2000 British Open
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=2000 British Open
|dates={{Start and end dates|2000|10|1|2000|10|8|df=y}}
|venue=Plymouth Pavilions
|location=Plymouth
|country=England
|organisation=WPBSA
|format=Ranking event
|Total prize fund=£440,000
|winners_share=£62,000
|highest_break=
|winner={{flagathlete|Peter Ebdon|ENG}}
|runner_up={{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}
|score=9–6
|previous=Sep 1999
|next=2001
}}
The 2000 British Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 1–8 October 2000 at the Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England.
Peter Ebdon won the tournament by defeating Jimmy White nine frames to six in the final. The defending champion, Stephen Hendry, was defeated by Alan McManus in the quarter-final.{{cite web|title=British Open|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/brit.html|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155129/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/brit.html|accessdate=3 January 2018|archive-date=2012-02-16}}
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Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the championship is shown below:{{cite web |last=Hendon |first=David |date=29 September 2000 |title=English hoping to bloom on home soil |url=http://www.tsnsnooker.com/cont/art/na00671.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001205044400/http://www.tsnsnooker.com/cont/art/na00671.htm |archive-date=5 December 2000 |access-date=6 February 2025 |publisher=TSN Snooker}}{{div col}}
- Winner: £62,000
- Runner-up: £33,000
- Semi-finalists: £16,500
- Quarter-finalists: £9,400
- Last 16: £4,800
- Last 32: £3,900
- Last 48: £3,150
- Last 64: £2,400
- Last 96: £1,550
- Last 128: £950
- Highest break (televised stage): £5,000
- Highest break (untelevised stage): £1,000
- Total: £440,000
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Main draw
{{cite web|title=British Open 2000|url=http://www.snooker.org/Trn/0001/bo2000_res.shtml|publisher=snooker.org|accessdate=3 January 2018}}{{cite web|title=British Open|url=http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071502/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=14|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 January 2013|publisher=Snooker Scene|accessdate=3 January 2018}}
{{48TeamBracket
| RD1=Last 48
Best of 9 frames
| RD2=Last 32
Best of 9 frames
| RD3=Last 16
Best of 9 frames
| RD4=Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
| RD5=Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
| RD6=Final
Best of 17 frames
| RD1-seed01=30
| RD1-team01={{flagicon|NIR}} Terry Murphy
| RD1-score01=5
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham
| RD1-score02=3
| RD1-seed03=28
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Brian Morgan
| RD1-score03=0
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Milkins
| RD1-score04=5
| RD1-seed05=17
| RD1-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD1-score05=5
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06={{flagicon|ISL}} Kristján Helgason
| RD1-score06=4
| RD1-seed07=26
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|MLT}} Tony Drago
| RD1-score07=5
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|SCO}} John Lardner
| RD1-score08=4
| RD1-seed09=20
| RD1-team09={{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale
| RD1-score09=5
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10={{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilkinson
| RD1-score10=3
| RD1-seed11=19
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott
| RD1-score11=5
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|ENG}} Jonathan Birch
| RD1-score12=1
| RD1-seed13=29
| RD1-team13={{flagicon|SCO}} Drew Henry
| RD1-score13=4
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|PAK}} Shokat Ali
| RD1-score14=5
| RD1-seed15=32
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|AUS}} Quinten Hann
| RD1-score15=5
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt
| RD1-score16=2
| RD1-seed17=25
| RD1-team17={{flagicon|WAL}} Darren Morgan
| RD1-score17=3
| RD1-seed18=
| RD1-team18={{flagicon|WAL}} Anthony Davies
| RD1-score18=5
| RD1-seed19=24
| RD1-team19={{flagicon|SCO}} Billy Snaddon
| RD1-score19=5
| RD1-seed20=
| RD1-team20={{flagicon|WAL}} Lee Walker
| RD1-score20=2
| RD1-seed21=21
| RD1-team21={{flagicon|SCO}} Chris Small
| RD1-score21=3
| RD1-seed22=
| RD1-team22={{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Ponting
| RD1-score22=5
| RD1-seed23=23
| RD1-team23={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond
| RD1-score23=0
| RD1-seed24=
| RD1-team24={{flagicon|ENG}} David Gray
| RD1-score24=5
| RD1-seed25=18
| RD1-team25={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White
| RD1-score25=5
| RD1-seed26=
| RD1-team26={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Lines
| RD1-score26=3
| RD1-seed27=31
| RD1-team27={{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry
| RD1-score27=5
| RD1-seed28=
| RD1-team28={{flagicon|ENG}} Troy Shaw
| RD1-score28=0
| RD1-seed29=22
| RD1-team29={{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King
| RD1-score29=5
| RD1-seed30=
| RD1-team30={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve James
| RD1-score30=0
| RD1-seed31=27
| RD1-team31={{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana
| RD1-score31=5
| RD1-seed32=
| RD1-team32={{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson
| RD1-score32=4
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD2-score01=5
| RD2-seed02=30
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|NIR}} Terry Murphy
| RD2-score02=2
| RD2-seed03=16
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail
| RD2-score03=2
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Milkins
| RD2-score04=5
| RD2-seed05=9
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien
| RD2-score05=3
| RD2-seed06=17
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD2-score06=5
| RD2-seed07=8
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
| RD2-score07=5
| RD2-seed08=26
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|MLT}} Tony Drago
| RD2-score08=4
| RD2-seed09=5
| RD2-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} Stephen Lee
| RD2-score09=5
| RD2-seed10=20
| RD2-team10={{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale
| RD2-score10=3
| RD2-seed11=12
| RD2-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
| RD2-score11=5
| RD2-seed12=19
| RD2-team12={{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott
| RD2-score12=1
| RD2-seed13=13
| RD2-team13={{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Harold
| RD2-score13=5
| RD2-seed14=
| RD2-team14={{flagicon|PAK}} Shokat Ali
| RD2-score14=4
| RD2-seed15=4
| RD2-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
| RD2-score15=5
| RD2-seed16=32
| RD2-team16={{flagicon|AUS}} Quinten Hann
| RD2-score16=3
| RD2-seed17=3
| RD2-team17={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins
| RD2-score17=5
| RD2-seed18=
| RD2-team18={{flagicon|WAL}} Anthony Davies
| RD2-score18=1
| RD2-seed19=14
| RD2-team19={{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Hunter
| RD2-score19=5
| RD2-seed20=24
| RD2-team20={{flagicon|SCO}} Billy Snaddon
| RD2-score20=4
| RD2-seed21=11
| RD2-team21={{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton
| RD2-score21=w/d
| RD2-seed22=
| RD2-team22={{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Ponting
| RD2-score22=w/o
| RD2-seed23=6
| RD2-team23={{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens
| RD2-score23=5
| RD2-seed24=
| RD2-team24={{flagicon|ENG}} David Gray
| RD2-score24=2
| RD2-seed25=7
| RD2-team25={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
| RD2-score25=2
| RD2-seed26=18
| RD2-team26={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White
| RD2-score26=5
| RD2-seed27=10
| RD2-team27={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott
| RD2-score27=2
| RD2-seed28=31
| RD2-team28={{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry
| RD2-score28=5
| RD2-seed29=15
| RD2-team29={{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fu
| RD2-score29=4
| RD2-seed30=22
| RD2-team30={{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King
| RD2-score30=5
| RD2-seed31=2
| RD2-team31={{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams
| RD2-score31=5
| RD2-seed32=27
| RD2-team32={{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana
| RD2-score32=4
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD3-score01=5
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Milkins
| RD3-score02=3
| RD3-seed03=17
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD3-score03=3
| RD3-seed04=8
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
| RD3-score04=5
| RD3-seed05=5
| RD3-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Stephen Lee
| RD3-score05=2
| RD3-seed06=12
| RD3-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
| RD3-score06=5
| RD3-seed07=13
| RD3-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Harold
| RD3-score07=3
| RD3-seed08=4
| RD3-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
| RD3-score08=5
| RD3-seed09=3
| RD3-team09={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins
| RD3-score09=4
| RD3-seed10=14
| RD3-team10={{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Hunter
| RD3-score10=5
| RD3-seed11=
| RD3-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Ponting
| RD3-score11=5
| RD3-seed12=6
| RD3-team12={{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens
| RD3-score12=4
| RD3-seed13=18
| RD3-team13={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White
| RD3-score13=5
| RD3-seed14=31
| RD3-team14={{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry
| RD3-score14=2
| RD3-seed15=22
| RD3-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King
| RD3-score15=5
| RD3-seed16=2
| RD3-team16={{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams
| RD3-score16=3
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD4-score01=2
| RD4-seed02=8
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
| RD4-score02=5
| RD4-seed03=12
| RD4-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
| RD4-score03=5
| RD4-seed04=4
| RD4-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
| RD4-score04=3
| RD4-seed05=14
| RD4-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Hunter
| RD4-score05=5
| RD4-seed06=
| RD4-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Ponting
| RD4-score06=4
| RD4-seed07=18
| RD4-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White
| RD4-score07=5
| RD4-seed08=22
| RD4-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King
| RD4-score08=4
| RD5-seed01=8
| RD5-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
| RD5-score01=2
| RD5-seed02=12
| RD5-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
| RD5-score02=6
| RD5-seed03=14
| RD5-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Hunter
| RD5-score03=2
| RD5-seed04=18
| RD5-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White
| RD5-score04=6
| RD6-seed01=12
| RD6-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
| RD6-score01=9
| RD6-seed02=18
| RD6-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White
| RD6-score02=6
}}
Final
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England. 8 October 2000. |
| width="200" align="right" | Peter Ebdon {{ENG}} | width="100" align="center" | 9–6 | width="200" | Jimmy White |
| colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | Afternoon: 35–70 (59), 8–88, 93–7, 69–15, 37–69 (57), 64–0 (57), 15–67 (54), 94–0 (53) Evening: 34–59, 121–0 (80), 68–58 (63), 107–8 (50, 57), 7–76, 120–4 (120), 83–43 |
| align="right" | 120
| align="center" | Highest break | align="left" | 59 |
| align="right" | 1
| align="center" | Century breaks | align="left" | 0 |
| align="right" | 7
| align="center" | 50+ breaks | align="left" | 3 |