2009 Premier League Snooker

PartyCasino.com Premier League Snooker

Tournament information
Dates	3 September- 29 November 2009
Country	United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£200,000
Winner's share	£30,000
Highest break	139
Final
Champion	Shaun Murphy
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score	7–3
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 PartyCasino.com Premier League Snooker 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]

• Winner: £30,000
• Runner-up: £15,000
• Semi-final: £5,000
• Frame-win: £1000
• Century-break: £1000
• Total: £200,000

League phase

Ranking		HIG	TRU	OSU	MUR	HEN	ROB	FU	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
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.)^[5]

• 3 September – Penrith Leisure Centre, Penrith, England^[6]
  • 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^[7]
  • 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^[8]
  • 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^[9]
  • 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^[10]
  • 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^[11]
  • 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^[12]
  • 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^[13]
  • 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^[14]
  • 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^[15]
  • 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^[5][16]

	Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 13 frames
	1	John Higgins	3
	4	Shaun Murphy*	5
						4	Shaun Murphy***	7
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
	2	Judd Trump	1
	3	Ronnie O'Sullivan**	5

* (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

^[4][5]

• 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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2. "Matchroom Sport: Matches announced for the Premier League Snooker". Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
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External links

• Official website
• "Picture Perfect: Premier League 2009 (Grimbsby)". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 30 April 2011.