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]
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
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
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)
The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 5 January to 26 March 2009.
[ 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
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