2000 British Open

The 2000 British Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 1–8 October 2000 at the Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England.

2000 British Open

Tournament information
Dates	1–8 October 2000 (2000-10-01 – 2000-10-08)
Venue	Plymouth Pavilions
City	Plymouth
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£440,000
Winner's share	£62,000
Final
Champion	Peter Ebdon (ENG)
Runner-up	Jimmy White (ENG)
Score	9–6
← Sep 1999 2001 →

Peter Ebdon won the tournament by defeating Jimmy White nine frames to six in the final. The defending champion, Stephen Hendry, was defeated by Alan McManus in the quarter-final.^[1]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the championship is shown below:^[2]

• Winner: £62,000
• Runner-up: £33,000
• Semi-finalists: £16,500
• Quarter-finalists: £9,400
• Last 16: £4,800
• Last 32: £3,900
• Last 48: £3,150
• Last 64: £2,400
• Last 96: £1,550
• Last 128: £950
• Highest break (televised stage): £5,000
• Highest break (untelevised stage): £1,000
• Total: £440,000

Main draw

^[3][4]

	Last 48 Best of 9 frames					Last 32 Best of 9 frames					Last 16 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
						1	Stephen Hendry	5
	30	Terry Murphy	5			30	Terry Murphy	2
											1	Stephen Hendry	5
		Stuart Bingham	3
												Robert Milkins	3
						16	Joe Swail	2
	28	Brian Morgan	0				Robert Milkins	5
																1	Stephen Hendry	2
		Robert Milkins	5
																8	Alan McManus	5
						9	Fergal O'Brien	3
	17	Steve Davis	5			17	Steve Davis	5
											17	Steve Davis	3
		Kristján Helgason	4
											8	Alan McManus	5
						8	Alan McManus	5
	26	Tony Drago	5			26	Tony Drago	4
																					8	Alan McManus	2
		John Lardner	4
																					12	Peter Ebdon	6
						5	Stephen Lee	5
	20	Dominic Dale	5			20	Dominic Dale	3
											5	Stephen Lee	2
		Gary Wilkinson	3
											12	Peter Ebdon	5
						12	Peter Ebdon	5
	19	Graeme Dott	5			19	Graeme Dott	1
																12	Peter Ebdon	5
		Jonathan Birch	1
																4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
						13	Dave Harold	5
	29	Drew Henry	4				Shokat Ali	4
											13	Dave Harold	3
		Shokat Ali	5
											4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
						4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	32	Quinten Hann	5			32	Quinten Hann	3
																										12	Peter Ebdon	9
		Michael Holt	2
																										18	Jimmy White	6
						3	John Higgins	5
	25	Darren Morgan	3				Anthony Davies	1
											3	John Higgins	4
		Anthony Davies	5
											14	Paul Hunter	5
						14	Paul Hunter	5
	24	Billy Snaddon	5			24	Billy Snaddon	4
																14	Paul Hunter	5
		Lee Walker	2
																	Gary Ponting	4
						11	Anthony Hamilton	w/d
	21	Chris Small	3				Gary Ponting	w/o
												Gary Ponting	5
		Gary Ponting	5
											6	Matthew Stevens	4
						6	Matthew Stevens	5
	23	Nigel Bond	0				David Gray	2
																					14	Paul Hunter	2
		David Gray	5
																					18	Jimmy White	6
						7	Ken Doherty	2
	18	Jimmy White	5			18	Jimmy White	5
											18	Jimmy White	5
		Peter Lines	3
											31	Joe Perry	2
						10	John Parrott	2
	31	Joe Perry	5			31	Joe Perry	5
																18	Jimmy White	5
		Troy Shaw	0
																22	Mark King	4
						15	Marco Fu	4
	22	Mark King	5			22	Mark King	5
											22	Mark King	5
		Steve James	0
											2	Mark Williams	3
						2	Mark Williams	5
	27	James Wattana	5			27	James Wattana	4
		Andrew Higginson	4

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England. 8 October 2000.[3]
Peter Ebdon  England	9–6	Jimmy White  England
Afternoon: 35–70 (59), 8–88, 93–7, 69–15, 37–69 (57), 64–0 (57), 15–67 (54), 94–0 (53) Evening: 34–59, 121–0 (80), 68–58 (63), 107–8 (50, 57), 7–76, 120–4 (120), 83–43
120	Highest break	59
1	Century breaks	0
7	50+ breaks	3