2009 Premier League Snooker Explained

The 2009 PartyCasino.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 3 September to 29 November 2009.^{[1] [2]}

Shaun Murphy won in the final 7–3 against defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.^[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^{[4] [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

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1	John Higgins	x	4	4	4	3	4	3	22–14	4–2–0	6–10
2	Judd Trump	2	x	4	4	4	2	4	20–16	4–0–2	6–8
3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2	2	x	4	3	3	4	18–18	2–2–2	6–6
4	Shaun Murphy	2	2	2	x	3	4	5	18–18	2–1–3	6–5
5	Stephen Hendry	3	2	3	3	x	5	1	17–19	1–3–2	6–5
6	Neil Robertson	2	4	3	2	1	x	4	16–20	2–1–3	6–5
7	Marco Fu	3	2	2	1	5	2	x	15–21	1–1–4	6–3

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.^[4] (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

See main article: 2009 Championship League.

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

Century breaks

^{[4] [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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Global Snooker: Premier League Fixtures Announced . https://web.archive.org/web/20090905024359/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-2009-premier-league-main.asp . 5 September 2009 . dead . 2009-06-18 .
2. Web site: Matchroom Sport: Matches announced for the Premier League Snooker . https://web.archive.org/web/20090705023402/http://www.matchroomsport.com/articleDetail.asp?intarticleID=990 . 5 July 2009 . dead . 2009-06-18 .
3. Web site: Murphy ends Ronnie's reign . 30 November 2009 . Sky Sports . 2009-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091202081158/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C12243_5733174%2C00.html . 2 December 2009 . live .
4. Web site: Global Snooker: League Table, Century Breaks, Prize Fund . https://web.archive.org/web/20100204023416/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-09-10-premier-league-table.asp . 4 February 2010 . dead . 2009-09-24 .
5. Web site: Prize Fund. premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. 20 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20100326131718/http://premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com/prizefund.htm. 26 March 2010.
6. Web site: 2009 PartyCasino.com Premier League Snooker. premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. 5 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20100328061642/http://premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com/results/2009_partycasinocom_premier_league_snooker.htm. 28 March 2010.
7. Web site: Week 1 Results . Global Snooker . https://web.archive.org/web/20091001103206/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-09-10-premier-league-week-one.asp . 1 October 2009 . dead . 3 September 2009 .
8. Web site: Week 2 Results . Global Snooker . https://web.archive.org/web/20090923232944/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-09-10-premier-league-week-two.asp . 23 September 2009 . dead . 17 September 2009 .
9. Web site: Week 3 Results . Global Snooker . https://web.archive.org/web/20090927071432/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-09-10-premier-league-week-three.asp . 27 September 2009 . dead . 24 September 2009 .
10. Web site: Week 4 Results . Global Snooker . 1 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091001130232/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-09-10-premier-league-week-four.asp . 1 October 2009 . dead .
11. Web site: Week 5 Results. Global Snooker. 16 October 2009.
12. Web site: Week 6 Results. Global Snooker. 22 October 2009.
13. Web site: Week 7 Results. Global Snooker. 29 October 2009.
14. Web site: Week 8 Results. Global Snooker. 5 November 2009.
15. Web site: Week 9 Results. Global Snooker. 12 November 2009.
16. Web site: Week 10 Results. Global Snooker. 19 November 2009.
17. Web site: Finals Results. Global Snooker. 19 November 2009.