Scottish Masters 2000

Scottish Masters 2000 Regal Scottish Masters 2000
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Venue:	Civic Center, Motherwell , Scotland
Opening:	October 24, 2000
Endgame:	October 29, 2000
Winner:	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Finalist:	Stephen Hendry
Highest Break:	147 ( Marco Fu )
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The Regal Scottish Masters 2000 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2000/01 season . The invitational tournament was held October 24-29 at the Motherwell Civic Center . For the eleventh and last time it took place in the Scottish town, in 2001 the tournament returned to nearby Glasgow .

Defending champion Matthew Stevens lost his first game in the quarterfinals. Stephen Hendry was one of the two finalists. Previously, a Scot had made it to the final eight times in a row, but only Hendry had won once. He reached his fifth Scottish Masters final, but had to admit defeat Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-9. For the Englishman it was the second victory at this tournament after 1998 .

For the only time ever at the Scottish Masters a player managed a maximum break . In lap 1 Marco Fu scored the “perfect break” with 147 points. Nevertheless, he lost the game with 1: 5. For the Chinese from Hong Kong it was the first maximum of his career.

Prize money

Most of the qualifiers at the Scottish Masters remained without prize money, most recently in 1997 there was a bonus down to the lower qualifying rounds. The prize pool increased by around £ 12,000 and the participants also benefited from the second round of qualification. Even so, there was still between £ 250 and £ 1,000 more for everyone in the final.

placement	Prize money
winner	£ 62,000
final	£ 30,000
Semifinals	£ 15,500
Quarter finals	£ 9,000
Round 1	£ 5,000
qualification
final	£ 2,000
Semifinals	£ 1,500
Quarter finals	£ 1,000
Highest break
Final round	£ 5,000
All in all	£ 193,000

Final round

Among the 11 players invited for the final round were the first 9 in the world rankings . Jimmy White secured 12th place in this year's qualification tournament . He and the players placed 5th to 11th competed against each other in round 1. The top 4 were set for the quarterfinals.

Round 1 (Best of 9)

Quarter Finals (Best of 11)

Semi-finals (Best of 11)

Final (Best of 17)

1

Matthew Stevens

1

7th

Ken Doherty

5

7th

Ken Doherty

6th

10

Marco Fu

1

7th

Ken Doherty

1

4th

Stephen Hendry

6th

4th

Stephen Hendry

6th

8th

Alan McManus

5

8th

Alan McManus

5

9

Fergal O'Brien

3

4th

Stephen Hendry

6th

5

Ronnie O'Sullivan

9

3

John Higgins

4th

5

Ronnie O'Sullivan

5

5

Ronnie O'Sullivan

6th

12

Jimmy White

3

5

Ronnie O'Sullivan

6th

2

Mark Williams

5

2

Mark Williams

6th

6th

Stephen Lee

5

6th

Stephen Lee

4th

11

Steve Davis

1

final

Stephen Hendry had already won the Scottish Masters three times and was the sole record winner. Ronnie O'Sullivan had won the title two years earlier and also in the last encounter between the two, at the beginning of the season at the Champions Cup , he had the upper hand and then won the tournament. Hendry started the final with a century break , but at the first break it was 2-2. After that, O'Sullivan won two frames in a row and held the lead until the session break. Hendry was able to shorten the evening several times, but not compensate. When O'Sullivan moved away from 6: 5 to 8: 5, it was a preliminary decision, Hendry was able to save himself in the 15th frame, but then the Englishman finished to 9: 6 and won his second Scottish Masters title.

Final: Best of 17 Frames Civic Center,  Motherwell , Scotland , October 29, 2000
Stephen Hendry	6: 9	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Afternoon : 120 : 6 (120), 9: 77 , 0: 76 , 80 : 10 (80), 66: 71 , 46: 72 , 84 : 17 (84), 9: 65 (54); Evening : 128 : 0 (127), 16: 82 (52), 88 : 0 (88), 12: 103 (76), 38: 87 (62), 66 : 56 (52 O'Sullivan), 0: 125 (74)
127	Highest break	76
2	Century breaks	-
5	50+ breaks	6th

qualification

The qualifying matches were played between August 26 and September 12, 2000. The pre-qualification for Scottish players from previous years had been abolished and all players had competed in a single tournament. 12 players had played in four rounds for the free place in the final tournament, with four players being seeded for round 2. Jimmy White secured last place in the main tournament in October.

	Round 1					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
							Anthony Hamilton	2
		Billy Snaddon	2
							Drew Henry	5
		Drew Henry	5									Drew Henry	1
												Jimmy White	5
							Jimmy White	5
		Graeme Dott	1
							Stephen Maguire	1
		Stephen Maguire	5														Jimmy White	5
																	Joe Swail	2
							Joe Swail	5
		Dominic Dale	4th
							Stuart Bingham	3
		Stuart Bingham	5									Joe Swail	5
												Chris Small	4th
							Dave Harold	0
		Chris Small	5
							Chris Small	5
		David Gray	2

Century breaks

7 players achieved a total of 10 breaks of over 100 points in the tournament. Tournament winner Ronnie O'Sullivan scored all of his 3 century breaks in a 5-3 game against Jimmy White . Marco Fu achieved the first maximum break in tournament history . It was the 39th official maximum. However, there was no special bonus, but at least another £ 5,000 for the highest tournament break.

Marco Fu	147
Ronnie O'Sullivan	135, 115, 107
Stephen Hendry	127, 120
Ken Doherty	118
Matthew Stevens	110
John Higgins	104
Alan McManus	102

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2. ↑ ^{a b c d} 2000 Scottish Masters - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed November 4, 2018 . 
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5. ↑ Rankings - 2000-2001. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed November 4, 2018 .