2000 Malta Grand Prix
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This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (August 2022) |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20–27 February 2000 |
| Venue | Mediterranean Conference Centre |
| City | Valletta |
| Country | Malta |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £290,000 |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty (IRL) |
| Runner-up | Error creating thumbnail: Mark Williams (WAL) |
| Score | 9–3 |
← 1998 2001 → | |
The 2000 Malta Grand Prix was the sixth edition of the professional ranking snooker tournament which took place at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, Malta. Qualifying for the event started on 3 January 2000 and the final stages took place between 20 and 27 February 2000.
Ken Doherty won the tournament, defeating Mark Williams 9–3 in the final. The highest break, a 142, was compiled by quarter-finalist Ronnie O'Sullivan in his last-16 match against Jimmy White.
Prize fund
[edit | edit source]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner £50,000
- Runner-up £26,000
- Highest break £3,000
- Total £290,000
Wildcard round
[edit | edit source]| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Adrian Gunnell (ENG) |
5–1 | File:Flag of Malta.svg Alex Borg (MLT) |
| WC2 | Nick Dyson (ENG) |
4–5 | File:Flag of Malta.svg Joe Grech (MLT) |
Main draw
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Qualifying
[edit | edit source]The three qualifying rounds took place between 3 and 14 January 2000, and were all played under a best-of-nine frames format.
Round 1
[edit | edit source]- Pakistan Shokat Ali 5–2 Ali Carter
- Error creating thumbnail: Mark Bennett 5–2 Craig Harrison
- Stuart Bingham 5–3 Lee Richardson
- Karl Broughton 5–4 Wayne Saidler
- Error creating thumbnail: Tony Chappel 5–3 Nick Terry
- Error creating thumbnail: Gareth Chilcott 5–3 Steve Judd
- Darren Clarke 5–4 Mark Davis
- Error creating thumbnail: Anthony Davies 5–4 Scotland Hugh Abernethy
- Mike Dunn 5–0 Mark Gray
- Nick Dyson 5–2 Scotland Craig MacGillivray
- Scotland Martin Dziewialtowski 5–2 Error creating thumbnail: Mark Fenton
- Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez 5–0 Scotland Stephen Maguire
- Leigh Griffin 5–4 Munraj Pal
- Adrian Gunnell 5–3 Tony Knowles
- Iceland Kristján Helgason 5–1 Stefan Mazrocis
- Michael Holt 5–0 Belgium Patrick Delsemme
- Finland Robin Hull 5–2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor
- Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 5–0 Scotland David McLellan
- Robert Milkins 5–3 Nick Pearce
- Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn 5–3 Wayne Brown
- Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Connor 5–2 Peter McCullagh
- New Zealand Dene O'Kane 5–2 Error creating thumbnail: Richard King
- Stuart Pettman 5–2 Cyprus Mehmet Husnu
- Thailand Phaitoon Phonbun 5–4 Eddie Manning
- Barry Pinches 5–0 Scotland John Lardner
- Error creating thumbnail: James Reynolds 5–2 Karl Burrows
- Chris Scanlon 5–3 Error creating thumbnail: Ryan Day
- Mark Selby 5–2 Tony Jones
- Troy Shaw 5–3 Belgium Mario Geudens
- Paul Sweeny 5–2 Sean Storey
- Willie Thorne 5–4 Ian Brumby
- Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 5–2 Error creating thumbnail: Wayne Jones
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Round 2
[edit | edit source]- Karl Broughton 5–2 Jason Ferguson
- Alfie Burden 5–2 Chris Scanlon
- Scotland Marcus Campbell 5–4 Darren Clarke
- Martin Clark 5–3 Thailand Phaitoon Phonbun
- Matthew Couch 5–2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane
- Error creating thumbnail: Paul Davies 5–3 Iceland Kristján Helgason
- Nick Dyson 5–3 Neal Foulds
- Scotland Martin Dziewialtowski 5–3 Joe Perry
- Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez 5–3 Gary Ponting
- Hong Kong Marco Fu 5–2 Error creating thumbnail: Mark Bennett
- David Gray 5–2 Mike Dunn
- Leigh Griffin w/o–w/d Canada Alain Robidoux
- Adrian Gunnell 5–3 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene
- Scotland Euan Henderson 5–4 Error creating thumbnail: Tony Chappel
- Scotland Drew Henry 5–2 Willie Thorne
- Michael Holt 5–3 Dave Finbow
- Finland Robin Hull 5–1 Jonathan Birch
- Joe Johnson 5–0 Error creating thumbnail: Gareth Chilcott
- Bradley Jones 5–4 Error creating thumbnail: Anthony Davies
- Rod Lawler 5–3 Error creating thumbnail: James Reynolds
- Peter Lines 5–4 Paul Sweeny
- Ian McCulloch 5–0 Pakistan Shokat Ali
- Robert Milkins 5–2 David Roe
- Stuart Pettman 5–2 Steve James
- Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Connor 5–2 Nick Walker
- Barry Pinches 5–2 Dean Reynolds
- Northern Ireland Jason Prince 5–4 Stuart Bingham
- John Read 5–2 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace
- Mark Selby 5–3 Jimmy Michie
- Troy Shaw 5–3 Mick Price
- Error creating thumbnail: Lee Walker 5–3 Republic of Ireland Michael Judge
- Paul Wykes 5–1 Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn
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Round 3
[edit | edit source]- Alfie Burden 5–3 Karl Broughton
- Scotland Marcus Campbell 5–2 Scotland Euan Henderson
- Matthew Couch 5–2 Peter Lines
- Nick Dyson 5–3 John Read
- Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez 5–2 Paul Wykes
- Hong Kong Marco Fu 5–1 Bradley Jones
- David Gray 5–0 Error creating thumbnail: Paul Davies
- Adrian Gunnell 5–0 Barry Pinches
- Scotland Drew Henry 5–1 Martin Clark
- Michael Holt w/o–w/d Joe Johnson
- Rod Lawler 5–3 Finland Robin Hull
- Robert Milkins 5–3 Leigh Griffin
- Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Connor 5–2 Scotland Martin Dziewialtowski
- Stuart Pettman 5–3 Ian McCulloch
- Northern Ireland Jason Prince 5–1 Error creating thumbnail: Lee Walker
- Troy Shaw 5–2 Mark Selby
Round 4
[edit | edit source]- Nigel Bond 5–0 Northern Ireland Jason Prince
- Alfie Burden 5–1 Brian Morgan
- Error creating thumbnail: Dominic Dale 5–2 Matthew Couch
- Nick Dyson 5–4 Dave Harold
- Hong Kong Marco Fu 5–2 Scotland Chris Small
- David Gray 5–1 Malta Tony Drago
- Adrian Gunnell 5–1 Scotland Jamie Burnett
- Michael Holt 5–2 Andy Hicks
- Rod Lawler 5–0 Thailand James Wattana
- Robert Milkins 5–3 Northern Ireland Terry Murphy
- Scotland Billy Snaddon 5–1 Scotland Marcus Campbell
- Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Connor 5–2 Error creating thumbnail: Darren Morgan
- Stuart Pettman 5–0 Scotland Graeme Dott
- Northern Ireland Joe Swail 5–3 Troy Shaw
- Gary Wilkinson 5–2 Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez
- Scotland Drew Henry w/o–w/d
Quinten Hann[1]
Century breaks
[edit | edit source]- 142, 123 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 138, 113 – David Gray
- 135, 123 – Peter Ebdon
- 135, 117, 104 – Michael Holt
- 131, 122 – Darren Morgan
- 129, 120 – Matthew Stevens
- 129 – Stephen O'Connor
- 129 – Kristján Helgason
- 128, 107, 100 – Stephen Hendry
- 127, 108, 101 – Marco Fu
- 126 – Joe Swail
- 126 – Rod Lawler
- 123, 119, 104 – Mark Williams
- 123, 112, 105, 105, 101 – Ken Doherty
- 122 – Karl Broughton
- 122 – Nigel Bond
- 121 – Robert Milkins
- 119, 119 – Alfie Burden
- 117 – James Reynolds
- 114 – Steve Davis
- 112 – John Parrott
- 112, 108, 107 – Nick Dyson
- 111 – Shokat Ali
- 105 – Darren Clarke
- 104 – Stephen Lee
- 103 – Troy Shaw
- 103 – Eddie Manning
- 102 – John Higgins
- 100 – Joe Johnson
- 100 – Robin Hull
References
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