PartyBets.com Premier League
Tournament information
Dates6 September – 2 December 2007 (2007-09-06 – 2007-12-02)
CountryUnited Kingdom
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£250,000[1]
Winner's share£50,000[1]
Highest break Steve Davis (ENG) (143)[2]
Final
ChampionEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-upScotland John Higgins
Score7–4
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2008 →

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

Ranking China
DIN		Scotland
HEN		England
OSU		Scotland
HIG		England
DAV		England
WHI		Australia
ROB		Frame
W-L		Match
W-D-L		Pld-Pts
1 Ding Junhui x642634 25–114–1–16–9
2 Stephen Hendry 0x44435 20–164–1–16–9
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 22x5465 24–124–0–26–8
4 John Higgins 421x343 17–192–2–26–6
5 Steve Davis 0223x44 15–212–1–36–5
6 Jimmy White 33022x3 13–230–3–36–3
7 Neil Robertson 211323x 12–240–2–46–2

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.)[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-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Final
Best of 13 frames
      
1 China Ding Junhui 3
4 Scotland John Higgins 5
4 Scotland John Higgins 4
3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 7
2 Scotland Stephen Hendry 1
3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5

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]

Notes

  • a Ding scored a record 495 points without reply in this match (this was a world record at the time) .[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Premier League Snooker makes its return in West Sussex". premierleaguesnooker.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "2007 Premier League Snooker results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "2007 PartyBets.com Premier League". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008.
  4. ↑ 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.
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