2000 UK Championship
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The 2000 UK Championship (officially the 2000 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. The event started on 18 November 2000 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 25 November and 3 December 2000. Nick Dyson made a maximum break in the qualifying stage against Robert Milkins.
John Higgins won in the final 10–4 against Mark Williams.
This was to be the last UK Championship to be held in Bournemouth, where the event was hosted since the 1998. From 2001 onwards it was hosted in York.
Tournament summary
Defending champion and World Champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Prize money
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £78,000
- Runner-up: £41,000
- Semi-finalists: £20,600
- Quarter-finalists: £11,200
- Last 16: £5,800
- Last 32: £4,900
- Last 64: £3,125
- Last 96: £1,655
- Last 128: £1,150
- Highest break (televised): £5,000
- Highest break (untelevised): £1,520
- Maximum break: £20,000
- Total: £540,000
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: John Williams. Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England, 3 December 2000. | ||
| Mark Williams (1) Wales | 4–10 | John Higgins (2) Scotland |
| Afternoon: 17–74(73), 0–131(131), 73–0(73), 32–94(54), 0–108(108), 47–71(55), 0–115(115), 117–0(117) Evening: 0–80, 15–67, 0–105(76), 75–13(51), 81–8(51), 46–76 | ||
| 117 | Highest break | 131 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
Round of 160 Best of 9 frames
Round of 128 Best of 9 frames
Round of 96 Best of 9 frames
Round of 64 Best of 11 frames