2000 British Open

2000 British Open
Tournament information
Dates	1–8 October 2000
Venue	Plymouth Pavilions
City	Plymouth
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£440,000
Final
Champion	Peter Ebdon (ENG)
Runner-up	Jimmy White (ENG)
Score	9–6
	← Sep 1999 2001 →

The 2000 British Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 1–8 October 2000 at the Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England.

Peter Ebdon won the tournament by defeating Jimmy White nine frames to six in the final. The defending champion, Stephen Hendry, was defeated by Alan McManus in the quarter-final.^[1]

Main draw

^[2]^[3]


Last 48 Best of 9 frames			Last 32 Best of 9 frames			Last 16 Best of 9 frames			Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames			Semi-finals Best of 11 frames			Final Best of 17 frames



			1	Stephen Hendry	5

30	Terry Murphy	5	30	Terry Murphy	2
						1	Stephen Hendry	5
	Stuart Bingham	3
							Robert Milkins	3
			16	Joe Swail	2

28	Brian Morgan	0		Robert Milkins	5
									1	Stephen Hendry	2
	Robert Milkins	5
									8	Alan McManus	5
			9	Fergal O'Brien	3

17	Steve Davis	5	17	Steve Davis	5
						17	Steve Davis	3
	Kristján Helgason	4
						8	Alan McManus	5
			8	Alan McManus	5

26	Tony Drago	5	26	Tony Drago	4
												8	Alan McManus	2
	John Lardner	4
												12	Peter Ebdon	6
			5	Stephen Lee	5

20	Dominic Dale	5	20	Dominic Dale	3
						5	Stephen Lee	2
	Gary Wilkinson	3
						12	Peter Ebdon	5
			12	Peter Ebdon	5

19	Graeme Dott	5	19	Graeme Dott	1
									12	Peter Ebdon	5
	Jonathan Birch	1
									4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
			13	Dave Harold	5

29	Drew Henry	4		Shokat Ali	4
						13	Dave Harold	3
	Shokat Ali	5
						4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
			4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

32	Quinten Hann	5	32	Quinten Hann	3
															12	Peter Ebdon	9
	Michael Holt	2
															18	Jimmy White	6
			3	John Higgins	5

25	Darren Morgan	3		Anthony Davies	1
						3	John Higgins	4
	Anthony Davies	5
						14	Paul Hunter	5
			14	Paul Hunter	5

24	Billy Snaddon	5	24	Billy Snaddon	4
									14	Paul Hunter	5
	Lee Walker	2
										Gary Ponting	4
			11	Anthony Hamilton	w/d

21	Chris Small	3		Gary Ponting	w/o
							Gary Ponting	5
	Gary Ponting	5
						6	Matthew Stevens	4
			6	Matthew Stevens	5

23	Nigel Bond	0		David Gray	2
												14	Paul Hunter	2
	David Gray	5
												18	Jimmy White	6
			7	Ken Doherty	2

18	Jimmy White	5	18	Jimmy White	5
						18	Jimmy White	5
	Peter Lines	3
						31	Joe Perry	2
			10	John Parrott	2

31	Joe Perry	5	31	Joe Perry	5
									18	Jimmy White	5
	Troy Shaw	0
									22	Mark King	4
			15	Marco Fu	4

22	Mark King	5	22	Mark King	5
						22	Mark King	5
	Steve James	0
						2	Mark Williams	3
			2	Mark Williams	5

27	James Wattana	5	27	James Wattana	4

	Andrew Higginson	4

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England. 8 October 2000.^[2]
Peter Ebdon England	9–6	Jimmy White England
Afternoon: 35–70 (59), 8–88, 93–7, 69–15, 37–69 (57), 64–0 (57), 15–67 (54), 94–0 (53) Evening: 34–59, 121–0 (80), 68–58 (63), 107–8 (50, 57), 7–76, 120–4 (120), 83–43
120	Highest break	59
1	Century breaks	0
7	50+ breaks	3

References

^ "British Open". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "British Open 2000". snooker.org. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ "British Open". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2018.