# 2000–01 snooker season

The 2000–01 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 26 August 2000 and 13 May 2001. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and invitational events.

## Calendar
### World Snooker Tour

| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| 26 Aug | 3 Sep | ENG | Champions Cup | Brighton Centre | Brighton | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Mark Williams | 7–5 |
| 1 Oct | 8 Oct | ENG | British Open | Plymouth Pavilions | Plymouth | Peter Ebdon | Jimmy White | 9–6 |
| 13 Oct | 22 Oct | ENG | Grand Prix | Telford International Centre | Telford | Mark Williams | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9–5 |
| 24 Oct | 29 Oct | SCO | Scottish Masters | Civic Centre | Motherwell | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Stephen Hendry | 9–6 |
| 5 Nov | 16 Nov | ENG | Benson & Hedges Championship | Willie Thorne Snooker Centre | Malvern | Shaun Murphy | Stuart Bingham | 9–7 |
| 18 Nov | 3 Dec | ENG | UK Championship | Bournemouth International Centre | Bournemouth | John Higgins | Mark Williams | 10–4 |
| 9 Dec | 17 Dec | CHN | China Open | Mission Hills Resort | Shenzhen | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Mark Williams | 9–3 |
| 13 Jan | 21 Jan | ENG | Nations Cup | The Hexagon | Reading | Scotland | Ireland | 6–2 |
| 24 Jan | 28 Jan | WAL | Welsh Open | Cardiff International Arena | Cardiff | Ken Doherty | Paul Hunter | 9–2 |
| 4 Feb | 11 Feb | ENG | Masters | Wembley Conference Centre | London | Paul Hunter | Fergal O'Brien | 10–9 |
| 21 Feb | 25 Feb | MLT | Malta Grand Prix | Mediterranean Conference Centre | Valletta | Stephen Hendry | Mark Williams | 7–1 |
| 11 Mar | 17 Mar | THA | Thailand Masters | Mercahant Court Hotel | Bangkok | Ken Doherty | Stephen Hendry | 9–3 |
| 27 Mar | 1 Apr | IRL | Irish Masters | Citywest Hotel | Dublin | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Stephen Hendry | 9–8 |
| 8 Apr | 15 Apr | SCO | Scottish Open | A.E.C.C. | Aberdeen | Peter Ebdon | Ken Doherty | 9–7 |
| 21 Apr | 7 May | ENG | World Snooker Championship | Crucible Theatre | Sheffield | Ronnie O'Sullivan | John Higgins | 18–14 |
| 6 Jan | 13 May | SCO | Premier League | Inverness Leisure Centre | Inverness | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Stephen Hendry | 9–7 |
* Ranking event
* Non-ranking event

### Challenge Tour

| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| 31 Oct | 2 Nov | ENG | Challenge Tour 1 | Jesters Snooker Club | Swindon | Adrian Rosa | Surinder Gill | 6–4 |
| 18 Dec | 20 Dec | ENG | Challenge Tour 2 | Manhattan Club and Snooker Centre | Harrogate | Andrew Norman | Luke Fisher | 6–3 |
| 9 Mar | 11 Mar | ENG | Challenge Tour 3 | Jesters Snooker Club | Swindon | Shaun Murphy | Andrew Norman | 6–3 |
| 4 Apr | 6 Apr | ENG | Challenge Tour 4 | Manhattan Club and Snooker Centre | Harrogate | Shaun Murphy | Luke Simmonds | 6–2 |

## Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.
| No. | Player | Points 1998/1999 | Points 1999/2000 | Total |
| 1 | Mark Williams | 25445 | 31655 | 57100 |
| 2 | John Higgins | 22755 | 21690 | 44445 |
| 3 | Stephen Hendry | 24445 | 18125 | 42570 |
| 4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 12440 | 20200 | 32640 |
| 5 | Stephen Lee | 15625 | 15980 | 31605 |
| 6 | Matthew Stevens | 13100 | 18005 | 31105 |
| 7 | Ken Doherty | 12995 | 16260 | 29255 |
| 8 | Alan McManus | 15760 | 9750 | 25510 |
| 9 | Fergal O'Brien | 13667 | 11035 | 24702 |
| 10 | John Parrott | 14665 | 9400 | 24065 |
| 11 | Anthony Hamilton | 12255 | 11260 | 23515 |
| 12 | Peter Ebdon | 11470 | 11885 | 23355 |
| 13 | Dave Harold | 10885 | 11852 | 22737 |
| 14 | Paul Hunter | 12422 | 10075 | 22497 |
| 15 | Marco Fu | 10372 | 11957 | 22329 |
| 16 | Joe Swail | 8835 | 12755 | 21590 |