Grand Prix 2000

Grand Prix 2000
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Attendees:	156
Venue:	International Center, Telford , England
Opening:	October 13, 2000
Endgame:	October 22, 2000
Winner:	Mark Williams
Finalist:	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Highest Break:	143 ( Brian Morgan )
← 1999   2001 →

The 2000 Grand Prix was a snooker tournament of the 2000/01 season that was held from October 13-22 , 2000 at the Telford International Center . The city of Telford in western England was the venue for the tournament only once, which has changed locations several times since 1993.

Defending champion was the Scot John Higgins . This time he only reached the quarter-finals. The previous year he had defeated Mark Williams in the final. The Welshman reached the final again this year and this time won his second Grand Prix title after 1996 with a 9-5 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan .

Prize money / world ranking points

There was approximately £ 30,000 more in prize money this year than in 1999. The extra money went to the losers in the last two qualifying rounds, who got £ 150 and £ 300 more, respectively. The bonuses were redistributed by expanding the starting field in the main tournament to 64 players. There were also adjustments to the points for the world rankings . There were up to 300 points more for all placements.

	Prize money	World ranking points a
winner	£ 62,000	4,800
finalist	£ 33,000	3,200
Semi-finalist	£ 16,500	2.210
Quarter finalist	£ 9,400	1,625
Round of 16	£ 4,800	1,330
Last 32	£ 3,900	1,140
Last 48	£ 3,150	874
Last 64	£ 2,400	684
Last 96	£ 1,550	524
Last 128	£ 950	402
Qualification round 1	-	189
Highest break	TV phase: £ 5,000 before: £ 1,000
All in all	£ 426,350

^a Seeded players who lost their opening game in qualification or the main round received only 60% of the points.

Final round

The year before, 64 players had played the main tournament in Preston . This year only 48 players competed in Telford . In round 1 32 players competed, the top 16 of the world rankings were set for round 2.

Round 1

16 players made it through the qualification successfully. They competed in round 1 against the world ranking players from 17th to 32nd.

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 Darren Morgan  50: 50  Paul Sweeny 2 Terry Murphy  4th5 : 45  Nick Dyson 3 Graeme Dott  4th5 : 45  Andy Hicks 4th Tony Drago  25 : 25  Marcus Campbell 5 Dominic Dale  54: 54th  Patrick Wallace 6th Nigel Bond  52: 52  Bradley Jones 7th Chris Small  52: 52  Robert Milkins 8th Quinten Hann  25 : 25  Jason Prince 9 Brian Morgan  25 : 25  Matt Wilson 10 Joe Perry  15 : 15  Jamie Burnett 11 Jimmy White  15 : 15  Matthew Couch 12 Drew Henry  05 : 05  Michael Judge 13 James Wattana  52: 52  Alfie Burden 14th Steve Davis  4th5 : 45  Jimmy Michie 15th Mark King  25 : 25  Eddie Manning 16 Billy Snaddon  4th5 : 45  Paul McPhillips Top 32 to the final   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   John Higgins 5                 81   Paul Sweeny 0   1   John Higgins 5   30th   Terry Murphy 3   11   Anthony Hamilton - 30th   Terry Murphy kl.   1   John Higgins -   19th   Graeme Dott kl.   13   Dave Harold 4th     19th   Graeme Dott 5   19th   Graeme Dott 5   6th   Matthew Stevens 4th   6th   Matthew Stevens 5 26th   Tony Drago 4th   19th   Graeme Dott 3   4th   Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th   7th   Ken Doherty 5 59   Patrick Wallace 0   7th   Ken Doherty 5   9   Fergal O'Brien 3   9   Fergal O'Brien 5 37   Bradley Jones 4th   7th   Ken Doherty 0   4th   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5   10   John Parrott 2     75   Robert Milkins 5   75   Robert Milkins 1   4th   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5   4th   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 32   Quinten Hann 0   4th   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 2   Mark Williams 9 3   Stephen Hendry 2 28   Brian Morgan 5   28   Brian Morgan 5   12   Peter Ebdon 2   12   Peter Ebdon 5 31   Joe Perry 3   28   Brian Morgan 3   18th   Jimmy White 5   15th   Peter Ebdon 3     18th   Jimmy White 5   18th   Jimmy White 5   8th   Alan McManus 4th   8th   Alan McManus 5 29   Drew Henry 3   18th   Jimmy White 2   2   Mark Williams 6th   5   Stephen Lee 5 50   Alfie Burden 1   5   Stephen Lee 4th   14th   Paul Hunter 5   14th   Paul Hunter 5 17th   Steve Davis 2   14th   Paul Hunter 3   2   Mark Williams 5   16   Joe Swail 4th     22nd   Mark King 5   22nd   Mark King 1   2   Mark Williams 5   2   Mark Williams 5 24   Billy Snaddon 3   kl. = without a fight final For the third time in a year, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams competed in a final. O'Sullivan had previously won twice, but in between Williams had won the world championship and taken first place in the world rankings. The two shared the first four frames of the final, then Williams took the lead with a century break and expanded it frame by frame to 6-2 at the end of the afternoon session. With the lead he went into the evening strengthened and immediately added the sixth frame in a row to 7: 2. O'Sullivan didn’t give up without a fight and reduced it again to 5-7, but when the Welshman got his eighth frame, that was the preliminary decision and with frame 14 Williams made the 9-5 victory perfect. It was the tenth ranking win in his career. Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Colin Brinded International Center,  Telford , England , October 21, 2001 Ronnie O'Sullivan 5: 9 Mark Williams Afternoon : 68 : 56, 32: 102 (101), 111 : 8 (71), 17: 73 (73), 6: 108 (108), 17: 66 , 12: 69 (69), 26: 60 ; Evening : 31: 94 (50), 95 : 0 (95), 102 : 4 (56), 74 : 50 (74/50), 1: 74 , 17: 79 (56) 95 Highest break 108 - Century breaks 2 4th 50+ breaks 7th qualification The qualification took place between August 26 and September 12, 2000. 156 players had registered for the tournament and in four rounds the 16 players who then competed in the main tournament in Telford in October were determined from the 124 players from 33rd place in the world rankings . Century breaks 11 players achieved 23 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. Although he only played two rounds, John Higgins scored four Centurys as did tournament winner Mark Williams . Ali Carter secured £ 1,000 for the highest break in qualifying with a break of 134 points. Main tournament Brian Morgan 143, 114 Robert Milkins 134 a , 133 a Jimmy White 129 a , 116, 105 Mark King 125 a John Higgins 124, 121, 102 (2 ×) Ronnie O'Sullivan 123, 106, 102 Peter Ebdon 117 Ken Doherty 115 Quinten Hann 108 a Mark Williams 108, 101, 100 (2 ×) Nick Dyson 103 a a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players) swell ↑ a b 2000 Grand Prix - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed December 18, 2017 .  ↑ a b 2000 Grand Prix. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 18, 2017 .  ^ Grand Prix 2000. snooker.org, accessed December 18, 2017 (English).  ↑ Rankings - 2000-2001. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 18, 2017 .