2000 Malta Grand Prix

Malta Grand Prix

Tournament information
Dates	20–27 February 2000
Venue	Mediterranean Conference Centre
City	Valletta
Country	Malta
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£290,000
Winner's share	£50,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (142)
Final
Champion	Ken Doherty
Runner-up	Mark Williams
Score	9–3
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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.^[1] The highest break, a 142, was compiled by quarter-finalist Ronnie O'Sullivan in his last-16 match against Jimmy White.

Prize fund

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

Match		Score
WC1	Adrian Gunnell	5–1	Alex Borg
WC2	Nick Dyson	4–5	Joe Grech

Main draw

	Last 32 Best of 9 frames					Last 16 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	Alfie Burden		5
	Mark King		4
						Alfie Burden		2
						Ken Doherty		5
	Ken Doherty		5
	Gary Wilkinson		1
											Ken Doherty		5
											Ronnie O'Sullivan		2
	Stephen O'Connor		4
	Jimmy White		5
						Jimmy White		1
						Ronnie O'Sullivan		5
	Ronnie O'Sullivan		5
	Rod Lawler		4
																Ken Doherty		6
																Stephen Lee		4
	Adrian Gunnell		0
	Stephen Hendry		5
						Stephen Hendry		5
						Matthew Stevens		3
	Matthew Stevens		5
	Michael Holt		3
											Stephen Hendry		2
											Stephen Lee		5
	Paul Hunter		3
	Nigel Bond		5
						Nigel Bond		4
						Stephen Lee		5
	Stephen Lee		5
	David Gray		4
																					Ken Doherty		9
																					Mark Williams		3
	Marco Fu		5
	Peter Ebdon		3
						Marco Fu		5
						Alan McManus		4
	Alan McManus		5
	Dominic Dale		2
											Marco Fu		5
											John Higgins		3
	Fergal O'Brien		5
	Drew Henry		4
						Fergal O'Brien		3
						John Higgins		5
	John Higgins		5
	Joe Swail		2
																Marco Fu		3
																Mark Williams		6
	Billy Snaddon		3
	John Parrott		5
						John Parrott		5
						Robert Milkins		4
	Robert Milkins		5
	Anthony Hamilton		4
											John Parrott		1
											Mark Williams		5
	Steve Davis		5
	Stuart Pettman		0
						Steve Davis		2
						Mark Williams		5
	Mark Williams		5
	Joe Grech		2

Qualifying

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

• Shokat Ali 5–2 Ali Carter
• Mark Bennett 5–2 Craig Harrison
• Stuart Bingham 5–3 Lee Richardson
• Karl Broughton 5–4 Wayne Saidler
• Tony Chappel 5–3 Nick Terry
• Gareth Chilcott 5–3 Steve Judd
• Darren Clarke 5–4 Mark Davis
• Anthony Davies 5–4 Hugh Abernethy
• Mike Dunn 5–0 Mark Gray
• Nick Dyson 5–2 Craig MacGillivray
• Martin Dziewialtowski 5–2 Mark Fenton
• Leo Fernandez 5–0 Stephen Maguire
• Leigh Griffin 5–4 Munraj Pal
• Adrian Gunnell 5–3 Tony Knowles
• Kristjan Helgason 5–1 Stefan Mazrocis
• Michael Holt 5–0 Patrick Delsemme
• Robin Hull 5–2 Dennis Taylor
• Michael Judge 5–0 David McLellan
• Robert Milkins 5–3 Nick Pearce
• Noppadon Noppachorn 5–3 Wayne Brown
• Stephen O'Connor 5–2 Peter McCullagh
• Dene O'Kane 5–2 Richard King
• Stuart Pettman 5–2 Mehmet Husnu
• Phaitoon Phonbun 5–4 Eddie Manning
• Barry Pinches 5–0 John Lardner
• James Reynolds 5–2 Karl Burrows
• Chris Scanlon 5–3 Ryan Day
• Mark Selby 5–2 Tony Jones
• Troy Shaw 5–3 Mario Geudens
• Paul Sweeny 5–2 Sean Storey
• Willie Thorne 5–4 Ian Brumby
• Patrick Wallace 5–2 Wayne Jones

Round 2

• Karl Broughton 5–2 Jason Ferguson
• Alfie Burden 5–2 Chris Scanlon
• Marcus Campbell 5–4 Darren Clarke
• Martin Clark 5–3 Phaitoon Phonbun
• Matthew Couch 5–2 Dene O'Kane
• Paul Davies 5–3 Kristjan Helgason
• Nick Dyson 5–3 Neal Foulds
• Martin Dziewialtowski 5–3 Joe Perry
• Leo Fernandez 5–3 Gary Ponting
• Marco Fu 5–2 Mark Bennett
• David Gray 5–2 Mike Dunn
• Leigh Griffin w/o–w/d Alain Robidoux
• Adrian Gunnell 5–3 Gerard Greene
• Euan Henderson 5–4 Tony Chappel
• Drew Henry 5–2 Willie Thorne
• Michael Holt 5–3 Dave Finbow
• Robin Hull 5–1 Jonathan Birch
• Joe Johnson 5–0 Gareth Chilcott
• Bradley Jones 5–4 Anthony Davies
• Rod Lawler 5–3 James Reynolds
• Peter Lines 5–4 Paul Sweeny
• Ian McCulloch 5–0 Shokat Ali
• Robert Milkins 5–2 David Roe
• Stuart Pettman 5–2 Steve James
• Stephen O'Connor 5–2 Nick Walker
• Barry Pinches 5–2 Dean Reynolds
• Jason Prince 5–4 Stuart Bingham
• John Read 5–2 Patrick Wallace
• Mark Selby 5–3 Jimmy Michie
• Troy Shaw 5–3 Mick Price
• Lee Walker 5–3 Michael Judge
• Paul Wykes 5–1 Noppadon Noppachorn

Round 3

• Alfie Burden 5–3 Karl Broughton
• Marcus Campbell 5–2 Euan Henderson
• Matthew Couch 5–2 Peter Lines
• Nick Dyson 5–3 John Read
• Leo Fernandez 5–2 Paul Wykes
• Marco Fu 5–1 Bradley Jones
• David Gray 5–0 Paul Davies
• Adrian Gunnell 5–0 Barry Pinches
• Drew Henry 5–1 Martin Clark
• Michael Holt w/o–w/d Joe Johnson
• Rod Lawler 5–3 Robin Hull
• Robert Milkins 5–3 Leigh Griffin
• Stephen O'Connor 5–2 Martin Dziewialtowski
• Stuart Pettman 5–3 Ian McCulloch
• Jason Prince 5–1 Lee Walker
• Troy Shaw 5–2 Mark Selby

Round 4

• Nigel Bond 5–0 Jason Prince
• Alfie Burden 5–1 Brian Morgan
• Dominic Dale 5–2 Matthew Couch
• Nick Dyson 5–4 Dave Harold
• Marco Fu 5–2 Chris Small
• David Gray 5–1 Tony Drago
• Adrian Gunnell 5–1 Jamie Burnett
• Michael Holt 5–2 Andy Hicks
• Rod Lawler 5–0 James Wattana
• Robert Milkins 5–3 Terry Murphy
• Billy Snaddon 5–1 Marcus Campbell
• Stephen O'Connor 5–2 Darren Morgan
• Stuart Pettman 5–0 Graeme Dott
• Joe Swail 5–3 Troy Shaw
• Gary Wilkinson 5–2 Leo Fernandez
• Drew Henry w/o–w/d Quinten Hann^[2]

Century breaks

142, 123 Ronnie O'Sullivan^[3]
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 Kristjan 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