The 2000 Masters (officially the 2000 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-

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tournament that took place between 6 and 13 February 2000 at the

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won the title on his second attempt after

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by defeating

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, who had made his second final in a row, 10–8. On the 15th frame of the final, Doherty attempted a

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, but he missed the final black at 140. This was the highest break of the tournament.

Field

Defending champion

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was the number 1 seed with

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seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the

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(ranked 142), and

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(ranked 35), who was the wild-card selection. Ali Carter, Marco Fu and

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were making their debuts in the Masters.

Wild-card round

In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1999

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at the time.

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made his only

against

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Century breaks

Total: 13 * 140, 118, 104

* 137, 106, 104

* 126, 113

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* 122, 118

* 117

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* 112 Anthony Hamilton * 101 Stephen Lee Jimmy White's century was scored in the wild-card round.

References

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