2000 World Snooker Championship

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The 2000 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2000 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 April and 1 May 2000 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

Stephen Hendry was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round 7–10 against Stuart Bingham.

Mark Williams won his first World title by defeating fellow Welsh player Matthew Stevens 18–16 in the final.[1]

Tournament summary

  • In the final qualifying round Gary Wilkinson and Jason Ferguson set the record of the longest best-of-19-frames match at 11 hours and 38 minutes.[2]
  • The pre-tournament favourite Stephen Hendry[3] was eliminated in the first round by Crucible debutant Stuart Bingham (10–7).
  • Despite becoming the first player to make 5 centuries in a first round match at The Crucible, and outscoring his opponent, Ronnie O'Sullivan lost 9–10 to David Gray. This record was eventually equalled in 2020 when Mark Allen also made 5 centuries in his first round match.
  • Gray lost 1–13 to Dominic Dale with a session to spare, scoring just 208 points, a record low for a best-of-25 match.
  • Joe Swail recovered from 12-8 down to John Parrott in the second round to win 13-12. He would beat Dale in the quarter-finals and in doing so become the first ever former top 16 player to regain their place after falling outside the top 32.
  • Swail's place in the semi-finals ended Steve Davis' run in the elite top 16 – he had been in since 1980 including holding the world number one spot from 1983 to 1990.[4] Davis lost 11–13 to John Higgins in the second round. He later returned to the top 16 in 2003/2004.[4]
  • Higgins made a record 485 unanswered points in his quarter-final match against Anthony Hamilton.[5]
  • Mark Williams became only the third Welsh snooker player to win the world title, after Ray Reardon and Terry Griffiths, and the first since 1979.[6] Trailing 7–13 against fellow countryman Matthew Stevens in the final, Williams recorded a comeback to defeat Stevens 18–16 and win the title.[7] By reaching the final, Williams also became world number one for the first time in his career.
  • John Newton refereed his first and only World final and retired from refereeing after the match.[8] This was also the first ever all-Welsh World final and remains the only one to-date.[9]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[10][11]

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Main draw

Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[10][12][13][14][15]

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Century breaks

There were 54 centuries in the Championship.[16][17] The highest breaks were 143 made by Matthew Stevens in the televised stage and Nick Dyson in the qualifying stage.[10]

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Qualifying

The qualifying matches were held between 3 January and 20 March 2000 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.

Round 1–2

Round 1
(Best of 19 frames) 		Round 2
(Best of 19 frames)
Template:Flagicon Stuart Bingham 10–4 Template:Flagicon Mehmet Husnu Template:Flagicon Stuart Bingham 10–8 Template:Flagicon Ian McCulloch
Template:Flagicon Dene O'Kane 10–5 Template:Flagicon Barry Mapstone Template:Flagicon Dene O'Kane 10–8 Template:Flagicon Steve James
Template:Flagicon Colm Gilcreest 10–0 Template:Flagicon Karl Burrows Template:Flagicon Colm Gilcreest 10–5 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Michie
Template:Flagicon Stefan Mazrocis 10–4 Template:Flagicon Hugh Abernethy Template:Flagicon Stefan Mazrocis 10–5 Template:Flagicon Jason Prince
Template:Flagicon Ali Carter 10–6 Template:Flagicon Martin Dziewialtowski Template:Flagicon Joe Perry 10–5 Template:Flagicon Ali Carter
Template:Flagicon Noppadon Noppachorn 10–7 Template:Flagicon Sean Storey Template:Flagicon Noppadon Noppachorn 10–6 Template:Flagicon Marcus Campbell
Template:Flagicon Tony Jones 10–4 Template:Flagicon Wayne Saidler Template:Flagicon Euan Henderson 10–4 Template:Flagicon Tony Jones
Template:Flagicon Sean Lanigan 10–8 Template:Flagicon Dennis Taylor Template:Flagicon Peter Lines 10–4 Template:Flagicon Sean Lanigan
Template:Flagicon Willie Thorne 10–6 Template:Flagicon Adrian Gunnell Template:Flagicon Jason Ferguson 10–7 Template:Flagicon Willie Thorne
Template:Flagicon Tony Knowles 10–8 Template:Flagicon Chris Shade Template:Flagicon Dean Reynolds 10–4 Template:Flagicon Tony Knowles
Template:Flagicon Karl Broughton 10–8 Template:Flagicon Gareth Chilcott Template:Flagicon Bradley Jones 10–6 Template:Flagicon Karl Broughton
Template:Flagicon Stephen Maguire 10–7 Template:Flagicon Wayne Brown Template:Flagicon Stephen Maguire 10–4 Template:Flagicon Nick Walker
Template:Flagicon Patrick Wallace 10–8 Template:Flagicon Matthew Street Template:Flagicon Patrick Wallace 10–6 Template:Flagicon Gerard Greene
Template:Flagicon Stuart Pettman 10–5 Template:Flagicon Mike Dunn Template:Flagicon Stuart Pettman 10–8 Template:Flagicon Alfie Burden
Template:Flagicon Munraj Pal 10–8 Template:Flagicon Stephen O'Connor Template:Flagicon David Gray 10–5 Template:Flagicon Munraj Pal
Template:Flagicon Lee Spick 10–8 Template:Flagicon Nick Pearce Template:Flagicon David Roe 10–5 Template:Flagicon Lee Spick
Template:Flagicon Mark Davis 10–9 Template:Flagicon Mario Geudens Template:Flagicon John Read 10–4 Template:Flagicon Mark Davis
Template:Flagicon Ryan Day 10–6 Template:Flagicon Steve Judd Template:Flagicon Neal Foulds 10–9 Template:Flagicon Ryan Day
Template:Flagicon Leigh Griffin 10–6 Template:Flagicon Jason Weston Template:Flagicon Drew Henry 10–6 Template:Flagicon Leigh Griffin
Template:Flagicon Phaitoon Phonbun 10–6 Template:Flagicon David McDonnell Template:Flagicon Matthew Couch 10–7 Template:Flagicon Phaitoon Phonbun
Template:Flagicon Craig MacGillivray 10–4 Template:Flagicon Lee Richardson Template:Flagicon Paul Davies 10–3 Template:Flagicon Craig MacGillivray
Template:Flagicon Robert Milkins 10–8 Template:Flagicon Michael Holt Template:Flagicon Gary Ponting 10–8 Template:Flagicon Robert Milkins
Template:Flagicon Kristján Helgason 10–2 Template:Flagicon John Lardner Template:Flagicon Kristján Helgason 10–5 Template:Flagicon Joe Johnson
Template:Flagicon Malcolm Bilclough 10–9 Template:Flagicon Mark Gray Template:Flagicon Rod Lawler 10–6 Template:Flagicon Malcolm Bilclough
Template:Flagicon Michael Judge 10–8 Template:Flagicon Wayne Jones Template:Flagicon Michael Judge 10–9 Template:Flagicon Lee Walker
Template:Flagicon Tony Chappel 10–6 Template:Flagicon Paul Sweeny Template:Flagicon Tony Chappel 10–7 Template:Flagicon Martin Clark
Template:Flagicon Patrick Delsemme 10–4 Template:Flagicon Shokat Ali Template:Flagicon Marco Fu 10–7 Template:Flagicon Patrick Delsemme
Template:Flagicon David McLellan 10–9 Template:Flagicon Chris Scanlon Template:Flagicon David Finbow 10–4 Template:Flagicon David McLellan
Template:Flagicon Eddie Manning 10–9 Template:Flagicon Troy Shaw Template:Flagicon Eddie Manning 10–9 Template:Flagicon Jonathan Birch
Template:Flagicon Andrew Higginson 10–2 Template:Flagicon Leo Fernandez Template:Flagicon Alain Robidoux 10–5 Template:Flagicon Andrew Higginson
Template:Flagicon Anthony Davies 10–9 Template:Flagicon Nick Terry Template:Flagicon Anthony Davies 10–2 Template:Flagicon Mick Price
Template:Flagicon Mark Bennett 10–1 Template:Flagicon Nick Dyson Template:Flagicon Mark Bennett 10–4 Template:Flagicon Paul Wykes

Round 3–4

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Round 3
(Best of 19 frames) 		Round 4
(Best of 19 frames)
Template:Flagicon Stuart Bingham 10–9 Template:Flagicon Dene O'Kane Template:Flagicon Stuart Bingham 10–9 Template:Flagicon Quinten Hann
Template:Flagicon Colm Gilcreest 10–9 Template:Flagicon Stefan Mazrocis Template:Flagicon Billy Snaddon 10–6 Template:Flagicon Colm Gilcreest
Template:Flagicon Joe Perry 10–8 Template:Flagicon Noppadon Noppachorn Template:Flagicon Tony Drago 10–8 Template:Flagicon Joe Perry
Template:Flagicon Euan Henderson 10–8 Template:Flagicon Peter Lines Template:Flagicon Nigel Bond 10–5 Template:Flagicon Euan Henderson
Template:Flagicon Jason Ferguson 10–8 Template:Flagicon Dean Reynolds Template:Flagicon Gary Wilkinson 10–9 Template:Flagicon Jason Ferguson
Template:Flagicon Stephen Maguire 10–4 Template:Flagicon Bradley Jones Template:Flagicon Joe Swail 10–9 Template:Flagicon Stephen Maguire
Template:Flagicon Patrick Wallace 10–4 Template:Flagicon Stuart Pettman Template:Flagicon Dominic Dale 10–8 Template:Flagicon Patrick Wallace
Template:Flagicon David Gray 10–3 Template:Flagicon David Roe Template:Flagicon David Gray 10–6 Template:Flagicon James Wattana
Template:Flagicon John Read 10–5 Template:Flagicon Neal Foulds Template:Flagicon John Read 10–7 Template:Flagicon Brian Morgan
Template:Flagicon Drew Henry 10–9 Template:Flagicon Matthew Couch Template:Flagicon Drew Henry 10–3 Template:Flagicon Jamie Burnett
Template:Flagicon Paul Davies 10–4 Template:Flagicon Gary Ponting Template:Flagicon Chris Small 10–6 Template:Flagicon Paul Davies
Template:Flagicon Kristján Helgason 10–9 Template:Flagicon Rod Lawler Template:Flagicon Kristján Helgason 10–5 Template:Flagicon Terry Murphy
Template:Flagicon Michael Judge 10–3 Template:Flagicon Tony Chappel Template:Flagicon Darren Morgan 10–7 Template:Flagicon Michael Judge
Template:Flagicon Marco Fu 10–7 Template:Flagicon David Finbow Template:Flagicon Marco Fu 10–3 Template:Flagicon Andy Hicks
Template:Flagicon Eddie Manning 10–9 Template:Flagicon Alain Robidoux Template:Flagicon Graeme Dott 10–3 Template:Flagicon Eddie Manning
Template:Flagicon Anthony Davies 10–6 Template:Flagicon Mark Bennett Template:Flagicon Dave Harold 10–7 Template:Flagicon Anthony Davies

References

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