2000 Malta Grand Prix
 | 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 |  Ken Doherty (IRL) |
| Runner-up |  Mark Williams (WAL) |
| 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. The highest break, a 142, was compiled by quarter-finalist Ronnie O'Sullivan in his last-16 match against Jimmy White.
Prize fund
[edit]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]| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Adrian Gunnell (ENG) |
5–1 |  Alex Borg (MLT)
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| WC2 | Nick Dyson (ENG) |
4–5 | Joe Grech (MLT)
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Main draw
[edit]
Qualifying
[edit]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]
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
Kristján 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
[edit]- 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 Kristján 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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[1]
Century breaks
[edit]- 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