2000 Grand Prix (snooker)

Grand Prix

Tournament information
Dates	13–22 October 2000 (2000-10-13 – 2000-10-22)
Venue	Telford International Centre
City	Telford
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£440,000
Winner's share	£62,000
Highest break	Brian Morgan  (ENG) (143)
Final
Champion	Mark Williams  (WAL)
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)
Score	9–5
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The 2000 Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament and the second of eight WPBSA ranking events in the 2000/2001 season, following the British Open and preceding the UK Championship. It was held from 13 to 22 October 2000 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England.

John Higgins was the defending champion, but he withdrew from his quarter-final match against Graeme Dott. Mark Williams won his 10th ranking title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–5 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the tournament was as follows: ^[1]

• 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: £5,000
• Highest break (non-televised): £1,000
• Total: £440,000 ^[2]

Tournament summary

Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Despite reaching the quarter-finals, Higgins withdrew from the tournament at the quarter-final stage, giving opponent Graeme Dott a walkover into the semi-finals. Higgins was angry that his quarter-final match with Dott was to fall on the same day as his brother's wedding, despite Higgins' claim he had been assured eight months previously no such clash was to take place. World Snooker insisted no such assurances were made. ^[3]

Main draw

	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	John Higgins	5
	25	Darren Morgan	0				Paul Sweeny	0
											1	John Higgins	5
		Paul Sweeny	5
											30	Terry Murphy	3
						11	Anthony Hamilton	w/d
	30	Terry Murphy	5			30	Terry Murphy	w/o
																1	John Higgins	w/d
		Nick Dyson	4
																19	Graeme Dott	w/o
						13	Dave Harold	4
	19	Graeme Dott	5			19	Graeme Dott	5
											19	Graeme Dott	5
		Andy Hicks	4
											6	Matthew Stevens	4
						6	Matthew Stevens	5
	26	Tony Drago	5			26	Tony Drago	4
																					19	Graeme Dott	3
		Marcus Campbell	2
																					4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
						7	Ken Doherty	5
	20	Dominic Dale	4				Patrick Wallace	0
											7	Ken Doherty	5
		Patrick Wallace	5
											9	Fergal O'Brien	3
						9	Fergal O'Brien	5
	23	Nigel Bond	2				Bradley Jones	4
																7	Ken Doherty	0
		Bradley Jones	5
																4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
						10	John Parrott	2
	21	Chris Small	2				Robert Milkins	5
												Robert Milkins	1
		Robert Milkins	5
											4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
						4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	32	Quinten Hann	5			32	Quinten Hann	0
																										4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
		Jason Prince	2
																										2	Mark Williams	9
						3	Stephen Hendry	2
	28	Brian Morgan	5			28	Brian Morgan	5
											28	Brian Morgan	5
		Matt Wilson	2
											12	Peter Ebdon	2
						12	Peter Ebdon	5
	31	Joe Perry	5			31	Joe Perry	3
																28	Brian Morgan	3
		Jamie Burnett	1
																18	Jimmy White	5
						15	Marco Fu	3
	18	Jimmy White	5			18	Jimmy White	5
											18	Jimmy White	5
		Matthew Couch	1
											8	Alan McManus	4
						8	Alan McManus	5
	29	Drew Henry	5			29	Drew Henry	3
																					18	Jimmy White	2
		Michael Judge	0
																					2	Mark Williams	6
						5	Stephen Lee	5
	27	James Wattana	2				Alfie Burden	1
											5	Stephen Lee	4
		Alfie Burden	5
											14	Paul Hunter	5
						14	Paul Hunter	5
	17	Steve Davis	5			17	Steve Davis	2
																14	Paul Hunter	3
		Jimmy Michie	4
																2	Mark Williams	5
						16	Joe Swail	4
	22	Mark King	5			22	Mark King	5
											22	Mark King	1
		Eddie Manning	2
											2	Mark Williams	5
						2	Mark Williams	5
	24	Billy Snaddon	5			24	Billy Snaddon	3
		Paul McPhillips	4

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. Telford International Centre, Telford, England, 22 October 2000.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)   England	5–9	Mark Williams (2)   Wales
Afternoon:68–56, 32–102 (101), 111–8 (71), 17–73 (73), 6–108 (108), 17–66, 12–69 (69), 26–60 Evening: 31–94 (50), 95–0 (95), 102–4 (56), 74–50 (50, 74), 1–74, 17–79 (56)
95	Highest break	108
0	Century breaks	2
4	50+ breaks	7

References

1. Hendon, David (11 October 2000). "Rage could drive Higgins on road to victory". TSN Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 December 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
2. "Newslines: Snooker". The Observer . 15 October 2000. p. 11. ProQuest   250372433.
3. "Higgins to withdraw from Grand Prix". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 February 2019.

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