2007 Premier League Snooker
Snooker tournament
The 2007 PartyBets.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 6 September to 2 December 2007.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 7–4 against John Higgins .
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[ 1]
Winner: £ 50,000
Runner-up: £25,000
Semi-final: £12,500
Frame-win: £1,000
Century break: £1,000
Total: £250,000
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. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold .)[ 2] [ 3]
6 September – Olympos, Haywards Heath , England
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 –1 John Higgins → 63–27, 12–72, 80(68)–37, 124(124 )–6, 83–38, 107(83)–7
Ding Junhui 3–3 Jimmy White → 0–87(86), 142(138 )–0, 48–78(70), 128(66, 62)–0, 35–67(66), 103(103 )–0
13 September – Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern , England
Steve Davis 4 –2 Neil Robertson → 67–50, 74(73)–46, 70(69)–21, 66–15, 38–45, 14–93( 69)
Stephen Hendry 4 –2 Ronnie O'Sullivan → 66–52(51), 1–98(98), 104(78)–0, 79–52(52), 95(54)–0, 6–105(101 )
20 September – Dorking Halls, Dorking , England
John Higgins 3–3 Neil Robertson → 29–60, 87(87)–21, 36–59, 126(126 )–1, 65–47, 5–64
Jimmy White 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 4–113(102 ), 48–59, 77–0, 72–48, 63–37, 61–64
27 September – Plymouth Pavilions , Plymouth , England
Ding Junhui 4 –2 Ronnie O'Sullivan → 97(97)–0, 68–0, 137(137 )–0, 57–67, 0–141(141 ), 72–21
Steve Davis 4 –2 Jimmy White → 72–28, 31–56, 65(55)–33, 15–67, 49–14, 97(97)–0
4 October – Assembly Rooms, Derby , England
Stephen Hendry 5 –1 Neil Robertson → 82(81)–0, 63–54, 77(77)–8, 130(130 )–0, 67(67)–51, 50–77(59)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4 –2 Steve Davis → 105(105 )–0, 141(141 )–0, 96(96)–24, 75(55)–41, 0–147(143 ), 4–87
11 October – Grimsby Auditorium , Grimsby , England
Stephen Hendry 4 –2 John Higgins → 117(63,50)-8, 24–59(53), 61–47, 128(128 )–0, 0–128(128 ), 82–48
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 –0 Jimmy White → 124(119 )–0, 87(51)–0, 69–65, 87(87)–38, 72–37, 92(91)–4
25 October – The Cresset, Peterborough , England
Ding Junhui 4 –2 Neil Robertson → 8–65(53), 0–128(124 ), 103(103 )–0, 115(115 )–1, 73(73)–64(59), 133(133 )–0
Stephen Hendry 4 –2 Steve Davis → 0–92(53), 94(58)–0, 101(55)–21, 73(73)–0, 81–21, 29–76(52)
1 November – Guildford Spectrum , Guildford , England
Ding Junhui 6 –0 Steve Davis → 80–31, 115(115 )–0, 110(101 )–24, 61(61)–9, 83(60)–0, 104(104 )–0
John Higgins 4 –2 Jimmy White → 71(65)–1, 106(105 )–4, 64(64)–0, 59–68, 54–32, 8–93
15 November – Glades Arena, Kidderminster , England
John Higgins 4 –2 Ding Junhui → 67–62, 77(57)–55, 77–14, 44–101, 0–103(94), 84(55)–21
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 –1 Neil Robertson → 77(57)–19, 114(113 ** )–8, 58–56, 111(103 )–10, 120(120 )–6, 6–123(123 )
22 November – Rothes Halls, Glenrothes , Scotland
Neil Robertson 3–3 Jimmy White → 36–69, 13–69, 65(51)–27, 42–60, 63(63)–24, 71(50)–17
Ding Junhui 6 –0 Stephen Hendry → 133(133 )–0, 88(87)–0, 136(136 )–0, 138(138 )–0, 75(54)–5, 66–36[a]
John Higgins 3–3 Steve Davis → 79–16, 60(60)–15, 79–12, 1–69(68), 28–81, 33–74(70)
Play-offs
1–2 December – AECC , Aberdeen , Scotland [ 2] [ 3]
Semi-Final 1 – Ding Junhui 3–5 John Higgins 40–50, 31–73(60), 100(100 )–0, 77–0, 0–116(116 ), 66–52, 3–119(84), 1–72(72)
Semi-Final 2 – Stephen Hendry 1–5 Ronnie O'Sullivan 17–75(75), 18–80(76), 83–16, 35–87(82), 1–93(92), 48–56
Final – John Higgins 4–7 Ronnie O'Sullivan 73(73)–0, 4–84(54), 49–82(66), 80–26, 77–0, 2–90(80), 29–104(104 ), 14–86(86), 14–111(110 ), 108(104 )–0, 0–107(69)
Century breaks
[ 2] [ 3]
143 – Steve Davis
141, 141, 124, 120, 119, 113, 110, 105, 104, 103, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
138, 138, 137, 136, 133, 133, 115, 115, 104, 103, 103, 101, 100 – Ding Junhui
130, 128, 102 – Stephen Hendry
128, 126, 116, 105, 104 – John Higgins
124, 123 – Neil Robertson
Notes
a Ding scored a record 495 points without reply in this match (this was a world record at the time) .[ 4]
References
Professional Snooker League Matchroom League International League European League Premier League Winners
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