| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–13 February 2000 (2000-02-06 –2000-02-13) |
| Venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £615,000 |
| Winner's share | £175,000 |
| Highest break |  Ken Doherty (IRL) (140) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Matthew Stevens (WAL) |
| Runner-up | Ken Doherty (IRL) |
| Score | 10–8 |
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The2000 Masters (officially the2000 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-rankingsnooker tournament that took place between 6 and 13 February 2000 at theWembley Conference Centre inLondon,England.
Matthew Stevens won the title on his second attempt after1996 by defeatingKen Doherty, who had made his second final in a row, 10–8. On the 15th frame of the final, Doherty attempted amaximum break, but he missed the final black at 140.[1] This was the highest break of the tournament.
Defending championJohn Higgins was the number 1 seed withWorld ChampionStephen Hendry seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in theworld rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of thequalifying event,Ali Carter (ranked 142), andMarco Fu (ranked 35), who was the wild-card selection. Ali Carter, Marco Fu andFergal O'Brien were making their debuts in the Masters.
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:[2][3]
| 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) |
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Jimmy White | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Matthew Stevens | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Alan McManus (SCO) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Matthew Stevens | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | John Parrott | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | John Parrott (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Paul Hunter (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | John Parrott | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Matthew Stevens | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ken Doherty | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mark Williams | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen Lee | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen Lee (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen Lee | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ken Doherty | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ken Doherty (IRL) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ali Carter (ENG) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ken Doherty | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stephen Hendry | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Mark King (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:Alan Chamberlain Wembley Conference Centre,London,England, 13 February 2000.[2] | ||
| Matthew Stevens (9) Wales | 10–8 | Ken Doherty (7) Ireland |
| Afternoon:126–4 (118),61–51 (Stevens 50), 50–68,96–0 (96),85–22 (65),87–0 (87), 2–102 (78), 59–70 Evening: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 |
Ali Carter won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1999Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.[4]Karl Burrows made his onlymaximum break againstAdrian Rosa.[5][6]
Total: 13
Jimmy White's century was scored in the wild-card round.
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