UK Championship 2000
UK Championship 2000
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | International Center, Bournemouth |
| Opening: | November 25, 2000 |
| Endgame: | December 3, 2000
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| Winner: |
 John Higgins
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| Finalist: |
 Mark Williams
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| Highest Break: | 141 ( Quinten Hann )
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The UK Championship 2000 was a snooker tournament , which from November 25 to December 3, 2000 in the International Center of Bournemouth was held. It was won by the Scot John Higgins , who two years earlier had won his first UK Championship in the same place. He defeated last year's winner and world number one Mark Williams 4-0.
For the second time in a row, a maximum break was achieved at the tournament . Englishman Nick Dyson managed the second 147-point break of his career. It was the fifth maximum in tournament history and the first to be achieved in qualification.
Prize money
Again almost £ 50,000 more than in the previous year and thus for the first time over £ half a million were paid out at the tournament. There was little or no increase for the top 16, but the next 16 got £ 1,250 more this year. The new intermediate round of the last 48 was provided with a more significant premium increase.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 78,000 |
| finalist | £ 41,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 20,600 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 11,200 |
| Round of 16 | 5800 pounds |
| Last 32 | £ 4900 |
| Last 48 | 4000 pounds |
| Last 64 | 3125 pounds |
| Last 96 | 1655 pounds |
| Last 128 | 1150 pounds |
| Highest break | Main Tournament: £ 5000 Qualification: £ ... |
| All in all | £ 542,780 |
qualification
It was the last time more than 128 players competed since the tournament opened in 1991. In four qualifying rounds, 16 players were identified who played against the seeded players of the main tournament. They took place immediately before from November 18th to 24th.
Main tournament
After the main tournament had consisted of 64 players for 15 years, who competed against each other in knockout mode, the system was changed this year. The 16 best players were already set for the second round. In the first round, the next 16 players competed against the 16 winners from the qualification.
Round 1
| game | Result | game | Result | |||||
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| 1 |
 David Gray
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9 : 6 |
 James Wattana
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9 |
 Tony Drago
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9 : 7 |
Rod Lawler
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| 2 |
Mark King
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9 : 5 |
Dave Finbow
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10 |
Nigel Bond
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9 : 7 |
Barry Pinches
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| 3 |
Drew Henry
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9 : 8 |
Stuart Bingham
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11 |
Nick Dyson
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9 : 6 |
Jimmy White
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| 4th |
Dominic Dale
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9 : 3 |
 Patrick Wallace
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12 |
Chris Small
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9 : 3 |
Mark Gray
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| 5 |
Steve Davis
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9 : 5 |
Bradley Jones
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13 |
Jimmy Michie
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9 : 5 |
Billy Snaddon
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| 6th |
 Michael Judge
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9 : 3 |
Terry Murphy
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14th |
Graeme Dott
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9 : 8 |
Neal Foulds
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| 7th |
Joe Perry
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9 : 6 |
 Kristjan Helgason
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15th |
Quinten Hann
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9 : 7 |
Adrian Gunnell
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| 8th |
Brian Morgan
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9 : 1 |
Jonathan Birch
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16 |
Gerard Greene
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9 : 7 |
Darren Morgan
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Round 2 to the final
Century breaks
40 century breaks were played during the main tournament of the last 48. Nick Dyson had already made a maximum break in qualifying and a break of 143 points. He had achieved the three highest breaks in the entire tournament.
The breaks of the first main round are shown in italics. They did not count towards the award for the highest major round break.
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- ↑ a b c d 2000 UK Championship. CueTracker, accessed November 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Results. Snooker Database, accessed November 3, 2015 .
