Wikipedia / 2000 UK Championship
Wikipedia / 2000 UK Championship
The 2000 UK Championship (officially the 2000 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. The event started on 18 November 2000 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 25 November and 3 December 2000. Nick Dyson made a maximum break in the qualifying stage against Robert Milkins.
John Higgins won in the final 10–4 against defending champion Mark Williams.
This was to be the last UK Championship to be held in Bournemouth, where the event was hosted since the 1998. From 2001 onwards it was hosted in York.
Tournament summary
Defending champion and World Champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Prize money
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £78,000
Runner-up: £41,000
Semi-finalists: £20,600
Quarter-finalists: £11,200
Last 16: £5,800
Last 32: £4,900
Last 64: £3,125
Last 96: £1,655
Last 128: £1,150
Highest break (televised): £5,000
Highest break (untelevised): £1,520
Maximum break: £20,000
Total: £540,000
Qualifying
Round of 160 Best of 9 frames Mehmet Husnu 5–1 Sean Storey
Wayne Jones 5–2 Ryan Day
Simon Bedford w/o–w/d Da Hailin
Somporn Kanthawung 5–3 Stephen Maguire
Stuart Mann 5–0 Lasse Munstermann
Richard King 5–4 Scott MacKenzie
Barry Mapstone 5–3 Matt Wilson
Patrick Delsemme 5–3 Neil Robertson
Anthony Bolsover 5–1 Mark Bennett
Philip Williams 5–4 Charoen Phorat Jason Barton 5–3 Chris Shade
Stefan Mazrocis 5–4 Eddie Manning
Craig Harrison 5–1 Craig Roper
Hugh Abernethy 5–2 Karl Burrows
James Reynolds 5–3 Paul McPhilips
Jason Weston 5–1 Mario Wehrmann
Mark Selby 5–3 Ian Brumby
Bjorn Haneveer 5–2 Peter McCullagh
Stuart Reardon 5–1 Farhan Mirza
Barry Hawkins 5–4 Colm Gilcreest
Andrew Higginson 5–4 Noppadon Noppachorn
Robin Hull 5–3 Gareth Chilcott
David McLellan 5–4 Lee Richardson
David McDonnell 5–3 Nick Terry
Round of 128 Best of 9 frames Mehmet Husnu 5–3 Ali Carter
Mike Hallett 5–0 Stephen O'Connor
Darryn Walker 5–0 Craig MacGillivray
Somporn Kanthawung 5–0 Steve Judd
Mike Dunn 5–2 Stuart Mann
Richard King 5–4 Dean Reynolds
Adrian Gunnell 5–2 Barry Mapstone
Patrick Delsemme 5–1 Phaitoon Phonbun
Tony Jones 5–4 Anthony Bolsover
Philip Williams 5–0 Leo Fernandez Jason Barton 5–0 Dene O'Kane
Mark Fenton 5–2 Stefan Mazrocis
Craig Harrison w/o–w/d Martin Clark
Jason Prince 5–2 Hugh Abernethy
James Reynolds 5–1 Darren Clarke
Kristján Helgason 5–4 Mark Selby
Bjorn Haneveer 5–3 Nick Walker
Stuart Reardon 5–2 Wayne Brown
Barry Hawkins 5–3 John Lardner
Andrew Higginson 5–1 Willie Thorne
Nick Pearce 5–3 David McDonnell
Martin Dziewialtowski 5–3 Troy Shaw
Round of 96 Best of 9 frames Mehmet Husnu 5–3 Ian McCulloch
Jamie Burnett 5–4 Mike Hallett
Mark Gray 5–3 Joe Johnson
Alfie Burden 5–3 Somporn Kanthawung
Gerard Greene 5–2 Richard King
Adrian Gunnell 5–4 Steve James
Patrick Delsemme 5–4 Alain Robidoux
Jimmy Michie 5–4 Philip Williams Bradley Jones 5–3 Jason Barton
Mark Fenton 5–4 John Read
Michael Judge 5–2 Craig Harrison
Jason Prince 5–1 Jason Ferguson
Jonathan Birch 5–2 James Reynolds
Kristján Helgason 5–3 Euan Henderson
Bjorn Haneveer 5–3 Marcus Campbell
Stuart Bingham 5–2 Stuart Reardon
Andrew Higginson 5–4 David Roe
Patrick Wallace 5–1 Robin Hull
Dave Finbow 5–3 David McLellan
Gary Wilkinson 5–2 Martin Dziewialtowski
Round of 64 Best of 11 frames Rod Lawler 6–5 Mehmet Husnu
Barry Pinches 6–4 Jamie Burnett
Gerard Greene 6–5 Anthony Davies
Adrian Gunnell 6–4 Patrick Delsemme
Jimmy Michie 6–1 Shokat Ali Bradley Jones 6–4 Mark Fenton
Michael Judge 6–4 Jason Prince
Kristján Helgason 6–5 Bjorn Haneveer
Stuart Bingham 6–2 Barry Hawkins
Patrick Wallace 6–1 Andrew Higginson
Main draw
Final
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