2000 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying

{{short description|Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 2000}}

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=2000 Benson & Hedges Masters

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|2000|02|6|2000|02|13|df=y}}

|venue=Wembley Conference Centre

|location=London

|country=England

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£615,000

|winners_share=£175,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}} (140)

|winner={{flagathlete|Matthew Stevens|WAL}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}}

|score=10–8

|previous=1999

|next=2001

}}

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.

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.{{cite web|title=February 14 down the years: Torvill and Dean's Bolero|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/onthisday/sport/story/60.html|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=23 May 2012}} 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:

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Match	Date	Score
align="center" \| WC1 \| Monday 7 February \| {{flagathlete\|Steve Davis\|ENG}} (15) \| align="center" \| 5–6 \| {{flagathlete\|Ali Carter\|ENG}}
align="center" \| WC2 \| Sunday 6 February \| {{flagathlete\|Jimmy White\|ENG}} (16) \| align="center" \| 6–3 \| {{flagathlete\|Marco Fu\|HKG}}

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Match

Date

Score

align="center" | WC1

| Monday 7 February

| {{flagathlete|Steve Davis|ENG}} (15)

| align="center" | 5–6

| {{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}}

align="center" | WC2

| Sunday 6 February

| {{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}} (16)

| align="center" | 6–3

| {{flagathlete|Marco Fu|HKG}}

Main draw

{{cite web|title=Benson & Hedges Masters 2000|url=http://www.snooker.org/trn/9900/bm2000_res.shtml|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=23 October 2010}}{{cite web|title=The Masters|url=http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60|archivedate=24 January 2013|publisher=Snooker Scene|accessdate=8 August 2012}}

{{16TeamBracket

| seed-width =

| team-width = 180

| score-width =

| RD1= Last 16
Best of 11 frames

| RD2= Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames

| RD3= Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames

| RD4= Final
Best of 19 frames

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01={{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}}

| RD1-score01=4

| RD1-seed02=16

| RD1-team02={{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}

| RD1-score02=6

| RD1-seed03=8

| RD1-team03={{flagathlete|Alan McManus|SCO}}

| RD1-score03=2

| RD1-seed04=9

| RD1-team04={{flagathlete|Matthew Stevens|WAL}}

| RD1-score04=6

| RD1-seed05=5

| RD1-team05={{flagathlete|John Parrott|ENG}}

| RD1-score05=6

| RD1-seed06=12

| RD1-team06={{flagathlete|Paul Hunter|ENG}}

| RD1-score06=3

| RD1-seed07=4

| RD1-team07={{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}}

| RD1-score07=6

| RD1-seed08=10

| RD1-team08={{flagathlete|Anthony Hamilton|ENG}}

| RD1-score08=4

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09={{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}}

| RD1-score09=6

| RD1-seed10=13

| RD1-team10={{flagathlete|Peter Ebdon|ENG}}

| RD1-score10=3

| RD1-seed11=6

| RD1-team11={{flagathlete|Stephen Lee|ENG}}

| RD1-score11=6

| RD1-seed12=11

| RD1-team12={{flagathlete|Fergal O'Brien|IRL}}

| RD1-score12=4

| RD1-seed13=7

| RD1-team13={{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}}

| RD1-score13=6

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-team14={{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}}

| RD1-score14=0

| RD1-seed15=2

| RD1-team15={{flagathlete|Stephen Hendry|SCO}}

| RD1-score15=6

| RD1-seed16=14

| RD1-team16={{flagathlete|Mark King|ENG}}

| RD1-score16=3

| RD2-seed01=16

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD2-score01=3

| RD2-seed02=9

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens

| RD2-score02=6

| RD2-seed03=5

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

| RD2-score03=6

| RD2-seed04=4

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

| RD2-score04=3

| RD2-seed05=3

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams

| RD2-score05=4

| RD2-seed06=6

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Stephen Lee

| RD2-score06=6

| RD2-seed07=7

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty

| RD2-score07=6

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| RD2-score08=3

| RD3-seed01=9

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens

| RD3-score01=6

| RD3-seed02=5

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

| RD3-score02=2

| RD3-seed03=6

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Stephen Lee

| RD3-score03=0

| RD3-seed04=7

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty

| RD3-score04=6

| RD4-seed01=9

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens

| RD4-score01=10

| RD4-seed02=7

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty

| RD4-score02=8

}}

Final

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colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 13 February 2000.

width="200" align="right" | Matthew Stevens (9)
{{WAL}}

| width="100" align="center" | 10–8

| width="200" | Ken Doherty (7)
{{IRL}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | 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)

align="right" | 122

| align="center" | Highest break

| 140

align="right" | 2

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 1

align="right" | 9

| align="center" | 50+ breaks

| 4

Qualifying

Ali Carter won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1999 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|title=Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155348/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html|archivedate=16 February 2012|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=23 December 2010}} Karl Burrows made his only maximum break against Adrian Rosa.{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html|title=Maximum Breaks|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=2 April 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100407085342/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html| archivedate= 7 April 2010}}{{cite news |title=Karl cracker |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/black-country-evening-mail/165445349/ |newspaper=Black Country Evening Mail |date=5 November 1999 |page=91 |via=newspapers.com |access-date=14 February 2025 |archive-date=14 February 2025 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250214144248/https://www.newspapers.com/article/black-country-evening-mail/165445349/ |url-status=live}}

Century breaks

Total: 13

140, 118, 104 {{ndash}} Ken Doherty
137, 106, 104 {{ndash}} Stephen Hendry
126, 113 {{ndash}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
122, 118 {{ndash}} Matthew Stevens
117 {{ndash}} Jimmy White
112 {{ndash}} Anthony Hamilton
101 {{ndash}} Stephen Lee

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

References

Category:Masters (snooker)

Masters

Masters Snooker

Category:February 2000 sports events in the United Kingdom