephen Maguire
Out: John Parrott; Steve Davis; Anthony Hamilton; Chris Small

Top 64
In: Kristjan Helgason; Nick Walker; Jamie Burnett
Out: Stuart Pettman; Paul Davies; Tony Drago

Top 128
In: Ricky Walden; Paul Davison; Noppadol Sangnil; Luke Simmonds
Out: Steve Judd; Paul McPhillips; Craig Harrison; Ian Brumby

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2001 UK Championship - Barbican Centre, York
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_UK_Championship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York

York hosted the UK Championship for the first time.

Ronnie O'Sullivan stormed to victory in the final. Ken Doherty must have felt good after his 95 break in the second frame, but he went on to lose 10-1.

There weren't too many surprises in the latter stages, though Robin Hull and Mark Davis reaching the last 16 was noteworthy. Hull defeated Mark King 9-2 in the last 32, and Mark Davis beat Joe Swail at the same stage.

Quite cool that all of the top 8 in these rankings made the quarter-finals.

L16
John Higgins (2) 9-5 Paul Hunter (15)
Stephen Lee (5) 9-4 Robin Hull (28)
Matthew Stevens (8) 9-7 Jimmy White (20)
Ken Doherty (6) 9-3 Dominic Dale (23)
Mark Williams (3) 9-7 Alan McManus (22)
Stephen Hendry (4) 9-2 Mark Davis (17)
Peter Ebdon (7) 9-7 Tony Drago (71)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) 8-0 Dave Finbow (49) (Finbow retired sick. You would be, wouldn't you, after getting such a pummeling from Ronnie?)

QFs
Lee (5) 9-2 Higgins (2)
Doherty (6) 9-7 Stevens (8)
Williams (3) 9-8 Hendry (4)
O'Sullivan (1) 9-8 Ebdon (7)

SFs
Doherty (6) 9-7 Lee (5)
O'Sullivan (1) 9-6 Williams (3)

Final
O'Sullivan (1) 10-1 Doherty (6)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2001 UK Championship

Top 16
1 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 20502
2 = John Higgins 17163
3 = Mark Williams 16908
4 +2 Ken Doherty 15839
5 = Stephen Lee 15418
6 -2 Stephen Hendry 14715
7 = Peter Ebdon 13310
8 = Matthew Stevens 12075
9 = Joe Swail 9883
10 +1 Drew Henry 8859
11 -1 Michael Judge 8725
12 +3 Paul Hunter 8262
13 -1 Joe Perry 8159
14 +3 Mark Davis 7791
15 -2 Graeme Dott 7687
16 +4 Jimmy White 7484

In: Mark Davis; Jimmy White
Out: Mark King; David Gray

Top 32
In: Anthony Hamilton; John Parrott
Out: Alfie Burden; Stephen Maguire

Top 64
In: Tony Drago; Stuart Pettman
Out: Jimmy Michie; Stuart Bingham (swift drop for Bingham, who was closing in on the top 16 not so long ago)

Top 128
In: Brian Salmon (leaping up the rankings)
Out: David McLellan