2000 Pontins Professional

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2000 Pontins Professional
Tournament information
Dates13–20 May 2000 (2000-05-13 2000-05-20)
VenuePontin's
City Prestatyn
Country Wales
Organisation WPBSA
FormatNon-Ranking event
Highest break Flag of England.svg Jimmy White (122)
Final
Champion Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Darren Morgan
Runner-up Flag of England.svg Jimmy White
Score9–2
1999
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The 2000 Pontins Professional was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in May 2000 in Prestatyn, Wales.

Contents

The tournament featured eight professional players. The quarter-final matches were contested over the best of 9 frames, the semi-finals best of eleven and the final best of seventeen. [1]

The 2000 tournament was the twenty-seventh and final edition of the Pontins Professional, the series being discontinued thereafter. [2]

Darren Morgan won the event,by defeating Jimmy White 9–2 in the final. [3]

Main draw

Results from the tournament are shown below. [1]

Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
         
Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 5
Flag of England.svg Martin Clark 3
Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 6
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Matthew Stevens 3
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Matthew Stevens 5
Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty 3
Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 2
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Darren Morgan 9
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Darren Morgan 5
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 3
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Darren Morgan 6
Flag of England.svg Paul Hunter 4
Flag of England.svg Paul Hunter 5
Flag of England.svg Stephen Lee 3

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. [1]
Pontins, Prestatyn, Wales, 20 May 2000.
Jimmy White
Flag of England.svg  England
2–9 Darren Morgan
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
44–72, 49–77 (61), 33–70, 0–119 (119), 70–14, 0–76 (65), 7–104 (77), 43–86, 102–16 (101), 0–111 (80), 0–76 (75)
101Highest break119
1Century breaks1
150+ breaks6

Century breaks

Century breaks from the tournament are shown below. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Morgan wins Pontins professional title". Snooker Scene. July 2000. pp. 8–9.
  2. "Brief History of the Pontins Open and Professional". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. "Darren deja vu". Coventry Telegraph. 18 May 2000. p. 85.