2000 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 2000 April 2022 2000 Benson & Hedges Masters 2000 02 6 2000 02 13 y Wembley Conference Centre London England WPBSA Non-ranking event £615,000 £175,000 Ken Doherty IRL (140) Matthew Stevens WAL Ken Doherty IRL 10–8 1999 2001 The 2000 Masters (officially the 2000 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 13 February 2000 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. Matthew Stevens won the title on his second attempt after 1996 by defeating Ken Doherty, who had made his second final in a row, 10–8. On the 15th frame of the final, Doherty attempted a maximum break, but he missed the final black at 140.February 14 down the years: Torvill and Dean's Bolero http://www.espn.co.uk/onthisday/sport/story/60.html ESPN 23 May 2012 This was the highest break of the tournament. Field Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Ali Carter (ranked 142), and Marco Fu (ranked 35), who was the wild-card selection. Ali Carter, Marco Fu and Fergal O'Brien were making their debuts in the Masters. Wild-card round In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds: Match Date Score WC1 Monday 7 February Steve Davis ENG (15) 5–6 Ali Carter ENG WC2 Sunday 6 February Jimmy White ENG (16) 6–3 Marco Fu HKG Main draw Benson & Hedges Masters 2000 https://www.snooker.org/trn/9900/bm2000_res.shtml Snooker.org 23 October 2010The Masters http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 8 August 2012 180 Last 16 Best of 11 frames Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames Semi-finals Best of 11 frames Final Best of 19 frames 1 John Higgins SCO 4 16 Jimmy White ENG 6 8 Alan McManus SCO 2 9 Matthew Stevens WAL 6 5 John Parrott ENG 6 12 Paul Hunter ENG 3 4 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 6 10 Anthony Hamilton ENG 4 3 Mark Williams WAL 6 13 Peter Ebdon ENG 3 6 Stephen Lee ENG 6 11 Fergal O'Brien IRL 4 7 Ken Doherty IRL 6 Ali Carter ENG 0 2 Stephen Hendry SCO 6 14 Mark King ENG 3 16 ENG Jimmy White 3 9 WAL Matthew Stevens 6 5 ENG John Parrott 6 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 3 3 WAL Mark Williams 4 6 ENG Stephen Lee 6 7 IRL Ken Doherty 6 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 3 9 WAL Matthew Stevens 6 5 ENG John Parrott 2 6 ENG Stephen Lee 0 7 IRL Ken Doherty 6 9 WAL Matthew Stevens 10 7 IRL Ken Doherty 8 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 13 February 2000. Matthew Stevens (9) 10–8 Ken Doherty (7) Afternoon: 126–4 (118), 61–51 (Stevens 50), 50–68, 96–0 (96), 85–22 (65), 87–0 (87), 2–102 (78), 59–70Evening: 122–0 (122), 17–83 (60), 72–47 (56), 9–96, 58–14, 78–34 (61), 0–144 (140), 22–82, 0–85 (85), 101–1 (63) 122 Highest break 140 2 Century breaks 1 9 50+ breaks 4 Qualifying Ali Carter won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1999 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.Turner Chris Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155348/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 23 December 2010 Karl Burrows made his only maximum break against Adrian Rosa.Turner Chris http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html Maximum Breaks Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 2 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100407085342/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html 7 April 2010Karl cracker https://www.newspapers.com/article/black-country-evening-mail/165445349/ Black Country Evening Mail 5 November 1999 91 newspapers.com 14 February 2025 14 February 2025 https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250214144248/https://www.newspapers.com/article/black-country-evening-mail/165445349/ live Century breaks Total: 13 140, 118, 104 Ken Doherty 137, 106, 104 Stephen Hendry 126, 113 Ronnie O'Sullivan 122, 118 Matthew Stevens 117 Jimmy White 112 Anthony Hamilton 101 Stephen Lee Jimmy White's century was scored in the wild-card round. References Category:Masters (snooker) Category:Wembley Category:Sport in the London Borough of Brent Masters Masters Snooker Category:February 2000 sports events in the United Kingdom