2001 Scottish Masters

The Scottish Masters was an invitational professional snooker tournament first contested in 1981.{{cite web|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotmast.html|title=Scottish Masters|last=Turner|first=Chris|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155901/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotmast.html|archive-date=16 February 2012|access-date=7 May 2012}} The 2001 competition was the second of four invitational World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) events of the 2001–02 season and was held from 18 to 23 September at the Thistle Hotel in Glasgow, Scotland. It followed the 2001 Champions Cup.{{cite web|title=Regal Scottish Masters 2001|url=http://www.snooker.org/trn/0102/sm2001_res.shtml|publisher=snooker.org|access-date=30 November 2017}} This was the first time since the 1989 edition that the tournament took place in Glasgow.{{cite web|url=http://www.110sport.com/snooker/cont/trn/sched/rmpreview01.php|title=Masters Heads Back to the City|last=Hendon|first=David|date=14 September 2001|publisher=110Sport|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020102134055/http://www.110sport.com/snooker/cont/trn/sched/rmpreview01.php|archive-date=2 January 2002|access-date=19 February 2020}} Sponsored by the cigarette brand Regal, it had a total prize fund of £200,000,{{cite web|title=Event Information|url=http://worldsnooker.com/snooker_media_centre/regal_masters/info.asp|publisher=World Snooker|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020925223047/http://worldsnooker.com/snooker_media_centre/regal_masters/info.asp|archive-date=25 September 2002|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Everton|first=Clive|author-link=Clive Everton|title=Regal Scottish Masters preview|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/1548551.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=17 September 2001|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309041253/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/1548551.stm|archive-date=9 March 2016|url-status=live}} and was televised on BBC Scotland and Eurosport.{{cite web|last=Dee|first=John|title=Hendry Can Top The £7 Million Pounds Barrier|url=http://www.embassysnooker.com/news/559.htm|publisher=Embassy Snooker|date=14 September 2001|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011224112323/http://www.embassysnooker.com/news/559.htm|archive-date=24 December 2001|url-status=dead}} It was also broadcast on the 110Sport website with coverage provided by BBC Scotland.

The 12-player event included those who were ranked in positions one to eight in the world rankings, players who had won major tournaments from the 2000–01 season, and one qualifier. Any player who withdrew would be replaced by a reserve. The field included the tournament's defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan and former Scottish Masters victors Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty and Matthew Stevens. Patrick Wallace, a quarter-finalist in the 2001 world championship, qualified for the tournament by winning the Scottish Masters qualifying competition.{{Cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A77779758/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=7de218b7|title=Wallace qualifies for Masters event; Snooker|date=1 September 2001|work=The Times|access-date=19 February 2020|page=40|via=Gale Academic OneFile|url-access=subscription}} John Higgins, Scotland's highest-ranked player and world number three, thought about withdrawing from the tournament because his wife was due to give birth to their first child imminently.{{efn|His first was ultimately born on 30 September 2001.{{cite news|last=Yates|first=Phil|title=Higgins distracted by new arrival; Snooker|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A78876153/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=d1a5363c|work=The Times|date=3 October 2001|access-date=18 April 2020|page=6|via=Gale Academic OneFile|url-access=subscription}}}} She did not allow him to do so. The maximum number of {{cuegloss|frame|frames}} in a match increased from nine in the first round to eleven in the quarter and semi-finals, leading up to the final which was played as the best-of-17 frames.

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

• Winner: £63,000
• Runner-up: £31,000
• Semi-final (×2): £16,000
• Highest break (×1): £5,000
• Maximum break: Vauxhall Astra Coupé
• Total: £200,000

The first round of the competition took place from 18 to 19 September and was played as best-of-nine frame matches.{{cite web|title=Regal Masters|url=http://www.110sport.com/snooker/cont/trn/sched/regmast01oop.php|publisher=110Sport|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020102143030/http://www.110sport.com/snooker/cont/trn/sched/regmast01oop.php|archive-date=2 January 2002|url-status=dead}} Marco Fu, the world number 17, defeated two-time ranking event winner Peter Ebdon 5–2. Tied at 2–2 at the mid-{{cuegloss|session}} interval after a {{Cuegloss|break}} of 126, Ebdon lost the next three frames to Fu whose highest break was a 38. Fu said he felt Ebdon had frustrated himself and that the match helped him to refine his playing ability.{{Cite news|last=Yates|first=Phil|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A78445932/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=8b0c8ccd|title=Ebdon falls at first hurdle to a virulent strain of Fu; Snooker|date=19 September 2001|work=The Times|access-date=19 February 2020|page=5|via=Gale Academic OneFile|url-access=subscription}} Hendry, who was coached by the 1979 world champion Terry Griffiths after ending his partnership with coach Frank Callan,{{Cite news|last=Everton|first=Clive|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/sep/20/snooker.cliveeverton|title=Hendry leans on Griffiths to get him back on cue|date=20 September 2001|work=The Guardian|access-date=19 February 2020}} played Jimmy White. He accumulated 13 points as White won the first three frames with breaks of no more than 74. Hendry won frame four after White missed the {{Cuegloss|yellow ball}} and made two half-centuries to level the match at 3–3. After White made it 4–3, Hendry took frames eight and nine to claim a 5–4 victory.{{Cite news|last=McHenry|first=Bruce|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A78386160/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=ffa3f649|title=Hendry rallies for Regal win|date=19 September 2001|work=The Scotsman|access-date=19 February 2020|page=23|via=Gale OneFile: News|url-access=subscription}}

Stephen Lee, the world number eight, took 76 minutes to whitewash Wallace 5–0 and outscored his opponent 392–61. He used his post-match press conference to threaten a withdrawal from England's World Cup team unless Ebdon apologised for his celebrations after his 13–12 victory over Lee in the second round of the 2001 world championship, saying, "The way he reacted anyone would have thought he had won the title or was going to pick up the FA Cup."{{Cite web|url=http://www.embassysnooker.com/news/565.htm|title=Lee Issues Ultimatum To Ebdon|last=Dee|first=John|date=19 September 2001|publisher=Embassy Snooker|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011224104922/http://www.embassysnooker.com/news/565.htm|archive-date=24 December 2001|access-date=19 February 2020}} World number six Stevens defeated the 2001 Masters champion Paul Hunter 5–2 in his third try against him.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/other_sports/newsid_1553000/1553600.stm|title=Stevens too strong for Hunter|date=18 September 2001|publisher=BBC Sport|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010920062504/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/other_sports/newsid_1553000/1553600.stm|archive-date=20 September 2001|access-date=19 February 2020}} The match was tied at 1–1 with a break of 66 from Stevens and a 69 from Hunter. Stevens won three successive frames, which included a {{Cuegloss|clearance}} to the yellow and {{Cuegloss|black ball|black balls}} in frame three and the fourth from the {{Cuegloss|green ball}} to the {{Cuegloss|pink ball}}. Hunter took frame five before Stevens made breaks of 60 and 57 to win the match.{{Cite web|url=http://www.110sport.com/snooker/cont/art/na03821.php|title=Stevens Out-Foxes Hunter|last=McAvinia|first=Ruth|date=20 September 2001|publisher=110Sport|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030828041808/http://www.110sport.com/snooker/cont/art/na03821.php|archive-date=28 August 2003|access-date=19 February 2020}}

The four quarter-finals were played as best-of-11 frames between 20 and 21 September. Fu played former world champion Doherty in the first quarter-final. Doherty took a 2–1 lead and held it until Fu compiled a 90 break from a {{Cuegloss|fluke}} to go 3–2 ahead. Doherty levelled the score at 3–3, but he was inconsistent and Fu won the match 6–3.{{Cite news|last=Everton|first=Clive|url=https://www.theguardian.com/p/x53yt|title=Fu blunders through|date=21 September 2001|work=The Guardian|access-date=19 February 2020}} The defending world champion O'Sullivan competed against Stevens. O'Sullivan was behind 2–1 when he produced breaks of 108 and 101 en route to a 5–2 lead. Stevens claimed frame eight with a break of 70 before O'Sullivan secured a 6–3 victory in the ninth frame.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/other_sports/newsid_1555000/1555470.stm|title=O'Sullivan faces Fu fight|date=20 September 2001|publisher=BBC Sport|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010921072845/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/other_sports/newsid_1555000/1555470.stm|archive-date=21 September 2001|access-date=19 February 2020}} O'Sullivan said afterwards he had anticipated a tighter match after both players made errors: "I'm happy with the centuries and I don't want to give the title up without a fight."{{Cite web|url=http://www.110sport.com/snooker/cont/art/na03838.php|title=Champion O'Sullivan Makes Winning Start|last=Hendon|first=David|date=18 October 2001|publisher=110Sport|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011018125923/http://www.110sport.com/snooker/cont/art/na03838.php|archive-date=18 October 2001|access-date=19 February 2020}}

Mark Williams, a former world champion, was drawn to play Lee. The two players shared the opening four frames as Williams' highest breaks were 59 and 56 and Lee's were 90, 86 and 82. Lee was unable to tie the match at 4–4 because he left Williams with a {{Cuegloss|snooker}} on the {{Cuegloss|brown ball}} and went {{Cuegloss|in-off}} on the pink and then missed the black to allow Williams to win 6–3.{{Cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A78504968/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=1283f807|title=Williams rejects practice regime; Snooker|date=22 September 2001|work=Daily Post|access-date=19 February 2020|page=21|via=Gale OneFile: News|url-access=subscription}} The final quarter-final was contested between the Scottish duo of Higgins and Hendry. The first frame was won by Hendry; Higgins then won three frames in a row to lead 3–1 at the mid-session interval. Hendry claimed two more frames to tie the match, before Higgins won 6–3 with breaks of 70, 44 and 50.{{Cite web|url=http://www.embassysnooker.com/news/570.htm|title=Higgins Wins All Scottish Battle|last=Baxter|first=Trevor|date=21 September 2001|publisher=Embassy Snooker|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011005215602/http://www.embassysnooker.com/news/570.htm|archive-date=5 October 2001|access-date=19 February 2020}} Higgins said after the game that with the impending birth of his child his mindset was not "100 per cent on practice", while Hendry expressed frustration that "I had 20 chances to go 4–3 up but I couldn't take them."

The best-of-11 frame semi-finals were held on 22 September. The first was between O'Sullivan and Fu. O'Sullivan held a mid-session lead of 3–1 after breaks of 46 and 58 and a {{Cuegloss|total clearance}} of 134, the tournament's highest break. Fu won frame five after O'Sullivan went in-off on several red balls. A break of 71 and a clearance from the second-to-last red to the pink gave O'Sullivan a 5–2 lead. He look set to win 6–2 before he failed to pot the {{Cuegloss|blue ball}} into a middle {{Cuegloss|pocket}} while on a break of 39. Fu made a reply break of 50 and O'Sullivan took a 6–3 win with a 77 break in the ninth frame.{{Cite news|last=Everton|first=Clive|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A78516080/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=baef7ba0|title=Snooker: O'Sullivan hits his stride to fend off Fu's fightback|date=23 September 2001|work=The Independent on Sunday|access-date=19 February 2020|page=20|via=Gale General OneFile|url-access=subscription}} Post-match, O'Sullivan said a lack of pre-tournament form made him consider withdrawal, but his father advised him to go holidaying beforehand. He said he felt nervous because he thought he would lose the match: "That was horrible. I don't think I've played as solidly this time as I did when I won the title here last year. Maybe that's because I'm a little bit match-rusty."{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2001/0922/158906-regal/|title=O'Sullivan through to Regal Masters final|last=Fennelly|first=Amanda|date=22 September 2001|publisher=RTÉ Sport|access-date=19 February 2020}}

File:WSoS 2008 Moscow-230.jpg (pictured in 2008) defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final to win the Scottish Masters for the first time]]

The second semi-final was played by Higgins and Williams. A 44 clearance gave Williams the first frame. He had no further success in the match after he missed a pink ball from a long distance that would have tied the match at 2–2. Higgins made breaks of 74 and 71 to secure a 6–1 victory and the second berth in the final.{{Cite web|url=http://www.110sport.com/snooker/cont/art/na03877.php|title=Happy Higgins Marches into Final|last=Hendon|first=David|date=22 September 2001|publisher=110Sport|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030510172419/http://www.110sport.com/snooker/cont/art/na03877.php|archive-date=10 May 2003|access-date=19 February 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/1558737.stm|title=Higgins cruises past Williams|date=22 September 2001|publisher=BBC Sport|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021123064647/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/1558737.stm|archive-date=23 November 2002|access-date=19 February 2020}} Higgins commented on his chances of winning the tournament, "Ronnie has won his fair share in Scotland so it's about my turn but I'll have to raise my game a few notches to beat him. He's played well this week and he's beaten me the last few times. It won't be as one-sided here as it may have been in Motherwell, which is closer to where I live."

The final between Higgins and O'Sullivan on 23 September was played as a two-session best-of-17 frames match. The first two frames were won by Higgins with one break at 111,{{cite web|title=Higgins Celebrates First Home Win|url=http://worldsnooker.com/snooker_media_centre/regal_masters/articleshow.asp?articleID=328&category=30|publisher=World Snooker|date=23 September 2001|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020217141755/http://worldsnooker.com/snooker_media_centre/regal_masters/articleshow.asp?articleID=328&category=30|archive-date=17 February 2002|url-status=dead}} before O'Sullivan won four in a row from breaks of 80, 117, 50 and 57 to convert a 2–0 deficit into a 4–2 lead.{{cite web|title=Higgins breaks Scottish duck|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/1559889.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=23 September 2001|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008031444/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/1559889.stm|archive-date=8 October 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Perkins|first=Eric|title=Snooker: Scottish trophy for Higgins at long last|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A78520716/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=d9be6610|work=The Independent|date=24 September 2001|access-date=19 February 2020|page=11|via=Gale General OneFile|url-access=subscription}} O'Sullivan missed a chance to go 5–2 ahead when he was unable to pot a difficult blue ball, and Higgins claimed frame seven by potting the black ball. He took frame eight to conclude the first session tied with O'Sullivan at 4–4. After a series of errors by both players, Higgins led 7–5.{{cite news|last=Yates|first=Phil|title=Higgins fights back strongly to collect first trophy on home soil; Snooker|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A78551711/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=0a35253a|work=The Times|date=24 September 2001|access-date=19 February 2020|page=7|via=Gale Academic OneFile|url-access=subscription}} O'Sullivan had reduced his deficit to one with a break of 73. O'Sullivan failed to pot a single ball thereafter,{{cite news|last=McHenry|first=Bruce|title=Higgins wins first home title|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A78524190/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=625d7f42|work=The Scotsman|date=24 September 2001|access-date=19 February 2020|page=10|via=Gale OneFile: News|url-access=subscription}} as Higgins produced a clearance of 114 that ended at the pink ball. Higgins had a 60–0 advantage in frame 15 that he kept to win the match 9–6 and the tournament after O'Sullivan was unable to pot a red ball into the top-left corner pocket.

It was the first time that Higgins had won the Scottish Masters; he had lost in the final of the 1998 and 1999 tournaments.{{cite web|url=http://www.embassysnooker.com/news/573.htm|title=Higgins Triumphs in Scotland|last=Dee|first=John|date=23 September 2001|publisher=Embassy Snooker|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011005222726/http://www.embassysnooker.com/news/573.htm|archive-date=5 October 2001|access-date=19 February 2020}} It was his second win of the season after the 2001 Champions Cup,{{cite web|last=Hendon|first=David|title=Home Hero Higgins Masters O'Sullivan|url=http://www.110sport.com/snooker/cont/art/na03860.php|publisher=110Sport|date=23 September 2001|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011018124752/http://www.110sport.com/snooker/cont/art/na03860.php|archive-date=18 October 2001|url-status=dead}} and the 22nd tournament victory of his career. The win ended Higgins' streak of five successive losses to O'Sullivan extending back to the 2000 Irish Masters. It was the first time since the 2000 Grand Prix 11 months earlier that O'Sullivan had been defeated in a tournament final. Higgins commented on his win, "It's been a long wait but well worthwhile. To have my friends and family here to see me win makes it really special. I was really choked at the end". He added, "Winning here in Scotland has taken a lot of pressure off me and I couldn't be happier professionally and personally." O'Sullivan said he was disappointed with his performance against Higgins' consistency. He added that he felt he played better than he had in the Champions Cup, and was happy to reach the final of the Scottish Masters.

Numbers given to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top eight players in the tournament. Players in bold indicate match winners.

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| RD3-score02=1

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| RD3-score03=6

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| RD3-score04=3

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The bold text denotes all of the winning frame scores and the winning participant. Breaks over 50 are indicated in brackets.

Qualifying for the tournament took place amongst 16 players at the Spencer's Snooker Centre from 26 to 31 August 2001.{{cite web|title=Regal Masters Qualifying Event|url=http://www.worldofsnooker.co.uk/invitational/rmqual.htm|publisher=World of Snooker|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020623135616/http://www.worldofsnooker.co.uk/invitational/rmqual.htm|archive-date=23 June 2002|url-status=dead}} Players who entered the tournament included three-time Scottish Masters runner-up Alan McManus, former Grand Prix champion Dominic Dale and 1997 Scottish Masters victor Nigel Bond.{{Cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A78862148/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=b9204724|title=On cue for a wild card|date=25 August 2001|work=Evening Times|access-date=18 April 2020|page=60|via=Gale OneFile: News|url-access=subscription}} Bookmakers installed McManus and Anthony Hamilton as the joint favourites to win the competition.{{Cite news|last=Humphries|first=Adrian|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A77525522/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=5c95a98f|title=Snooker: 14–1 Gray value for Stirling joy|date=25 August 2001|work=Racing Post|access-date=18 April 2020|page=113|via=Gale OneFile: News|url-access=subscription}} Patrick Wallace defeated Joe Swail, Hamilton, Joe Perry and Stephen Maguire to qualify for the Scottish Masters. All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold denote match winners.

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| RD2-score07=1

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD2-score08=5

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|NIR}} Patrick Wallace

| RD3-score01=5

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry

| RD3-score02=3

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire

| RD3-score03=5

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD3-score04=3

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|NIR}} Patrick Wallace

| RD4-score01=5

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire

| RD4-score02=0

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The main stage of the event saw a total of seven century breaks compiled by three different players.{{cite web|title=2001 Scottish Masters|url=http://azbilliards.com/snooker/2001-02/01regalmasters.html|publisher=AZBilliards|access-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020512054323/http://azbilliards.com/snooker/2001-02/01regalmasters.html|archive-date=12 May 2002|url-status=dead}} O'Sullivan made the highest break of 134 in the third frame of his semi-final game with Fu, which earned him £5,000 prize money.

• 134, 117, 108, 101 {{ndash}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 126 {{ndash}} Peter Ebdon
• 114, 111 {{ndash}} John Higgins

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