British Open 2000

British Open 2000
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Attendees:	157
Venue:	Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth , England
Opening:	October 1, 2000
Endgame:	October 8, 2000
Winner:	Peter Ebdon
Finalist:	Jimmy White
Highest Break:	141 ( Joe Perry )
← 1999   2001 →

The British Open 2000 was a snooker tournament of the 2000/01 season that was held from October 1st to 8th, 2000 in the Plymouth Pavilions . For the eighth and final time, Plymouth in the south-west corner of England was the venue for the tournament.

Defending champion Stephen Hendry was the last stop in the quarterfinals. His opponent in the 1999 final, Peter Ebdon , made it into the final again. This time he won the title with a 9-6 win over Jimmy White .

Prize money / world ranking points

There was almost £ 40,000 more to win this year than last year, almost as much as in the previous record year of 1992 . The increase benefited the lower ranks almost exclusively. There was £ 1,125 and £ 750 more in the Round of 32 after the mode change. The first two qualifying rounds were £ 150 and £ 200 more, respectively. In terms of the points for the world rankings , there was a significant increase in the value of the tournament through all rounds. The winner got 1,840 points more, the following places increased accordingly, which corresponds to an increase of up to 75% for the last 32. In the first qualifying round, the increase from 100 to 537 points was more than five-fold.

	Prize money	World ranking points a
winner	£ 62,000	6,400
finalist	£ 34,000	4,265
Semi-finalist	£ 16,500	2,945
Quarter finalist	£ 9,400	2.165
Round of 16	£ 4,800	1,775
Last 32	£ 3,900	1,520
Last 48	£ 3,150	1,165
Last 64	£ 2,400	912
Last 96	£ 1,550	700
Last 128	£ 950	537
Qualification round 1	-	252
Highest break	TV phase: £ 5,000 before: £ 1,000
All in all	£ 438,300

^a Seeded players who lost their first game in qualifying received a reduced number of points.

Final round

The tournament mode had completely changed compared to the previous year. Only 48 players entered the main round in Plymouth , with the top 32 in the world rankings being set. The other 16 players were determined several weeks earlier in several qualifying rounds.

Round 1

16 players qualified in four rounds in August and September. They competed against the players from 17th to 32nd place in the world rankings.

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 Terry Murphy  35 : 35  Stuart Bingham 2 Brian Morgan  50: 50  Robert Milkins 3 Steve Davis  4th5 : 45  Kristjan Helgason 4th Tony Drago  4th5 : 45  John Lardner 5 Dominic Dale  35 : 35  Gary Wilkinson 6th Graeme Dott  15 : 15  Jonathan Birch 7th Drew Henry  54: 54th  Shokat Ali 8th Quinten Hann  25 : 25  Michael Holt 9 Darren Morgan  53: 53  Anthony Davies 10 Billy Snaddon  25 : 25  Lee Walker 11 Chris Small  53: 53  Gary Ponting 12 Nigel Bond  50: 50  David Gray 13 Jimmy White  35 : 35  Peter Lines 14th Joe Perry  05 : 05  Troy Shaw 15th Mark King  05 : 05  Steve James 16 James Wattana  4th5 : 45  Andrew Higginson Top 32 to the final The top 16 of the world rankings were set for round 2 and played against the 16 winners from round 1.   Round 1 best of 9 frames Round of 16 best of 9 frames Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames Semi-final best of 11 frames Final Best of 17 frames                                                 1   Stephen Hendry 5                 30th   Terry Murphy 2   1   Stephen Hendry 5   75   Robert Milkins 3   16   Joe Swail 2 75   Robert Milkins 5   1   Stephen Hendry 2   8th   Alan McManus 5   17th   Steve Davis 5     74   Kristjan Helgason 4th   17th   Steve Davis 3   8th   Alan McManus 5   8th   Alan McManus 5 26th   Tony Drago 4th   8th   Alan McManus 2   12   Peter Ebdon 6th   5   Stephen Lee 5 20th   Dominic Dale 3   5   Stephen Lee 2   12   Peter Ebdon 5   12   Peter Ebdon 5 19th   Graeme Dott 1   12   Peter Ebdon 5   4th   Ronnie O'Sullivan 3   13   Dave Harold 5     68   Shokat Ali 4th   13   Dave Harold 3   4th   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5   4th   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 32   Quinten Hann 3   12   Peter Ebdon 9 18th   Jimmy White 6th 3   John Higgins 5 40   Anthony Davies 1   3   John Higgins 4th   14th   Paul Hunter 5   14th   Paul Hunter 5 24   Billy Snaddon 4th   14th   Paul Hunter 5   53   Gary Ponting 4th   11   Anthony Hamilton -     53   Gary Ponting kl.   53   Gary Ponting 5   6th   Matthew Stevens 4th   6th   Matthew Stevens 5 52   David Gray 2   14th   Paul Hunter 2   18th   Jimmy White 6th   7th   Ken Doherty 2 18th   Jimmy White 5   18th   Jimmy White 5   31   Joe Perry 2   10   John Parrott 2 31   Joe Perry 5   18th   Jimmy White 5   22nd   Mark King 4th   15th   Marco Fu 4th     22nd   Mark King 5   22nd   Mark King 5   2   Mark Williams 3   2   Mark Williams 5 27   James Wattana 4th   kl. = without a fight final After Peter Ebdon had missed the British Open title in the same place the year before, his last title win was three years ago. It was eight years ago for Jimmy White . He too had lost a final at the Pontins Professional last year . The final started evenly, White took the lead several times but Ebdon kept equalizing. So the first session ended in a draw 4: 4. That seemed to continue in the evening when White won the first frame and Ebdon the second. But then the younger one took the lead for the first time and was able to add a third frame with two 50 breaks. With the score of 7: 5 it was getting tight for White, he could shorten, but with the only century break of the final Ebdon came within one frame of victory. He completed it with the 15th frame and with 9: 6 he won the third rankings of his career. Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Alan Chamberlain Plymouth Pavilions,  Plymouth , England , October 7, 2001 Peter Ebdon 9 : 6 Jimmy White Afternoon : 35: 70 (59), 8: 88 , 93 : 7, 69 : 15, 37: 69 (57), 64 : 0 (59), 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 : 43 120 Highest break - 1 Century breaks - 7th 50+ breaks 3 Century breaks 13 players achieved 25 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. Ronnie O'Sullivan scored the highest TV break in the round of 16 with 143 points and the most Centurys overall. The highest tournament break, however, was achieved by Englishman Sean Storey in qualification: he lined up 145 points. Main tournament Ronnie O'Sullivan 143, 131 (2 ×), 102 (2 ×) Ken Doherty 141, 103 David Gray 139 a , 118, 116 a John Higgins 129, 112, 103 (2 ×) Drew Henry 126, 125 a Marco Fu 125 a Joe Swail 124 Andy Hicks 122, 100 Euan Henderson 107 a Alan McManus 104 Dominic Dale 102 Paul Davies 100 a Graeme Dott 100 a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players) swell ↑ a b 2000 British Open - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed October 20, 2018 .  ↑ 2000 British Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 20, 2018 .  ↑ British Open 2000. snooker.org, accessed on October 20, 2018 (English).  ↑ Rankings - 2000-2001. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 20, 2018 .