2000 Grand Prix (snooker)

August 2017 Grand Prix 2000 10 13 2000 10 22 y Telford International Centre Telford England WPBSA Ranking event £440,000 £62,000 Brian Morgan ENG (143) Mark Williams WAL Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 9–5 1999 2001 The 2000 Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament and the second of eight WPBSA ranking events in the 2000/2001 season, following the British Open and preceding the UK Championship. It was held from 13 to 22 October 2000 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England. John Higgins was the defending champion, but he withdrew from his quarter-final match against Graeme Dott due to a family wedding. Mark Williams won his 10th ranking title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–5 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for the tournament was as follows:Hendon David 11 October 2000 Rage could drive Higgins on road to victory http://www.tsnsnooker.com/cont/art/na00715.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20001202002000/http://www.tsnsnooker.com/cont/art/na00715.htm 2 December 2000 6 February 2025 TSN Snooker Winner: £62,000 Runner-up: £33,000 Semi-finalists: £16,500 Quarter-finalists: £9,400 Last 16: £4,800 Last 32: £3,900 Last 48: £3,150 Last 64: £2,400 Last 96: £1,550 Last 128: £950 Highest break: £5,000 Highest break (non-televised): £1,000 Total: £440,000Newslines: Snooker The Observer 11 15 October 2000 250372433 Tournament summary Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings. Despite reaching the quarter-finals, Higgins withdrew from the tournament at the quarter-final stage, giving opponent Graeme Dott a walkover into the semi-finals. Higgins was angry that his quarter-final match with Dott was to fall on the same day as his brother's wedding, despite Higgins' claim he had been assured eight months previously no such clash was to take place. World Snooker insisted no such assurances were made.Higgins to withdraw from Grand Prix http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/975515.stm BBC Sport 24 February 2019 Main draw Last 48Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames 25 WAL Darren Morgan 0 ENG Paul Sweeny 5 30 NIR Terry Murphy 5 ENG Nick Dyson 4 19 SCO Graeme Dott 5 ENG Andy Hicks 4 26 MLT Tony Drago 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 2 20 WAL Dominic Dale 4 NIR Patrick Wallace 5 23 ENG Nigel Bond 2 ENG Bradley Jones 5 21 SCO Chris Small 2 ENG Robert Milkins 5 32 AUS Quinten Hann 5 NIR Jason Prince 2 28 ENG Brian Morgan 5 ENG Matt Wilson 2 31 ENG Joe Perry 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 1 18 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG Matthew Couch 1 29 SCO Drew Henry 5 IRL Michael Judge 0 27 THA James Wattana 2 ENG Alfie Burden 5 17 ENG Steve Davis 5 ENG Jimmy Michie 4 22 ENG Mark King 5 ENG Eddie Manning 2 24 SCO Billy Snaddon 5 SCO Paul McPhillips 4 1 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Paul Sweeny 0 11 ENG Anthony Hamilton w/d 30 NIR Terry Murphy w/o 13 ENG Dave Harold 4 19 SCO Graeme Dott 5 6 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 26 MLT Tony Drago 4 7 IRL Ken Doherty 5 NIR Patrick Wallace 0 9 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 ENG Bradley Jones 4 10 ENG John Parrott 2 ENG Robert Milkins 5 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 32 AUS Quinten Hann 0 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 2 28 ENG Brian Morgan 5 12 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 31 ENG Joe Perry 3 15 HKG Marco Fu 3 18 ENG Jimmy White 5 8 SCO Alan McManus 5 29 SCO Drew Henry 3 5 ENG Stephen Lee 5 ENG Alfie Burden 1 14 ENG Paul Hunter 5 17 ENG Steve Davis 2 16 NIR Joe Swail 4 22 ENG Mark King 5 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 24 SCO Billy Snaddon 3 1 SCO John Higgins 5 30 NIR Terry Murphy 3 19 SCO Graeme Dott 5 6 WAL Matthew Stevens 4 7 IRL Ken Doherty 5 9 IRL Fergal O'Brien 3 ENG Robert Milkins 1 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 28 ENG Brian Morgan 5 12 ENG Peter Ebdon 2 18 ENG Jimmy White 5 8 SCO Alan McManus 4 5 ENG Stephen Lee 4 14 ENG Paul Hunter 5 22 ENG Mark King 1 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 1 SCO John Higgins w/d 19 SCO Graeme Dott w/o 7 IRL Ken Doherty 0 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 28 ENG Brian Morgan 3 18 ENG Jimmy White 5 14 ENG Paul Hunter 3 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 19 SCO Graeme Dott 3 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 18 ENG Jimmy White 2 2 WAL Mark Williams 6 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 2 WAL Mark Williams 9 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded.Telford International Centre, Telford, England, 22 October 2000. Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) 5–9 Mark Williams (2) Afternoon: 68–56, 32–102 (101), 111–8 (71), 17–73 (73), 6–108 (108), 17–66, 12–69 (69), 26–60Evening: 31–94 (50), 95–0 (95), 102–4 (56), 74–50 (50, 74), 1–74, 17–79 (56) 95 Highest break 108 0 Century breaks 2 4 50+ breaks 7 References http://www.snooker.org/trn/0001/gp2000_res.shtml Category:World Open (snooker) Grand Prix