2000 Masters (snooker)

Benson & Hedges Masters

Tournament information
Dates	6–13 February 2000
Venue	Wembley Conference Centre
City	London
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£615,000
Winner's share	£175,000
Highest break	Ken Doherty (140)
Final
Champion	Matthew Stevens
Runner-up	Ken Doherty
Score	10–8
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The 2000 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 13 February 2000 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.

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	Steve Davis (15)	5–6	Ali Carter
WC2	Sunday 6 February	Jimmy White (16)	6–3	Marco Fu

Main draw

^[2][3]

	Last 16 Best of 11 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	John Higgins	4
	16	Jimmy White	6
						16	Jimmy White	3
						9	Matthew Stevens	6
	8	Alan McManus	2
	9	Matthew Stevens	6
											9	Matthew Stevens	6
											5	John Parrott	2
	5	John Parrott	6
	12	Paul Hunter	3
						5	John Parrott	6
						4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
	4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	10	Anthony Hamilton	4
																9	Matthew Stevens	10
																7	Ken Doherty	8
	3	Mark Williams	6
	13	Peter Ebdon	3
						3	Mark Williams	4
						6	Stephen Lee	6
	6	Stephen Lee	6
	11	Fergal O'Brien	4
											6	Stephen Lee	0
											7	Ken Doherty	6
	7	Ken Doherty	6
		Ali Carter	0
						7	Ken Doherty	6
						2	Stephen Hendry	3
	2	Stephen Hendry	6
	14	Mark King	3

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 13 February 2000.[2]
Matthew Stevens (9)  Wales	10–8	Ken Doherty (7)  Ireland
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]

Century breaks

^[6]

• 140, 118, 104 Ken Doherty
• 137, 106, 104 Stephen Hendry
• 126, 113 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 122, 118 Matthew Stevens
• 117 Jimmy White
• 112 Anthony Hamilton
• 101 Stephen Lee

Jimmy White's century was scored in the wild-card round.

References