2000 UK Championship

The 2000 UK Championship (officially the 2000 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. The event started on 18 November 2000 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 25 November and 3 December 2000. Nick Dyson made a maximum break in the qualifying stage against Robert Milkins.

John Higgins won in the final 10–4 against Mark Williams.

This was to be the last UK Championship to be held in Bournemouth, where the event was hosted since the 1998. From 2001 onwards it was hosted in York.

Tournament summary

Defending champion and World Champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Prize money

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

• Winner: £78,000
• Runner-up: £41,000
• Semi-finalists: £20,600
• Quarter-finalists: £11,200
• Last 16: £5,800
• Last 32: £4,900
• Last 64: £3,125
• Last 96: £1,655
• Last 128: £1,150
• Highest break (televised): £5,000
• Highest break (untelevised): £1,520
• Maximum break: £20,000
• Total: £540,000

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

Round of 160 Best of 9 frames

Mehmet Husnu 5–1 Sean Storey

Wayne Jones 5–2 Ryan Day

Mike Hallett 5–3 Lee Spick

Barry Pinches 5–4 Joe Jogia

Nick Dyson 5–0 Alan Burnett

Darryn Walker 5–4 Jeff Cundy

Simon Bedford w/o–w/d Da Hailin

Somporn Kanthawung 5–3 Stephen Maguire

Stuart Mann 5–0 Lasse Munstermann

Richard King 5–4 Scott MacKenzie

Barry Mapstone 5–3 Matt Wilson

Patrick Delsemme 5–3 Neil Robertson

Graham Lee 5–4 Bob Chaperon

Anthony Bolsover 5–1 Mark Bennett

Joe Delaney 5–3 Wayne Saidler

Philip Williams 5–4 Charoen Phorat

Jason Barton 5–3 Chris Shade

Stefan Mazrocis 5–4 Eddie Manning

Craig Harrison 5–1 Craig Roper

Hugh Abernethy 5–2 Karl Burrows

James Reynolds 5–3 Paul McPhilips

Jason Weston 5–1 Mario Wehrmann

Mark Selby 5–3 Ian Brumby

Bjorn Haneveer 5–2 Peter McCullagh

Stuart Reardon 5–1 Farhan Mirza

Barry Hawkins 5–4 Colm Gilcreest

Andrew Higginson 5–4 Noppadon Noppachorn

Robin Hull 5–3 Gareth Chilcott

David McLellan 5–4 Lee Richardson

David McDonnell 5–3 Nick Terry

Munraj Pal 5–1 Tony Knowles

Troy Shaw 5–1 Craig Butler

Round of 128 Best of 9 frames

Mehmet Husnu 5–3 Ali Carter

Leigh Griffin 5–1 Wayne Jones

Mike Hallett 5–0 Stephen O'Connor

Barry Pinches 5–2 Mick Price

Nick Dyson 5–3 Robert Milkins

Darryn Walker 5–0 Craig MacGillivray

Mark Gray 5–4 Simon Bedford

Somporn Kanthawung 5–0 Steve Judd

Mike Dunn 5–2 Stuart Mann

Richard King 5–4 Dean Reynolds

Adrian Gunnell 5–2 Barry Mapstone

Patrick Delsemme 5–1 Phaitoon Phonbun

Neal Foulds 5–1 Graham Lee

Tony Jones 5–4 Anthony Bolsover

Shokat Ali 5–2 Joe Delaney

Philip Williams 5–0 Leo Fernandez

Jason Barton 5–0 Dene O'Kane

Mark Fenton 5–2 Stefan Mazrocis

Craig Harrison w/o–w/d Martin Clark

Jason Prince 5–2 Hugh Abernethy

James Reynolds 5–1 Darren Clarke

Jason Weston 5–1 Tony Chappel

Kristján Helgason 5–4 Mark Selby

Bjorn Haneveer 5–3 Nick Walker

Stuart Reardon 5–2 Wayne Brown

Barry Hawkins 5–3 John Lardner

Andrew Higginson 5–1 Willie Thorne

Robin Hull 5–2 Paul Sweeny

David McLellan 5–2 Mark Davis

Nick Pearce 5–3 David McDonnell

Karl Broughton 5–3 Munraj Pal

Martin Dziewialtowski 5–3 Troy Shaw

Round of 96 Best of 9 frames

Mehmet Husnu 5–3 Ian McCulloch

Rod Lawler 5–4 Leigh Griffin

Jamie Burnett 5–4 Mike Hallett

Barry Pinches 5–3 Lee Walker

Nick Dyson 5–1 Paul Davies

Peter Lines 5–2 Darryn Walker

Mark Gray 5–3 Joe Johnson

Alfie Burden 5–3 Somporn Kanthawung

Anthony Davies 5–2 Mike Dunn

Gerard Greene 5–2 Richard King

Adrian Gunnell 5–4 Steve James

Patrick Delsemme 5–4 Alain Robidoux

Neal Foulds 5–2 Gary Ponting

Tony Jones 5–3 Stuart Pettman

Shokat Ali 5–4 Michael Holt

Jimmy Michie 5–4 Philip Williams

Bradley Jones 5–3 Jason Barton

Mark Fenton 5–4 John Read

Michael Judge 5–2 Craig Harrison

Jason Prince 5–1 Jason Ferguson

Jonathan Birch 5–2 James Reynolds

Paul Wykes 5–1 Jason Weston

Kristján Helgason 5–3 Euan Henderson

Bjorn Haneveer 5–3 Marcus Campbell

Stuart Bingham 5–2 Stuart Reardon

Barry Hawkins 5–3 Andy Hicks

Andrew Higginson 5–4 David Roe

Patrick Wallace 5–1 Robin Hull

Dave Finbow 5–3 David McLellan

Nick Pearce 5–4 Matthew Couch

David Gray 5–2 Karl Broughton

Gary Wilkinson 5–2 Martin Dziewialtowski

Round of 64 Best of 11 frames

Rod Lawler 6–5 Mehmet Husnu

Barry Pinches 6–4 Jamie Burnett

Nick Dyson 6–4 Peter Lines

Mark Gray 6–2 Alfie Burden

Gerard Greene 6–5 Anthony Davies

Adrian Gunnell 6–4 Patrick Delsemme

Neal Foulds 6–2 Tony Jones

Jimmy Michie 6–1 Shokat Ali

Bradley Jones 6–4 Mark Fenton

Michael Judge 6–4 Jason Prince

Jonathan Birch 6–4 Paul Wykes

Kristján Helgason 6–5 Bjorn Haneveer

Stuart Bingham 6–2 Barry Hawkins

Patrick Wallace 6–1 Andrew Higginson

Dave Finbow 6–4 Nick Pearce

David Gray 6–2 Gary Wilkinson

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