2000 Masters (snooker)
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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.[1] 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:[2][3]
| Match | Date | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Monday 7 February | Template:Flagathlete (15) | 5–6 | Template:Flagathlete |
| WC2 | Sunday 6 February | Template:Flagathlete (16) | 6–3 | Template:Flagathlete |
Main draw
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Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 13 February 2000.[2] | ||
| Matthew Stevens (9) Script error: No such module "flag". |
10–8 | Ken Doherty (7) Script error: No such module "flag". |
| 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 |
Qualifying
Ali Carter won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1999 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.[4] Karl Burrows made his only maximum break against Adrian Rosa.[5][6]
Century breaks
Total: 13
- 140, 118, 104 Template:Ndash Ken Doherty
- 137, 106, 104 Template:Ndash Stephen Hendry
- 126, 113 Template:Ndash Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 122, 118 Template:Ndash Matthew Stevens
- 117 Template:Ndash Jimmy White
- 112 Template:Ndash Anthony Hamilton
- 101 Template:Ndash Stephen Lee
Jimmy White's century was scored in the wild-card round.
References
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