2000 Masters (snooker): Difference between revisions

The '''2000 [[Benson & Hedges]] [[Masters (snooker)|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.

[[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=http://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= http://web.archive.org/web/20100407085342/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html| archivedate= 7 April 2010}}</ref>