2000 UK Championship


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

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:

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