The 2001 Sportingbet.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 6 January to 13 May 2001. The highest break of the tournament was 143 made by Marco Fu against Stephen Hendry on 25 March 2001.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 9–7 against Hendry. __TOC__

League phase

Ranking FU OSU HIG HEN WIL DAV WHI FrameW-L MatchW-D-L Pld-Pts 1 Marco Fu x 5 2 5 5 5 6 28–20 5–0–1 6–10 2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 3 x 4 6 4 7 6 30–18 3–2–1 6–8 3 John Higgins 6 4 x 3 4 5 5 27–21 3–2–1 6–8 4 Stephen Hendry 3 2 5 x 6 6 4 26–22 3–1–2 6–7 5 Mark Williams 3 4 4 2 x 6 7 26–22 2–2–2 6–6 6 Steve Davis 3 1 3 2 2 x 5 16–32 1–0–5 6–2 7 Jimmy White 2 2 3 4 1 3 x 15–33 0–1–5 6–1

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher.

6 January – Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales Marco Fu 5–3 Mark Williams Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–1 Steve Davis Stephen Hendry 4–4 Jimmy White 7 January – Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales Marco Fu 6–2 Jimmy White Stephen Hendry 6–2 Steve Davis Mark Williams 4–4 John Higgins 2 February – Woodford Leisure Centre, Hull, England Marco Fu 5–3 Steve Davis Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 Stephen Hendry 3 February – Woodford Leisure Centre, Hull, England Marco Fu 5–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Williams 6–2 Steve Davis John Higgins 5–3 Jimmy White 17 February – Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, England Steve Davis 5–3 Jimmy White John Higgins 6–2 Marco Fu Mark Williams 4–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan 18 February – Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, England Stephen Hendry 6–2 Mark Williams John Higgins 4–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan 24 March – Rothwell Sports Centre, Leeds, England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 Jimmy White Stephen Hendry 5–3 John Higgins 25 March – Rothwell Sports Centre, Leeds, England John Higgins 5–3 Steve Davis Marco Fu 5–3 Stephen Hendry Mark Williams 7–1 Jimmy White

Play-offs 12–13 May – Inverness Leisure Centre, Inverness, Scotland

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