2000 Scottish Masters

Regal Scottish Masters

Tournament information
Dates	24–29 October 2000 (2000-10-24 – 2000-10-29)
Venue	Motherwell Civic Centre
City	Motherwell
Country	Scotland
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund	£195,000
Winner's share	£62,000 [1]
Highest break	Marco Fu (147)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Stephen Hendry
Score	9–6
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The 2000 Regal Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which took place from 24 to 29 October. The tournament was played at the Motherwell Civic Centre, Scotland, and featured twelve professional players.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament for the second time, defeating Stephen Hendry 9–6 in the final. Marco Fu recorded his first maximum break in his first round match with Ken Doherty. This was the first ever 147 streamed live on the Internet.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the tournament was as follows: ^[2]

• Winner: £62,000
• Runner-up: £30,000
• Semi-finalists: £15,500
• Quarter-finalists: £9,000
• First round: £5,000
• Highest break: £5,000
• Maximum break: a car
• Total: £195,000

Main draw

^[3]

	Round 1 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
						Ronnie O'Sullivan		6
	Ronnie O'Sullivan		5			John Higgins		4
	Jimmy White		3								Ronnie O'Sullivan		6
											Mark Williams		5
						Mark Williams		6
	Stephen Lee		5			Stephen Lee		4
	Steve Davis		1													Ronnie O'Sullivan		9
																Stephen Hendry		6
						Stephen Hendry		6
	Alan McManus		5			Alan McManus		5
	Fergal O'Brien		3								Stephen Hendry		6
											Ken Doherty		1
						Ken Doherty		6
	Ken Doherty		5			Matthew Stevens		1
	Marco Fu		1

Qualifying Event

Qualifying for the tournament took place amongst 12 players at the Spencer's Snooker Centre in Stirling from 18 to 22 September 2000. Jimmy White dropped only four frames throughout the event as he won the tournament and earned the final wild card spot for the Scottish Masters by defeating Stephen Maguire, Drew Henry and Joe Swail over three rounds. ^{[4] [5]} All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners. ^[6]

	Round 1 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 9 frames
						Anthony Hamilton		2
	Billy Snaddon		2			Drew Henry		5
	Drew Henry		5								Drew Henry		1
											Jimmy White		5
						Jimmy White		5
	Graeme Dott		1			Stephen Maguire		1
	Stephen Maguire		5													Jimmy White		5
																Joe Swail		2
						Joe Swail		5
	Dominic Dale		4			Stuart Bingham		3
	Stuart Bingham		5								Joe Swail		5
											Chris Small		4
						Dave Harold		0
	Chris Small		5			Chris Small		5
	David Gray		2

References

1. "Scottish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
2. Hendon, David (19 October 2000). "Masters in fight to be steel man of snooker". TSN Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 February 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
3. "Regal Scottish Masters 2000". snooker.org. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
4. "2000 Regal Masters/Qualifying (18-22 September)". Snooker Images. Archived from the original on 24 January 2001. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
5. "Jimmy lines up Ronnie". Embassy Snooker. Archived from the original on 4 May 2001. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
6. "Regal Masters". Embassy Snooker. Archived from the original on 3 May 2001. Retrieved 1 March 2021.