2000 Scottish Masters

The 2000 Regal Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which took place from 24 to 29 October. The tournament was played at the Motherwell Civic Centre, Scotland, and featured twelve professional players.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament for the second time, defeating Stephen Hendry 9–6 in the final. Marco Fu recorded his first maximum break in his first round match with Ken Doherty. This was the first ever 147 streamed live on the Internet.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the tournament was as follows:

  • Winner: £62,000
  • Runner-up: £30,000
  • Semi-finalists: £15,500
  • Quarter-finalists: £9,000
  • First round: £5,000
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Maximum break: a car
  • Total: £195,000

Main draw

Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
EnglandRonnie O'Sullivan6
EnglandRonnie O'Sullivan5ScotlandJohn Higgins4
EnglandJimmy White3EnglandRonnie O'Sullivan6
WalesMark Williams5
WalesMark Williams6
EnglandStephen Lee5EnglandStephen Lee4
EnglandSteve Davis1EnglandRonnie O'Sullivan9
ScotlandStephen Hendry6
ScotlandStephen Hendry6
ScotlandAlan McManus5ScotlandAlan McManus5
Republic of IrelandFergal O'Brien3ScotlandStephen Hendry6
Republic of IrelandKen Doherty1
Republic of IrelandKen Doherty6
Republic of IrelandKen Doherty5WalesMatthew Stevens1
Hong KongMarco Fu1

Qualifying Event

Qualifying for the tournament took place amongst 12 players at the Spencer's Snooker Centre in Stirling from 18 to 22 September 2000. Jimmy White dropped only four frames throughout the event as he won the tournament and earned the final wild card spot for the Scottish Masters by defeating Stephen Maguire, Drew Henry and Joe Swail over three rounds. All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.

Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
EnglandAnthony Hamilton2
ScotlandBilly Snaddon2ScotlandDrew Henry5
ScotlandDrew Henry5ScotlandDrew Henry1
EnglandJimmy White5
EnglandJimmy White5
ScotlandGraeme Dott1ScotlandStephen Maguire1
ScotlandStephen Maguire5EnglandJimmy White5
Northern IrelandJoe Swail2
Northern IrelandJoe Swail5
WalesDominic Dale4EnglandStuart Bingham3
EnglandStuart Bingham5Northern IrelandJoe Swail5
ScotlandChris Small4
EnglandDave Harold0
ScotlandChris Small5ScotlandChris Small5
EnglandDavid Gray2

References

Uses material from the Wikipedia article 2000 Scottish Masters, released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.