2000 UK Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 18 November – 3 December 2000 |
Venue | Bournemouth International Centre |
City | Bournemouth |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £440,000 |
Winner's share | £78,000 |
Highest break | Quinten Hann (AUS) (141) |
Final | |
Champion | John Higgins (SCO) |
Runner-up | Mark Williams (WAL) |
Score | 10–4 |
← 1999 2001 → |
The 2000 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. The event started on 18 November 2000 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 25 November and 3 December 2000. Nick Dyson made a maximum break in the qualifying stage against Robert Milkins.
John Higgins won in the final 10–4 against Mark Williams.[1]
This was to be the last UK Championship to be held in Bournemouth, where the event was hosted since the 1998. From 2001 onwards it was hosted in York.[1]
Tournament summary[]
Defending champion and World Champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Prize money[]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £78,000
- Runner-up: £41,000
- Total: £440,000
Main draw[]
Final[]
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: John Williams. Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England, 3 December 2000. | ||
Mark Williams (1) Wales |
4–10 | John Higgins (2) Scotland |
Afternoon: 17–74 (73), 0–131 (131), 73–0 (73), 32–94 (54), 0–108 (108), 47–71 (55), 0–115 (115), 117–0 (117) Evening: 0–80, 15–67, 0–105 (76), 75–13 (51), 81–8 (51), 46–76 | ||
117 | Highest break | 131 |
1 | Century breaks | 3 |
4 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying[]
Round of 160 Best of 9 frames
Wayne Jones 5–2 Ryan Day Nick Dyson 5–0 5–4 Jeff Cundy Simon Bedford w/o–w/d 5–3 Stephen Maguire Stuart Mann 5–0 Lasse Munstermann 5–4 Scott MacKenzie 5–3 5–3 Neil Robertson 5–4 Bob Chaperon 5–1 Mark Bennett Joe Delaney 5–3 Philip Williams 5–4 |
5–3 Stefan Mazrocis 5–4 5–1 Hugh Abernethy 5–2 Karl Burrows Jason Weston 5–1 Mark Selby 5–3 Ian Brumby Bjorn Haneveer 5–2 Stuart Reardon 5–1 Barry Hawkins 5–4 Colm Gilcreest Andrew Higginson 5–4 Noppadon Noppachorn Robin Hull 5–3 David McLellan 5–4 |
Round of 128 Best of 9 frames
5–1 Wayne Jones Mike Hallett 5–0 Mark Gray 5–4 Simon Bedford 5–0 Steve Judd Mike Dunn 5–2 Stuart Mann 5–4 Dean Reynolds Adrian Gunnell 5–2 5–1 Phaitoon Phonbun Neal Foulds 5–1 Tony Jones 5–4 |
5–0 Dene O'Kane 5–2 Stefan Mazrocis w/o–w/d Martin Clark Jason Prince 5–2 Hugh Abernethy 5–1 Darren Clarke Kristján Helgason 5–4 Mark Selby Bjorn Haneveer 5–3 Nick Walker Stuart Reardon 5–2 Barry Hawkins 5–3 John Lardner Andrew Higginson 5–1 Willie Thorne Robin Hull 5–2 |
Round of 96 Best of 9 frames
Mehmet Husnu 5–3 Ian McCulloch Rod Lawler 5–4 Jamie Burnett 5–4 Mike Hallett Peter Lines 5–2 Mark Gray 5–3 Joe Johnson Alfie Burden 5–3 Gerard Greene 5–2 Adrian Gunnell 5–4 Steve James 5–4 Alain Robidoux |
Bradley Jones 5–3 5–4 John Read Michael Judge 5–2 Jason Prince 5–1 Jason Ferguson Jonathan Birch 5–2 Kristján Helgason 5–3 Euan Henderson Bjorn Haneveer 5–3 Marcus Campbell Stuart Bingham 5–2 Stuart Reardon Andrew Higginson 5–4 David Roe Patrick Wallace 5–1 Robin Hull Dave Finbow 5–3 David McLellan |
Round of 64 Best of 11 frames
Barry Pinches 6–4 Jamie Burnett Mark Gray 6–2 Alfie Burden Gerard Greene 6–5 Anthony Davies Adrian Gunnell 6–4 |
Bradley Jones 6–4 Michael Judge 6–4 Jason Prince Kristján Helgason 6–5 Bjorn Haneveer Stuart Bingham 6–2 Barry Hawkins Patrick Wallace 6–1 Andrew Higginson Dave Finbow 6–4 Nick Pearce |
References[]
- ^ a b Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ^ "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Victoria UK Championship 2000". Snooker.org. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
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