2000 Masters (snooker)

The 2000 Masters (officially the 2000 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 13 February 2000 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.

2000 Benson & Hedges Masters
Tournament information
Dates6–13 February 2000 (2000-02-06 – 2000-02-13)
VenueWembley Conference Centre
CityLondon
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£615,000
Winner's share£175,000
Highest break Ken Doherty (IRL) (140)
Final
Champion Matthew Stevens (WAL)
Runner-up Ken Doherty (IRL)
Score10–8
← 1999
2001 →

Matthew Stevens won the title on his second attempt after 1996 by defeating Ken Doherty, who had made his second final in a row, 10–8. On the 15th frame of the final, Doherty attempted a maximum break, but he missed the final black at 140.[1] This was the highest break of the tournament.

Field

Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Ali Carter (ranked 142), and Marco Fu (ranked 35), who was the wild-card selection. Ali Carter, Marco Fu and Fergal O'Brien were making their debuts in the Masters.

Wild-card round

In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:[2][3]

MatchDateScore
WC1 Monday 7 February  Steve Davis (ENG) (15) 5–6  Ali Carter (ENG)
WC2 Sunday 6 February  Jimmy White (ENG) (16) 6–3  Marco Fu (HKG)

Main draw

[2][3]

Last 16
Best of 11 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1  John Higgins (SCO) 4
16  Jimmy White (ENG) 6
16 England Jimmy White 3
9 Wales Matthew Stevens 6
8  Alan McManus (SCO) 2
9  Matthew Stevens (WAL) 6
9 Wales Matthew Stevens 6
5 England John Parrott 2
5  John Parrott (ENG) 6
12  Paul Hunter (ENG) 3
5 England John Parrott 6
4 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3
4  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 6
10  Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 4
9 Wales Matthew Stevens 10
7 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 8
3  Mark Williams (WAL) 6
13  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 3
3 Wales Mark Williams 4
6 England Stephen Lee 6
6  Stephen Lee (ENG) 6
11  Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 4
6 England Stephen Lee 0
7 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 6
7  Ken Doherty (IRL) 6
 Ali Carter (ENG) 0
7 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 6
2 Scotland Stephen Hendry 3
2  Stephen Hendry (SCO) 6
14  Mark King (ENG) 3

Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 13 February 2000.[2]
Matthew Stevens (9)
 Wales		 10–8 Ken Doherty (7)
 Ireland
Afternoon: 126–4 (118), 61–51 (Stevens 50), 50–68, 96–0 (96), 85–22 (65), 87–0 (87), 2–102 (78), 59–70
Evening: 122–0 (122), 17–83 (60), 72–47 (56), 9–96, 58–14, 78–34 (61), 0–144 (140), 22–82, 0–85 (85), 101–1 (63)
122 Highest break 140
2 Century breaks 1
9 50+ breaks 4

Qualifying

Ali Carter won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1999 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.[4] Karl Burrows made his only maximum break against Adrian Rosa.[5]

Century breaks

Total: 13

Jimmy White's century was scored in the wild-card round.

References
  1. "February 14 down the years: Torvill and Dean's Bolero". ESPN. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  2. "Benson & Hedges Masters 2000". Snooker.org. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  3. "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  4. Turner, Chris. "Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  5. Turner, Chris. "Maximum Breaks". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
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