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{{short description|Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 2000}}
{{Infobox Individual Snooker Tournament
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
|tournament_name=[[Benson & Hedges]] [[Masters (snooker)|Masters]]
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=2000 [[Benson & Hedges]] [[Masters (snooker)|Masters]]
|logo=
|dates=7–14{{Start Februaryand end dates|2000|02|6|2000|02|13|df=y}}
|venue=[[Wembley Conference Centre]]
|location=[[London]]
|country=[[England]]
|organisation=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]]
|format=Non-[[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] event
|Total prize fund=[[Pound sterling|£]]615,000
|winners_share=£175,000
|highest_break={{flagathlete|[[Ken Doherty]]|IRL}} (140)
|winner={{flagiconflagathlete|WAL}} [[Matthew Stevens]]|WAL}}
|runner_up={{flagiconflagathlete|IRL}} [[Ken Doherty]]|IRL}}
|score=10–8
|previous=[[1999 Masters (snooker)|1999]]
|next=[[2001 Masters (snooker)|2001]]
}}
The '''2000 Masters''' (officially the '''2000 Benson & Hedges Masters''') was a professional non-[[Snooker world rankings|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 Masters (snooker)|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=February 14 down the years: Torvill and Dean's Bolero|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/onthisday/sport/story/60.html|publisher=[[ESPN (UK)|ESPN]]|accessdate=23 May 2012}}</ref> This was the highest break of the tournament.
The 2000 [[Benson & Hedges]] [[Masters (snooker)|Masters]] professional non-[[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] [[snooker]] tournament took place between 7 and 14 February 2000 at the [[Wembley Conference Centre]], [[London]], [[England]].
 
==Field==
[[Matthew Stevens]] won the title on his second attempt (his first was in [[1996 Masters (snooker)|1996]]) beating [[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.<ref>{{cite web|title=February 14 down the years: Torvill and Dean's Bolero|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/onthisday/sport/story/60.html|publisher=[[ESPN (UK){{!}}ESPN]]|accessdate=23 May 2012}}</ref> This was the highest break of the tournament.
[[1999 Masters (snooker)|Defending champion]] [[John Higgins]] was the number 1 seed with [[1999 World Snooker Championship|World Champion]] [[Stephen Hendry]] seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the [[Snooker world rankings 1999/2000|world rankings]]. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the [[Masters Qualifying Event|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:<ref name="Snooker.org"/><ref name="Snooker Scene"/>
 
In the preliminary round, the wildcard players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:<ref name="Snooker.org"/><ref name="Snooker Scene"/>
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|-
! Match !! Date !! !! Score !!
! width=200 |
! Score
! width=200 |
|-
| align="center" | WC1
| Monday 7 February
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Davis]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Davis]]|ENG}} (15)
| align="center" | 5–'''6'''
| '''{{flagiconflagathlete|ENG}} '''[[Allister Carter|Ali Carter]]|ENG}}'''
|-
| align="center" | WC2
| Sunday 6 February
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Jimmy White]]'''
| '''{{flagathlete|[[Jimmy White]]|ENG}}''' (16)
| align="center" | '''6'''–3
| {{flagiconflagathlete|HKG}} [[Marco Fu]]|HKG}}
|}
 
==Main draw==
<ref name="Snooker.org">{{cite web|title=Benson & Hedges Masters 2000|url=http://www.snooker.org/trn/9900/bm2000_res.shtml|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=23 October 2010}}</ref><ref name="Snooker Scene">{{cite web|title=The Masters|url=http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60|archivedate=24 January 2013|publisher=Snooker Scene|accessdate=8 August 2012}}</ref>
{{16TeamBracket
{{Round16
| seed-width =
||{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[John Higgins (snooker player)|John Higgins]]|4|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Jimmy White]]'''|'''6'''
| team-width = 180
||{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Alan McManus]]|2|{{flagicon|Wales}} '''[[Matthew Stevens]]'''|'''6'''
| score-width =
||{{flagicon|England}} '''[[John Parrott]]'''|'''6'''|{{flagicon|England}} [[Paul Hunter]]|3
| RD1= Last 16 <br />Best of 11 frames
||{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]'''|'''6'''|{{flagicon|England}} [[Anthony Hamilton (snooker player)|Anthony Hamilton]]|4
| RD2= Quarter-finals <br />Best of 11 frames
||{{flagicon|Wales}} '''[[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]'''|'''6'''|{{flagicon|England}} [[Peter Ebdon]]|3
| RD3= Semi-finals <br />Best of 11 frames
||{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Stephen Lee]]'''|'''6'''|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Fergal O'Brien]]|4
| RD4= Final <br />Best of 19 frames
||{{flagicon|Ireland}} '''[[Ken Doherty]]'''|'''6'''|{{flagicon|England}} [[Allister Carter|Ali Carter]]|0
| RD1-seed01=1
||{{flagicon|Scotland}} '''[[Stephen Hendry]]'''|'''6'''|{{flagicon|England}} [[Mark King (snooker player)|Mark King]]|3
| RD1-team01={{flagathlete|[[John Higgins]]|SCO}}
||{{flagicon|England}} [[Jimmy White]]|3|{{flagicon|Wales}} '''[[Matthew Stevens]]'''|'''6'''
| RD1-score01=4
||{{flagicon|England}} '''[[John Parrott]]'''|'''6'''|{{flagicon|England}} [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|3
| RD1-seed02=16
||{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]|4|{{flagicon|England}} '''[[Stephen Lee]]'''|'''6'''
| RD1-team02='''{{flagathlete|[[Jimmy White]]|ENG}}'''
||{{flagicon|Ireland}} '''[[Ken Doherty]]'''|'''6'''|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Stephen Hendry]]|3
| RD1-score02='''6'''
||{{flagicon|Wales}} '''[[Matthew Stevens]]'''|'''6'''|{{flagicon|England}} [[John Parrott]]|2
| RD1-seed03=8
||{{flagicon|England}} [[Stephen Lee]]|0|{{flagicon|Ireland}} '''[[Ken Doherty]]'''|'''6'''
| RD1-team03={{flagathlete|[[Alan McManus]]|SCO}}
||{{flagicon|Wales}} '''[[Matthew Stevens]]'''|'''10'''|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Ken Doherty]]|8
| RD1-score03=2
|3rdplace=no}}
| RD1-seed04=9
| RD1-team04='''{{flagathlete|[[Matthew Stevens]]|WAL}}'''
| RD1-score04='''6'''
| RD1-seed05=5
| RD1-team05='''{{flagathlete|[[John Parrott]]|ENG}}'''
| RD1-score05='''6'''
| RD1-seed06=12
| RD1-team06={{flagathlete|[[Paul Hunter]]|ENG}}
| RD1-score06=3
| RD1-seed07=4
| RD1-team07='''{{flagathlete|[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]|ENG}}'''
| RD1-score07='''6'''
| RD1-seed08=10
| RD1-team08={{flagathlete|[[Anthony Hamilton (snooker player)|Anthony Hamilton]]|ENG}}
| RD1-score08=4
| RD1-seed09=3
| RD1-team09='''{{flagathlete|[[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]|WAL}}'''
| RD1-score09='''6'''
| RD1-seed10=13
| RD1-team10={{flagathlete|[[Peter Ebdon]]|ENG}}
| RD1-score10=3
| RD1-seed11=6
| RD1-team11='''{{flagathlete|[[Stephen Lee (snooker player)|Stephen Lee]]|ENG}}'''
| RD1-score11='''6'''
| RD1-seed12=11
| RD1-team12={{flagathlete|[[Fergal O'Brien]]|IRL}}
| RD1-score12=4
| RD1-seed13=7
| RD1-team13='''{{flagathlete|[[Ken Doherty]]|IRL}}'''
| RD1-score13='''6'''
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14={{flagathlete|[[Ali Carter]]|ENG}}
| RD1-score14=0
| RD1-seed15=2
| RD1-team15='''{{flagathlete|[[Stephen Hendry]]|SCO}}'''
| RD1-score15='''6'''
| RD1-seed16=14
| RD1-team16={{flagathlete|[[Mark King (snooker player)|Mark King]]|ENG}}
| RD1-score16=3
| RD2-seed01=16
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jimmy White]]
| RD2-score01=3
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|WAL}} '''[[Matthew Stevens]]'''
| RD2-score02='''6'''
| RD2-seed03=5
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[John Parrott]]'''
| RD2-score03='''6'''
| RD2-seed04=4
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]
| RD2-score04=3
| RD2-seed05=3
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|WAL}} [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]
| RD2-score05=4
| RD2-seed06=6
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Stephen Lee (snooker player)|Stephen Lee]]'''
| RD2-score06='''6'''
| RD2-seed07=7
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|IRL}} '''[[Ken Doherty]]'''
| RD2-score07='''6'''
| RD2-seed08=2
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|SCO}} [[Stephen Hendry]]
| RD2-score08=3
| RD3-seed01=9
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|WAL}} '''[[Matthew Stevens]]'''
| RD3-score01='''6'''
| RD3-seed02=5
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Parrott]]
| RD3-score02=2
| RD3-seed03=6
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Lee (snooker player)|Stephen Lee]]
| RD3-score03=0
| RD3-seed04=7
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|IRL}} '''[[Ken Doherty]]'''
| RD3-score04='''6'''
| RD4-seed01=9
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|WAL}} '''[[Matthew Stevens]]'''
| RD4-score01='''10'''
| RD4-seed02=7
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|IRL}} [[Ken Doherty]]
| RD4-score02=8
}}
 
==Final==
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | '''Final:''' Best of 19 frames. Referee: [[Alan Chamberlain]] <br />[[Wembley Conference Centre]], [[London]], [[England]], 1413 February 2000.<ref name="Snooker.org"/>
|-
| width="200" align="right" | '''[[Matthew Stevens]]''' (9)<br />{{WAL}}
| width="100" align="center" | '''10'''–8
| width="200" | [[Ken Doherty]] (7)<br />{{IRL}}
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | ''Afternoon:'': '''126'''–4 ('''118'''), '''61'''–51 ('''Stevens 50''' Stevens), 50–'''68''', '''96'''–0 ('''96'''), '''85'''–22 ('''65'''), '''87'''–0 ('''87'''), 2–'''102''' ('''78'''), 59–'''70'''<br />''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''')
|-
| align="right" | 122
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| 4
|}
 
==Qualifying==
[[Ali Carter]] won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1999 [[Masters Qualifying Event|Benson & Hedges Championship]] at the time.<ref>{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|title=Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155348/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html|archivedate=16 February 2012|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=23 December 2010}}</ref> [[Karl Burrows]] made his only [[maximum break]] against [[Adrian Rosa]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html|title=Maximum Breaks|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=2 April 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100407085342/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html| archivedate= 7 April 2010}}</ref>
 
== Century breaks ==
Total: 13
* 140, 118, 104 {{ndash}} [[Ken Doherty]]
* 137, 106, 104 {{ndash}} [[Stephen Hendry]]
* 126, 113 {{ndash}} [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]
* 122, 118 {{ndash}} [[Matthew Stevens]]
* 117 {{ndash}} [[Jimmy White]]
* 112 {{ndash}} [[Anthony Hamilton (snooker player)|Anthony Hamilton]]
* 101 {{ndash}} [[Stephen Lee (snooker player)|Stephen Lee]]
 
Jimmy White's century was scored in the wild-card round.
 
==References==
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