Snooker tournament
The 2009 PartyCasino.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 3 September to 29 November 2009.[2][3]
Shaun Murphy won in the final 7–3 against defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.[4]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1][5]
- Winner: £30,000
- Runner-up: £15,000
- Semi-final: £5,000
- Frame-win: £1000
- Century break: £1,000 (only in league phase)
- Maximum break: £25,000
- Total: £200,000
League phase
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 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher.[1] (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)[6]
- 3 September – Penrith Leisure Centre, Penrith, England[7]
- Neil Robertson 4–2 Judd Trump → 0–(139), (80)–7, (66)–(62), (58) 72–0, (89)–8, 34–75
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Marco Fu → 27–71, 66–4, (133)–4, (106) 115–6, (131) 135–0, 0–(83)
- 17 September – Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern, England[8]
- Shaun Murphy 2–4 John Higgins → 50–72, 73–24, (53)–77 (53), 28–70 (58), (72)–0, 18–92 (61)
- Stephen Hendry 2–4 Judd Trump → (104) 117–0, (57, 68) 125–0, (51)–70, 29–51, 0–126(103), 0–(88)
- 24 September – Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, England[9]
- Neil Robertson 1–5 Stephen Hendry → 32–69 (60), 1–99 (98), 78–4, 19–52, 10–58 (51), 1–133 (127)
- John Higgins 3–3 Marco Fu → (69)–8, 24–65, 60–52, 39–65, (90)–16, 46–66
- 1 October – Sands Centre, Carlisle, England[10]
- Marco Fu 2–4 Judd Trump → 19–(100), (82)–0, 25–75, 61–63, 6–(120), (81)–0
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Neil Robertson → (52) 75–48, 6–84 (77), (112) 113–14, 86–42, 0–117 (91), 4–72
- 15 October – AECC, Aberdeen, Scotland[11]
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Shaun Murphy → (104)–0, 68–1, (56) 89–5, 0–101 (81), 45–84, (75) 85–5
- John Higgins 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 54–65, 36–(76), (92)–0, (73) 92–0, 70–1, 5–71 (64)
- 22 October – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England[12]
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 1–75 (51), 38–65, (78)–0, 0–(76), (95) 99–0, 68–7
- Shaun Murphy 5–1 Marco Fu → 1–117 (91), 63–14, (62) 88–5, (105)–0, (134)–0, (62) 92–7
- 29 October – Guildhall, Preston, England[13]
- John Higgins 4–2 Neil Robertson → 69–51, 41–66, 70–28, (73)–34, (63) 80–28, 17–50
- Shaun Murphy 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 75–50, (55) 75–26, 4–110 (68), 6–100 (96), 54–19, 23–66
- 5 November – Riverside Leisure Centre, Devon, England[14]
- Marco Fu 2–4 Neil Robertson → 54–14, 19–84, 41–71, (90) 95–0, 63–70, 58–60
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4 Judd Trump → 33–80 (67), 93–8, 0–(79), 20–81 (50), 65–69, (50) 87–8
- 12 November – Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston-super-Mare, England[15]
- John Higgins 4–2 Judd Trump → 7–35, (63)–(65), 40–65, (53) 88–79, (74) 78–5, (75) 107–1
- Shaun Murphy 4–2 Neil Robertson → 68–37, (59) 75–99, (104) 119–6, (64) 73–8, 0–(109), 94–8
- 19 November – Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales[16]
- Marco Fu 5–1 Stephen Hendry → 64–40, (70)–25, 14–72, 98–15, 71–15, (122) 128–11
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4 John Higgins → 9–(72), 16–70 (64), (129) 134–0, 0–(107), 0–128 (119), (68) 76–48
- Shaun Murphy 2–4 Judd Trump → 78–66, 11–64 (63), 39–63, 75–22, 43–57, 50–64
Play-offs
28–29 November – Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, England[6][17]
* (61) 80–35, 4–80, (96)–0, 0–(110), 34–77, 61–71 (65), 67–1, 40–75
** 0–(98), 10–99 (53), 10–68 (66), 1–83 (76), (63)–30, (53)–(67)
*** (111) 119–9, 87–36, 70–0, 50–57, 0–(88), 61–67, 75–27, (75) 126–3, (63)–0, (67) 75–(67)
Qualifiers
The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 5 January to 26 March 2009.
Century breaks
[1][6]
- 139, 120, 103, 100 – Judd Trump
- 134, 110, 105, 104 – Shaun Murphy
- 133, 131, 129, 112, 106, 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 127, 111, 104 – Stephen Hendry
- 122 – Marco Fu
- 119, 107 – John Higgins
- 109 – Neil Robertson
References
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- ^ "Global Snooker: Premier League Fixtures Announced". Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- ^ "Matchroom Sport: Matches announced for the Premier League Snooker". Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- ^ "Murphy ends Ronnie's reign". Sky Sports. 30 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ "Prize Fund". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "2009 PartyCasino.com Premier League Snooker". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ "Week 1 Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ "Week 2 Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ "Week 3 Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
- ^ "Week 4 Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
- ^ "Week 5 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 16 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Week 6 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 22 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Week 7 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 29 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Week 8 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 5 November 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Week 9 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 12 November 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Week 10 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 19 November 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Finals Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 19 November 2009.[permanent dead link]
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