2001 Thailand Masters
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=Thailand Masters
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|2001|03|11|2001|03|17|df=y}}
|venue=Merchant Court Hotel
|location=Bangkok
|country=Thailand
|organisation=WPBSA
|format=Ranking event
|Total prize fund=£282,000{{cite news |title=Hendo misery goes on |newspaper=Sunday Mail |date=18 March 2001 |page=70}}
|winners_share=£44,000{{cite news |title=Doherty ties up Hendry |newspaper=Birmingham Evening Mail |date=17 March 2001 |page=44}}
|highest_break={{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}} (132){{cite news |title=Doherty proves he is the master |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=19 March 2001 |page=A7}}
|winner={{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}}
|runner_up={{flagathlete|Stephen Hendry|SCO}}
|score=9–3
|previous=2000
|next=2002
}}
The 2001 Blue Eagle/Thai Airways Thailand Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 17 March 2001 at the Merchant Court Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.{{cite web|title=Thailand Open, Thailand Classic, Thailand Masters|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Thai.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155548/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Thai.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=17 January 2018}}
Ken Doherty won in the final 9–3 against Stephen Hendry. The defending champion, Mark Williams, was defeated by John Parrott in the last 16.{{cite book|last=Layton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=179}}
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Main draw
{{32TeamBracket
| RD1=Last 32
Best of 9 frames
| RD2=Last 16
Best of 9 frames
| RD3=Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
| RD4=Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
| RD5=Final
Best of 17 frames
| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01={{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams
| RD1-score01=5
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt
| RD1-score02=1
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott
| RD1-score03=5
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry
| RD1-score04=2
| RD1-seed05=
| RD1-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Hunter
| RD1-score05=1
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06={{flagicon|AUS}} Quinten Hann
| RD1-score06=5
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Stephen Lee
| RD1-score07=5
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Dunn
| RD1-score08=1
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
| RD1-score09=5
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White
| RD1-score10=1
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien
| RD1-score11=5
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond
| RD1-score12=3
| RD1-seed13=
| RD1-team13={{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu
| RD1-score13=2
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|PAK}} Shokat Ali
| RD1-score14=5
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
| RD1-score15=5
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|SCO}} Chris Small
| RD1-score16=1
| RD1-seed17=
| RD1-team17={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD1-score17=5
| RD1-seed18=
| RD1-team18={{flagicon|WAL}} Anthony Davies
| RD1-score18=4
| RD1-seed19=
| RD1-team19={{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Harold
| RD1-score19=3
| RD1-seed20=
| RD1-team20={{flagicon|IRL}} Michael Judge
| RD1-score20=5
| RD1-seed21=
| RD1-team21={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
| RD1-score21=1
| RD1-seed22=
| RD1-team22={{flagicon|ENG}} Adrian Gunnell
| RD1-score22=5
| RD1-seed23=
| RD1-team23={{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens
| RD1-score23=5
| RD1-seed24=
| RD1-team24={{flagicon|NIR}} Patrick Wallace
| RD1-score24=4
| RD1-seed25=
| RD1-team25={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
| RD1-score25=3
| RD1-seed26=
| RD1-team26={{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Finbow
| RD1-score26=5
| RD1-seed27=
| RD1-team27={{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton
| RD1-score27=5
| RD1-seed28=
| RD1-team28={{flagicon|WAL}} Darren Morgan
| RD1-score28=1
| RD1-seed29=
| RD1-team29={{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail
| RD1-score29=5
| RD1-seed30=
| RD1-team30={{flagicon|ENG}} Alfie Burden
| RD1-score30=4
| RD1-seed31=
| RD1-team31={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins
| RD1-score31=5
| RD1-seed32=
| RD1-team32={{flagicon|ENG}} Antony Bolsover
| RD1-score32=1
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams
| RD2-score01=4
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott
| RD2-score02=5
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Quinten Hann
| RD2-score03=5
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Stephen Lee
| RD2-score04=4
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
| RD2-score05=5
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien
| RD2-score06=2
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|PAK}} Shokat Ali
| RD2-score07=5
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
| RD2-score08=4
| RD2-seed09=
| RD2-team09={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD2-score09=5
| RD2-seed10=
| RD2-team10={{flagicon|IRL}} Michael Judge
| RD2-score10=4
| RD2-seed11=
| RD2-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} Adrian Gunnell
| RD2-score11=3
| RD2-seed12=
| RD2-team12={{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens
| RD2-score12=5
| RD2-seed13=
| RD2-team13={{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Finbow
| RD2-score13=5
| RD2-seed14=
| RD2-team14={{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton
| RD2-score14=1
| RD2-seed15=
| RD2-team15={{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail
| RD2-score15=1
| RD2-seed16=
| RD2-team16={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins
| RD2-score16=5
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott
| RD3-score01=5
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|AUS}} Quinten Hann
| RD3-score02=3
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
| RD3-score03=5
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|PAK}} Shokat Ali
| RD3-score04=1
| RD3-seed05=
| RD3-team05={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD3-score05=5
| RD3-seed06=
| RD3-team06={{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens
| RD3-score06=3
| RD3-seed07=
| RD3-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Finbow
| RD3-score07=3
| RD3-seed08=
| RD3-team08={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins
| RD3-score08=5
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott
| RD4-score01=1
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
| RD4-score02=5
| RD4-seed03=
| RD4-team03={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD4-score03=5
| RD4-seed04=
| RD4-team04={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins
| RD4-score04=1
| RD5-seed01=
| RD5-team01={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
| RD5-score01=9
| RD5-seed02=
| RD5-team02={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD5-score02=3
}}
Final
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. Merchant Court Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. 17 March 2001. |
| width="200" align="right" | Ken Doherty {{IRL}} | width="100" align="center" | 9–3 | width="200" | Stephen Hendry |
| colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | Afternoon: 58–7, 41–66 (57), 50–66 (59), 105–0 (105), 85–0 (85), 132–0 (132), 72–15 (72), 0–71 (71) Evening: 71–63 (71, 55), 108–5 (51), 91–27 (91), 91–27 |
| align="right" | 132
| align="center" | Highest break | align="left" | 71 |
| align="right" | 2
| align="center" | Century breaks | align="left" | 0 |
| align="right" | 7
| align="center" | 50+ breaks | align="left" | 4 |