2000 UK Championship (snooker)

Liverpool Victoria UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates 18 November–3 December 2000
Venue Bournemouth International Centre
City Bournemouth
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £440,000
Winner's share £78,000
Final
Champion Scotland John Higgins
Runner-up Wales Mark Williams
Score 10–4
1999
2001

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 Mark Williams.[1]

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.[1]

Prize money

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Main draw

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Round of 160 Best of 9 frames

Cyprus Mehmet Husnu 5–1 Sean Storey England

Wales Wayne Jones 5–2 Ryan Day Wales

England Mike Hallett 5–3 Lee Spick England

England Barry Pinches 5–4 Joe Jogia England

England Nick Dyson 5–0 Alan Burnett Scotland

England Darryn Walker 5–4 Jeff Cundy England

England Simon Bedford w/o–w/d Da Hailin China

Thailand Somporn Kanthawung 5–3 Stephen Maguire Scotland

England Stuart Mann 5–0 Lasse Munstermann Germany

England Richard King 5–4 Scott MacKenzie England

England Barry Mapstone 5–3 Matt Wilson England

Belgium Patrick Delsemme 5–3 Neil Robertson Australia

England Graham Lee 5–4 Bob Chaperon Canada

England Anthony Bolsover 5–1 Mark Bannett Wales

Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney 5–3 Wayne Saidler England

Wales Philip Williams 5–4 Charoen Phorat Thailand

England Jason Barton 5–3 Chris Shade England

England Stefan Mazrocis 5–4 Eddie Manning England

England Craig Harrison 5–1 Craig Roper England

Scotland Hugh Abernethy 5–2 Karl Burrows England

Wales James Reynolds 5–3 Paul McPhilips Scotland

England Jason Weston 5–1 Mario Wehrmann Netherlands

England Mark Selby 5–3 Ian Brumby England

Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 5–2 Peter McCullagh England

England Stuart Reardon 5–1 Farhan Mirza Pakistan

England Barry Hawkins 5–4 Colm Gilcreest Republic of Ireland

England Andrew Higginson 5–4 Noppadon Noppachorn Thailand

Finland Robin Hull 5–3 Gareth Chilcott Wales

Scotland David McLellan 5–4 Lee Richardson England

England David McDonnell 5–3 Nick Terry England

England Munraj Pal 5–1 Tony Knowles England

England Troy Shaw 5–1 Craig Butler England

Round of 128 Best of 9 frames

Cyprus Mehmet Husnu 5–3 Ali Carter England

England Leigh Griffin 5–1 Wayne Jones Wales

England Mike Hallett 5–0 Stephen O'Connor Republic of Ireland

England Barry Pinches 5–2 Mick Price England

England Nick Dyson 5–3 Robert Milkins England

England Darryn Walker 5–0 Craig MacGillivray Scotland

England Mark Gray 5–4 Simon Bedford England

Thailand Somporn Kanthawung 5–0 Steve Judd England

England Mike Dunn 5–2 Stuart Mann England

England Richard King 5–4 Dean Reynolds England

England Adrian Gunnell 5–2 Barry Mapstone England

Belgium Patrick Delsemme 5–1 Phaitoon Phonbun Thailand

England Neal Foulds 5–1 Graham Lee England

England Tony Jones 5–4 Anthony Bolsover England

Pakistan Shokat Ali 5–2 Joe Delaney Republic of Ireland

Wales Philip Williams 5–0 Leo Fernandez Republic of Ireland

England Jason Barton 5–0 Dene O'Kane New Zealand

Wales Mark Fenton 5–2 Stefan Mazrocis England

England Craig Harrison w/o–w/d Martin Clark England

Northern Ireland Jason Prince 5–2 Hugh Abernethy Scotland

Wales James Reynolds 5–1 Darren Clarke England

England Jason Weston 5–1 Tony Chappel Wales

Iceland Kristjan Helgason 5–4 Mark Selby England

Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 5–3 Nick Walker England

England Stuart Reardon 5–2 Wayne Brown England

England Barry Hawkins 5–3 John Lardner Scotland

England Andrew Higginson 5–1 Willie Thorne England

Finland Robin Hull 5–2 Paul Sweeney England

Scotland David McLellan 5–2 Mark Davis England

England Nick Pearce 5–3 David McDonnell England

England Karl Broughton 5–3 Munraj Pal England

Scotland Martin Dziewialtowski 5–3 Troy Shaw England

Round of 96 Best of 9 frames

Cyprus Mehmet Husnu 5–3 Ian McCulloch England

England Rod Lawler 5–4 Leigh Griffin England

Scotland Jamie Burnett 5–4 Mike Hallett England

England Barry Pinches 5–3 Lee Walker Wales

England Nick Dyson 5–1 Paul Davies Wales

England Peter Lines 5–2 Darryn Walker England

England Mark Gray 5–3 Joe Johnson England

England Alfie Burden 5–3 Somporn Kanthawung Thailand

Wales Anthony Davies 5–2 Mike Dunn England

Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 5–2 Richard King England

England Adrian Gunnell 5–4 Steve James England

Belgium Patrick Delsemme 5–4 Alain Robidoux Canada

England Neal Foulds 5–2 Gary Ponting England

England Tony Jones 5–3 Stuart Pettman England

Pakistan Shokat Ali 5–4 Michael Holt England

England Jimmy Michie 5–4 Philip Williams Wales

England Bradley Jones 5–3 Jason Barton England

Wales Mark Fenton 5–4 John Read England

Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 5–2 Craig Harrison England

Northern Ireland Jason Prince 5–1 Jason Ferguson England

England Jonathan Birch 5–2 James Reynolds Wales

England Paul Wykes 5–1 Jason Weston England

Iceland Kristjan Helgason 5–3 Euan Henderson Scotland

Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 5–3 Marcus Campbell Scotland

England Stuart Bingham 5–2 Stuart Reardon England

England Barry Hawkins 5–3 Andy Hicks England

England Andrew Higginson 5–4 David Roe England

Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 5–1 Robin Hull Finland

England Dave Finbow 5–3 David McLellan Scotland

England Nick Pearce 5–4 Matthew Couch England

England David Gray 5–2 Karl Broughton England

England Gary Wilkinson 5–2 Martin Dziewialtowski Scotland

Round of 64 Best of 11 frames

England Rod Lawler 6–5 Mehmet Husnu Cyprus

England Barry Pinches 6–4 Jamie Burnett Scotland

England Nick Dyson 6–4 Peter Lines England

England Mark Gray England 6–2 Alfie Burden England

Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 6–5 Anthony Davies Wales

England Adrian Gunnell 6–4 Patrick Delsemme Belgium

England Neal Foulds 6–2 Tony Jones England

England Jimmy Michie 6–1 Shokat Ali Pakistan

England Bradley Jones 6–4 Mark Fenton Wales

Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 6–4 Jason Prince Northern Ireland

England Jonathan Birch 6–4 Paul Wykes England

Iceland Kristjan Helgason 6–5 Bjorn Haneveer Belgium

England Stuart Bingham 6–2 Barry Hawkins England

Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 6–1 Andrew Higginson England

England Dave Finbow 6–4 Nick Pearce England

England David Gray 6–2 Gary Wilkinson England

Round of 48 Best of 17 frames

Malta Tony Drago 9–7 Rod Lawler England

England Nigel Bond 9–7 Barry Pinches England

England Nick Dyson 9–6 Jimmy White England

Scotland Chris Small 9–3 Mark Gray England

Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 9–7 Darren Morgan Wales

Australia Quinten Hann 9–7 Adrian Gunnell England

Scotland Graeme Dott 9–8 Neal Foulds England

England Jimmy Michie 9–5 Billy Snaddon Scotland

England Steve Davis 9–5 Bradley Jones England

Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 9–3 Terry Murphy Northern Ireland

England Brian Morgan 9–1 Jonathan Birch England

England Joe Perry 9–6 Kristjan Helgason Iceland

Scotland Drew Henry 9–8 Stuart Bingham England

Wales Dominic Dale 9–3 Patrick Wallace Northern Ireland

England Mark King 9–5 Dave Finbow England

England David Gray 9–6 James Wattana Thailand

Round of 32 Best of 17 frames

Wales Mark Williams 9–1 Tony Drago Malta

Hong Kong Marco Fu 9–2 Nigel Bond England

Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 9–2 Nick Dyson England

Wales Matthew Stevens 9–5 Chris Small Scotland

Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 9–5 Ken Doherty Republic of Ireland

Australia Quinten Hann 9–7 Joe Swail Northern Ireland

England Dave Harold 9–7 Graeme Dott Scotland

England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–2 Jimmy Michie England

Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–5 Steve Davis England

Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 9–6 Paul Hunter England

England Brian Morgan 9–2 John Parrott England

England Stephen Lee 9–7 Joe Perry England

Scotland Drew Henry 9–5 Alan McManus Scotland

Wales Dominic Dale 9–2 Anthony Hamilton England

England Peter Ebdon 9–4 Mark King England

Scotland John Higgins 9–6 David Gray England

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
 Wales Mark Williams  9
 Hong Kong Marco Fu  3  
 Wales Mark Williams  9
   Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien  2  
 Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien  9
 Wales Matthew Stevens  8  
 Wales Mark Williams  9
   England Ronnie O'Sullivan  4  
 Australia Quinten Hann  9
 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene  0  
 Australia Quinten Hann  5
   England Ronnie O'Sullivan  9  
 England Ronnie O'Sullivan  9
 England Dave Harold  5  
 Wales Mark Williams  4
   Scotland John Higgins  10
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  9
 Republic of Ireland Michael Judge  6  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  9
   England Stephen Lee  8  
 England Stephen Lee  9
 England Brian Morgan  7  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  4
   Scotland John Higgins  9  
 Scotland Drew Henry  9
 Wales Dominic Dale  4  
 Scotland Drew Henry  6
   Scotland John Higgins  9  
 Scotland John Higgins  9
 England Peter Ebdon  4  

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  2. "Liverpool Victoria UK Championship 2000". Snooker.org. Retrieved 30 April 2011.