2007 Premier League Snooker

The 2007 PartyBets.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 6 September to 3 December 2007.

PartyBets.com Premier League

Tournament information
Dates	6 September- 3 December 2007
Country	United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Highest break	143
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	John Higgins
Score	7–4
← 2006 2008 →

Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 7–4 against John Higgins.

League phase

Ranking		DIN	HEN	OSU	HIG	DAV	WHI	ROB	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	Ding Junhui	x	6	4	2	6	3	4	25–11	4–1–1	6–9
2	Stephen Hendry	0	x	4	4	4	3	5	20–16	4–1–1	6–9
3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2	2	x	5	4	6	5	24–12	4–0–2	6–8
4	John Higgins	4	2	1	x	3	4	3	17–19	2–2–2	6–6
5	Steve Davis	0	2	2	3	x	4	4	15–21	2–1–3	6–5
6	Jimmy White	3	3	0	2	2	x	3	13–23	0–3–3	6–3
7	Neil Robertson	2	1	1	3	2	3	x	12–24	0–2–4	6–2

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.)[1][2]

• 6 September – Olympos, Haywards Heath, England
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 John Higgins → 63–27, 12–72, (68) 80–37, (124)–6, 83–38, (83) 107–7
  • Ding Junhui 3–3 Jimmy White → 0–87 (86), (138) 142–0, 48–78 (70), (66, 62) 128–0, 35–67 (66), (103)–0
• 13 September – Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern, England
  • Steve Davis 4–2 Neil Robertson → 67–50, (73) 74–46, (69) 70–21, 66–15, 38–45, 14–93 ( 69)
  • Stephen Hendry 4–2 Ronnie O'Sullivan → 66–52 (51), 1–98 (98), (78) 104–0, 79–52 (52), (54) 95–0, 6–105 (101)
• 20 September – Dorking Halls, Dorking, England
  • John Higgins 3–3 Neil Robertson → 29–60, (87) 87–21, 36–59, (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)–0, 68–0, (137)–0, 57–67, 0–(141), 72–21
  • Steve Davis 4–2 Jimmy White → 72–28, 31–56, (55) 65–33, 15–67, 49–14, (97)–0
• 4 October – Assembly Rooms, Derby, England
  • Stephen Hendry 5–1 Neil Robertson → (81) 82–0, 63–54, (77)–8, (130)–0, (67)–51, (59) 77–50
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Steve Davis → (105)–0, (141)–0, (96)–24, (55) 75–41, 0–147 (143), 4–87
• 11 October – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England
  • Stephen Hendry 4–2 John Higgins → (63, 50) 117–8, 24–59 (53), 61–47, (128)–0, 0–(128), 82–48
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–0 Jimmy White → (119) 124–0, (51) 87–0, 69–65, (87)–38, 72–37, (91) 92–4
• 25 October – The Cresset, Peterborough, England
  • Ding Junhui 4–2 Neil Robertson → 8–65 (53), 0–128 (124), (103)–0, (115)–1, (73)–64 (59), (133)–0
  • Stephen Hendry 4–2 Steve Davis → 0–92 (53), (58) 94–0, (55) 101–21, (73)–0, 81–21, 29–76 (52)
• 1 November – Guildford Spectrum, Guildford, England
  • Ding Junhui 6–0 Steve Davis → 80–31, (115)–0, (101) 110–24, (61)–9, (60) 83–0, (104)–0
  • John Higgins 4–2 Jimmy White → (65) 71–1, (105) 106–4, (64)–0, 59–68, 54–32, 8–93
• 15 November – Glades Arena, Kidderminster, England
  • John Higgins 4–2 Ding Junhui → 67–62, (57) 77–55, 77–14, 44–101, 0–103 (94), (55) 84–21
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Neil Robertson → (57) 77–19, (113) 114–8, 58–56, (103) 111–10, (120)–6, 6–(123)
• 22 November – Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, Scotland
  • Neil Robertson 3–3 Jimmy White → 36–69, 13–69, (51) 65–27, 42–60, (63)–24, (50) 71–17
  • Ding Junhui 6–0 Stephen Hendry → (133)–0, (87) 88–0, (136)–0, (138)–0, (54) 75–5, 66–36^[a]
  • John Higgins 3–3 Steve Davis → 79–16, (60)–15, 79–12, 1–69 (68), 28–81, 33–74 (70)

Play-offs

2–3 December – AECC, Aberdeen, Scotland[1][2]

	Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 13 frames
	1	Ding Junhui	3
	4	John Higgins*	5
						4	John Higgins	4
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan***	7
	2	Stephen Hendry	1
	3	Ronnie O'Sullivan**	5

* 40–50, 31–73 (60), (100)–0, 77–0, 0–(116), 66–52, 3–119 (84), 1–(72)
** 17–(75), 18–80 (76), 83–16, 35–87 (82), 1–93 (92), 48–56
*** (73)–0, 4–84 (54), 49–82 (66), 80–26, 77–0, 2–90 (80), 29–(104), 14–(86), 14–111 (110), (104) 108–0, 0–107 (69)

Century breaks

[1][2]

• 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.[3]

References

1. "2007 Premier League Snooker results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
2. "2007 PartyBets.com Premier League". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008.
3. Everton, Clive (3 May 2008). "I've never been so outplayed, admits humiliated Hendry as O'Sullivan makes final with 'perfection'". The guardian. London. Retrieved 14 September 2010.