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2001 British Open

Snooker tournament

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.

01Main draw

02Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Williams
Telewest Arena, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. 7 October 2001.
John Higgins
 Scotland
9, 6 Graeme Dott
 Scotland
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
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