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2000 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2000 Welsh Open (officially the 2000 Regal Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 30 January 2000 at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales.
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| Tournament information |
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| 24–30 January 2000 (2000-01-24 – 2000-01-30) |
| Cardiff International Arena |
| Cardiff |
| Wales |
| WPBSA |
| Ranking event |
| £401,250 |
| £62,000 |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (141) |
| John Higgins (SCO) |
| Stephen Lee (ENG) |
| 9–8 |
| ← 1999 2001 → |
The 2000 Welsh Open (officially the 2000 Regal Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 30 January 2000 at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales.
Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost his last 16 match against Matthew Stevens.
John Higgins defeated Stephen Lee 9–8 in the final to win his 13th ranking title.
Defending champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
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| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 30 January 2000. | ||
| Stephen Lee (6) England | 8–9 | John Higgins (3) Scotland |
| Afternoon: 17–102 (101), 129–0 (129), 78–43, 74–36, 0–129 (77, 52), 1–74 (52), 68–54 (50), 7–83 (83)Evening: 71–28, 46–94, 70–61 (Higgins 56, Lee 64), 81–67 (Higgins 67), 34–86 (63), 78–42 (71), 13–113 (54, 59), 0–100 (100), 8–65 | ||
| 129 | Highest break | 101 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 11 |
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