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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–13 February 2000 |
| Venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-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) |
| Score | 10–8 |
← 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
editDefending 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
editIn the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:[2][3]
| Match | Date | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Monday 7 February |  Steve Davis (ENG) (15)
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5–6 | Ali Carter (ENG)
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| WC2 | Sunday 6 February | Jimmy White (ENG) (16)
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6–3 |  Marco Fu (HKG)
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Main draw
edit| 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 | Jimmy White
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Matthew Stevens
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Alan McManus (SCO)
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Matthew Stevens (WAL)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Matthew Stevens
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | John Parrott
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | John Parrott (ENG)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Paul Hunter (ENG)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | John Parrott
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Matthew Stevens
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ken Doherty
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mark Williams (WAL)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Peter Ebdon (ENG)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mark Williams
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen Lee
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen Lee (ENG)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Fergal O'Brien (IRL)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen Lee
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ken Doherty
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ken Doherty (IRL)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ali Carter (ENG)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ken Doherty
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stephen Hendry
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stephen Hendry (SCO)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Mark King (ENG)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Final
edit| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 13 February 2000.[2] | ||
| Matthew Stevens (9) Wales
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10–8 | Ken Doherty (7) Ireland
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| 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
editAli 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
editTotal: 13
- 140, 118, 104 – Ken Doherty
- 137, 106, 104 – Stephen Hendry
- 126, 113 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 122, 118 – Matthew Stevens
- 117 – Jimmy White
- 112 – Anthony Hamilton
- 101 – Stephen Lee
Jimmy White's century was scored in the wild-card round.
References
edit- ^ "February 14 down the years: Torvill and Dean's Bolero". ESPN. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ a b c "Benson & Hedges Masters 2000". Snooker.org. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ a b "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Maximum Breaks". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.