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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24–29 October 2000 |
| Venue | Motherwell Civic Centre |
| City | Motherwell |
| Country | Scotland |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £195,000 |
| Winner's share | £62,000[1] |
| Highest break |  Marco Fu (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Runner-up |  Stephen Hendry |
| Score | 9–6 |
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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.
Main draw edit
| Round 1 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 5 | John Higgins
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Mark Williams
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Williams
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Lee
| 5 | Stephen Lee
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alan McManus
| 5 | Alan McManus
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Fergal O'Brien
| 3 | Stephen Hendry
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
| 5 | Matthew Stevens
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Marco Fu
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying Event edit
Qualifying for the tournament took place amongst 12 players at the Spencer's Snooker Centre 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.[3][4] All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.[5]
| Round 1 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 9 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Snaddon
| 2 | Drew Henry
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Drew Henry
| 5 | Drew Henry
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Graeme Dott
| 1 | Stephen Maguire
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire
| 5 | Jimmy White
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Joe Swail
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Swail
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dominic Dale
| 4 | Stuart Bingham
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham
| 5 | Joe Swail
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chris Small
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Harold
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Small
| 5 | Chris Small
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| David Gray
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Scottish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Regal Scottish Masters 2000". snooker.org. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "2000 Regal Masters/Qualifying (18-22 September)". Snooker Images. Archived from the original on 24 January 2001. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Jimmy lines up Ronnie". Embassy Snooker. Archived from the original on 4 May 2001. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Regal Masters". Embassy Snooker. Archived from the original on 3 May 2001. Retrieved 1 March 2021.