2001 UK Championship

The 2001 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Barbican Centre in York, England. The event started on 3 December 2001 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 8 and 16 December 2001. This was the first UK Championship to be held in York, becoming only the fourth venue in the championship's history.

John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost his quarter-final match against Stephen Lee. Ronnie O'Sullivan won his third UK title by defeating Ken Doherty 10–1 in the final. This was the biggest win in the final since the championship introduced the best-of-19-frame finals in 1993. The victory meant that O'Sullivan – the reigning World Champion – had now won both major ranking events in the same calendar year. Peter Ebdon compiled the highest break, a 143, in his last 32 match against Michael Judge.

Tournament summary
Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
 * Winner: £100,000
 * Runner-up: £54,000
 * Highest break: £10,000
 * Total: £600,000

Main draw

 * David Finbow retires due to health problems

Century breaks
All rounds


 * 145 – Darren Morgan
 * 143, 136, 117, 112 – Peter Ebdon
 * 142, 131, 130, 110, 107, 106 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 140 – Dominic Dale
 * 137, 136, 119 – Stephen Lee
 * 137, 121, 109, 107 – Mark Williams
 * 137 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 136 – John Higgins
 * 134, 130, 127, 121 – Stephen Hendry
 * 129, 120 – Michael Judge
 * 128, 104 – Nick Dyson
 * 127 – Steve Davis
 * 125 – Tony Drago
 * 125 – Bjorn Haneveer
 * 124 – James Wattana
 * 123 – Luke Fisher
 * 122, 109, 103, 101, 100, 100 – Mark Davis
 * 121 – Noppadon Noppachorn
 * 120, 117 – Stephen Maguire
 * 118, 114, 114, 107, 101 – Robin Hull


 * 117, 109 – Matthew Stevens
 * 117 – Graeme Dott
 * 117 – Kurt Maflin
 * 114 – Shaun Murphy
 * 114 – Andrew Higginson
 * 112 – Paul Hunter
 * 111 – Ali Carter
 * 110 – Adrian Gunnell
 * 110 – Bradley Jones
 * 108, 101 – Marco Fu
 * 107, 106, 104 – Ken Doherty
 * 107 – Antony Bolsover
 * 106 – David Gray
 * 106 – Nick Pearce
 * 104 – Joe Swail
 * 103 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 101 – Mark Gray
 * 101 – Neal Foulds
 * 101 – Terry Murphy
 * 100 – John Parrott