World Snooker Championship 2000

World Snooker Championship 2000 Embassy World Snooker Championship
Attendees:	32
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 15, 2000
Endgame:	April 30/1. May 2000
Winner:	Mark Williams
Finalist:	Matthew Stevens
Highest Break:	143 ( Matthew Stevens )
← 1999   2001 →

The 2000 World Snooker Championship took place from April 15 to May 1, 2000 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and marked the end of the 1999/2000 snooker season .

The defending champion was Stephen Hendry from Scotland , but this year he lost 7:10 to Englishman Stuart Bingham in the first round . The winner was Mark Williams from Welsh , for whom this was the first world championship title.

Prize money and world ranking points

	Prize money
winner	£ 240,000
finalist	£ 140,000
Semi-finalist	£ 70,000
Quarter finalist	£ 35,000
Round of 16	£ 19,000
Last 32	£ 13,000
Last 48	£ 10,000
Last 96	£ 6,375
Last 128	£ 1,050
Highest Break (Main Round)	£ 20,000
Highest Break (Qualification)	£ 2,000
All in all	£ 1,460,000

Main round

	Round 1 Best of 19 Frames 2 Sessions; Frames 9-10					Round of 16 Best of 25 Frames 3 Sessions; Frames 8-8-9					Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames 3 Sessions; Frames 8-8-9					Semifinals Best of 33 Frames 4 Sessions; Frames 8-8-8-9					Final Best of 35 Frames 4 Sessions; Frames 8-8-8-11
	1	Stephen Hendry	7th
	93	Stuart Bingham	10
						93	Stuart Bingham	9
						16	Jimmy White	13
	16	Jimmy White	10
	24	Billy Snaddon	7th
											16	Jimmy White	7th
											9	Matthew Stevens	13
	9	Matthew Stephens	10
	20th	Tony Drago	2
						9	Matthew Stevens	13
						8th	Alan McManus	4th
	8th	Alan McManus	10
	21st	Nigel Bond	7th
																9	Matthew Stevens	17th
																28	Joe Swail	12
	5	John Parrott	10
	29	Gary Wilkinson	9
						5	John Parrott	12
						28	Joe Swail	13
	12	Paul Hunter	6th
	28	Joe Swail	10
											28	Joe Swail	13
											19th	Dominic Dale	9
	13	Peter Ebdon	6th
	19th	Dominic Dale	10
						19th	Dominic Dale	13
						60	David Gray	1
	4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
	60	David Gray	10
																					9	Matthew Stevens	16
																					3	Mark Williams	18th
	3	Mark Williams	10
	62	John Read	4th
						3	Mark Williams	13
						45	Drew Henry	9
	14th	Mark King	8th
	45	Drew Henry	10
											3	Mark Williams	13
											11	Fergal O'Brien	5
	11	Fergal O'Brien	10
	18th	Chris Small	8th
						11	Fergal O'Brien	13
						6th	Stephen Lee	8th
	6th	Stephen Lee	10
	105	Kristjan Helgason	3
																3	Mark Williams	17th
																2	John Higgins	15th
	7th	Ken Doherty	10
	23	Darren Morgan	3
						7th	Ken Doherty	12
						10	Anthony Hamilton	13
	10	Anthony Hamilton	10
	35	Marco Fu	4th
											10	Anthony Hamilton	3
											2	John Higgins	13
	15th	Steve Davis	10
	25th	Graeme Dott	6th
						15th	Steve Davis	11
						2	John Higgins	13
	2	John Higgins	10
	17th	Dave Harold	8th

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: John Newton Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , April 30th / 1st May 2000
Matthew Stevens	16: 18	Mark Williams
1st session: 62 : 50, 84 : 28 (77), 33: 56 , 103 : 23 (103), 18: 65 , 61: 76 (57), 0: 123 (123), 75 : 35 (65) 2nd session: 64 : 24, 91 : 37 (85), 59 : 21, 117 : 0 (111), 114 : 7 (114), 6: 79 (59), 73 : 22 (73), 68 : 0 (63) 3rd session: 133 : 0 (108), 66 : 48, 0: 106 (106), 55 : 54, 0: 81 (80), 34: 79 , 46: 71 , 37: 79 4th session : 33: 77 (77), 67 : 0 (67), 6: 75 , 0: 74 (67), 120 : 16 (120), 13: 61 , 66: 70 , 60 : 29, 8: 76 (56 ), 21:73
120	Highest break	123
5	Century breaks	2
11	50+ breaks	8th

Century breaks

Main round

During the main round, 14 players scored 54 Centuries. John Higgins had the highest number of century breaks at twelve. The highest break of the competition was achieved by Matthew Stevens with 143 points.

Matthew Stevens 143, 120, 114, 114, 112, 111, 110, 109, 108, 104, 103 John Higgins 141, 141, 137, 136, 135, 129, 127, 126, 109, 108, 108, 103 Joe Swail 141, 103, 102 Ronnie O'Sullivan 136, 123, 115, 102, 101 Drew Henry 133 Stuart Bingham 132 Stephen Lee 126, 102

Mark Williams 123, 112, 106, 105, 101, 101 Dominic Dale 120, 119, 103, 101, 100 Ken Doherty 118, 106, 104, 101 Stephen Hendry 106 John Parrott 102 Chris Small 101 Peter Ebdon 100

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Embassy World Championship 2000 . Snooker.org. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{a b} World Championship 2000 . Global snooker. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2014.