2000 Malta Grand Prix

August 2022 Malta Grand Prix 2000 02 20 2000 02 27 y Mediterranean Conference Centre Valletta Malta WPBSA Ranking event £290,000 £50,000 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG (142) Ken Doherty IRL Mark Williams WAL 9–3 1998 2001 The 2000 Malta Grand Prix was the sixth edition of the professional ranking snooker tournament which took place at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, Malta. Qualifying for the event started on 3 January 2000 and the final stages took place between 20 and 27 February 2000. Ken Doherty won the tournament, defeating Mark Williams 9–3 in the final. The highest break, a 142, was compiled by quarter-finalist Ronnie O'Sullivan in his last-16 match against Jimmy White. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner £50,000 Runner-up £26,000 Highest break £3,000 Total £290,000 Wildcard round Match Score WC1 Adrian Gunnell ENG 5–1 Alex Borg MLT WC2 Nick Dyson ENG 4–5 Joe Grech MLT Main draw Last 32 Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames ENG Alfie Burden 5 ENG Mark King 4 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Gary Wilkinson 1 IRL Stephen O'Connor 4 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 ENG Rod Lawler 4 ENG Adrian Gunnell 0 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 ENG Michael Holt 3 ENG Paul Hunter 3 ENG Nigel Bond 5 ENG Stephen Lee 5 ENG David Gray 4 HKG Marco Fu 5 ENG Peter Ebdon 3 SCO Alan McManus 5 WAL Dominic Dale 2 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 SCO Drew Henry 4 SCO John Higgins 5 NIR Joe Swail 2 SCO Billy Snaddon 3 ENG John Parrott 5 ENG Robert Milkins 5 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 ENG Steve Davis 5 ENG Stuart Pettman 0 WAL Mark Williams 5 Malta Joe Grech 2 ENG Alfie Burden 2 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Jimmy White 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 WAL Matthew Stevens 3 ENG Nigel Bond 4 ENG Stephen Lee 5 HKG Marco Fu 5 SCO Alan McManus 4 IRL Fergal O'Brien 3 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG John Parrott 5 ENG Robert Milkins 4 ENG Steve Davis 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 2 ENG Stephen Lee 5 HKG Marco Fu 5 SCO John Higgins 3 ENG John Parrott 1 WAL Mark Williams 5 IRL Ken Doherty 6 ENG Stephen Lee 4 HKG Marco Fu 3 WAL Mark Williams 6 IRL Ken Doherty 9 WAL Mark Williams 3 Qualifying The three qualifying rounds took place between 3 and 14 January 2000, and were all played under a best-of-nine frames format. Round 1 Pakistan Shokat Ali 5–2 England Ali Carter WAL Mark Bennett 5–2 England Craig Harrison ENG Stuart Bingham 5–3 England Lee Richardson ENG Karl Broughton 5–4 England Wayne Saidler WAL Tony Chappel 5–3 England Nick Terry WAL Gareth Chilcott 5–3 England Steve Judd ENG Darren Clarke 5–4 England Mark Davis WAL Anthony Davies 5–4 Scotland Hugh Abernethy ENG Mike Dunn 5–0 England Mark Gray ENG Nick Dyson 5–2 Scotland Craig MacGillivray SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 5–2 WAL Mark Fenton IRL Leo Fernandez 5–0 Scotland Stephen Maguire ENG Leigh Griffin 5–4 England Munraj Pal ENG Adrian Gunnell 5–3 England Tony Knowles Iceland Kristján Helgason 5–1 England Stefan Mazrocis ENG Michael Holt 5–0 Belgium Patrick Delsemme FIN Robin Hull 5–2 NIR Dennis Taylor IRL Michael Judge 5–0 Scotland David McLellan ENG Robert Milkins 5–3 England Nick Pearce Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn 5–3 England Wayne Brown IRL Stephen O'Connor 5–2 England Peter McCullagh New Zealand Dene O'Kane 5–2 WAL Richard King ENG Stuart Pettman 5–2 Cyprus 1960 Mehmet Husnu Thailand Phaitoon Phonbun 5–4 England Eddie Manning ENG Barry Pinches 5–0 Scotland John Lardner WAL James Reynolds 5–2 England Karl Burrows ENG Chris Scanlon 5–3 WAL Ryan Day ENG Mark Selby 5–2 England Tony Jones ENG Troy Shaw 5–3 Belgium Mario Geudens ENG Paul Sweeny 5–2 England Sean Storey ENG Willie Thorne 5–4 ENG Ian Brumby NIR Patrick Wallace 5–2 WAL Wayne Jones Round 2 ENG Karl Broughton 5–2 England Jason Ferguson ENG Alfie Burden 5–2 England Chris Scanlon SCO Marcus Campbell 5–4 ENG Darren Clarke ENG Martin Clark 5–3 Thailand Phaitoon Phonbun ENG Matthew Couch 5–2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane WAL Paul Davies 5–3 Iceland Kristján Helgason ENG Nick Dyson 5–3 England Neal Foulds SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 5–3 England Joe Perry IRL Leo Fernandez 5–3 England Gary Ponting HKG Marco Fu 5–2 WAL Mark Bennett ENG David Gray 5–2 ENG Mike Dunn ENG Leigh Griffin w/o–w/d CAN Alain Robidoux ENG Adrian Gunnell 5–3 NIR Gerard Greene SCO Euan Henderson 5–4 WAL Tony Chappel SCO Drew Henry 5–2 England Willie Thorne ENG Michael Holt 5–3 ENG Dave Finbow FIN Robin Hull 5–1 ENG Jonathan Birch ENG Joe Johnson 5–0 WAL Gareth Chilcott ENG Bradley Jones 5–4 WAL Anthony Davies ENG Rod Lawler 5–3 WAL James Reynolds ENG Peter Lines 5–4 England Paul Sweeny ENG Ian McCulloch 5–0 Pakistan Shokat Ali ENG Robert Milkins 5–2 ENG David Roe ENG Stuart Pettman 5–2 England Steve James IRL Stephen O'Connor 5–2 England Nick Walker ENG Barry Pinches 5–2 England Dean Reynolds NIR Jason Prince 5–4 ENG Stuart Bingham ENG John Read 5–2 NIR Patrick Wallace ENG Mark Selby 5–3 ENG Jimmy Michie ENG Troy Shaw 5–3 England Mick Price WAL Lee Walker 5–3 IRL Michael Judge ENG Paul Wykes 5–1 Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn Round 3 ENG Alfie Burden 5–3 ENG Karl Broughton SCO Marcus Campbell 5–2 SCO Euan Henderson ENG Matthew Couch 5–2 ENG Peter Lines ENG Nick Dyson 5–3 ENG John Read IRL Leo Fernandez 5–2 England Paul Wykes HKG Marco Fu 5–1 ENG Bradley Jones ENG David Gray 5–0 WAL Paul Davies ENG Adrian Gunnell 5–0 England Barry Pinches SCO Drew Henry 5–1 England Martin Clark ENG Michael Holt w/o–w/d England Joe Johnson ENG Rod Lawler 5–3 FIN Robin Hull ENG Robert Milkins 5–3 ENG Leigh Griffin IRL Stephen O'Connor 5–2 SCO Martin Dziewialtowski ENG Stuart Pettman 5–3 England Ian McCulloch NIR Jason Prince 5–1 WAL Lee Walker ENG Troy Shaw 5–2 ENG Mark Selby Round 4 ENG Nigel Bond 5–0 NIR Jason Prince ENG Alfie Burden 5–1 ENG Brian Morgan WAL Dominic Dale 5–2 ENG Matthew Couch ENG Nick Dyson 5–4 England Dave Harold HKG Marco Fu 5–2 SCO Chris Small ENG David Gray 5–1 Malta Tony Drago ENG Adrian Gunnell 5–1 Scotland Jamie Burnett ENG Michael Holt 5–2 England Andy Hicks ENG Rod Lawler 5–0 Thailand James Wattana ENG Robert Milkins 5–3 NIR Terry Murphy SCO Billy Snaddon 5–1 SCO Marcus Campbell IRL Stephen O'Connor 5–2 WAL Darren Morgan ENG Stuart Pettman 5–0 SCO Graeme Dott NIR Joe Swail 5–3 ENG Troy Shaw ENG Gary Wilkinson 5–2 IRL Leo Fernandez SCO Drew Henry w/o–w/d AUS Quinten Hannhttp://www.snooker.org/trn/9900/mgp2000_res.shtml WWW Snooker: Rothmans Malta Grand Prix 2000 Century breaks 142, 123 Ronnie O'Sullivan 138, 113 David Gray 135, 123 Peter Ebdon 135, 117, 104 Michael Holt 131, 122 Darren Morgan 129, 120 Matthew Stevens 129 Stephen O'Connor 129 Kristján Helgason 128, 107, 100 Stephen Hendry 127, 108, 101 Marco Fu 126 Joe Swail 126 Rod Lawler 123, 119, 104 Mark Williams 123, 112, 105, 105, 101 Ken Doherty 122 Karl Broughton 122 Nigel Bond 121 Robert Milkins 119, 119 Alfie Burden 117 James Reynolds 114 Steve Davis 112 John Parrott 112, 108, 107 Nick Dyson 111 Shokat Ali 105 Darren Clarke 104 Stephen Lee 103 Troy Shaw 103 Eddie Manning 102 John Higgins 100 Joe Johnson 100 Robin Hull References Category:Malta Grand Prix Category:2000 in snooker Category:2000 in Maltese sport Category:Sport in Valletta Category:20th century in Valletta Category:Snooker ranking tournaments