2000 Pontins Professional

2000 Pontins Professional
Tournament information
Dates13–20 May 2000 (2000-05-13 – 2000-05-20)
VenuePontin's
CityPrestatyn
CountryWales
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-Ranking event
Highest breakEngland Jimmy White (122)
Final
ChampionWales Darren Morgan
Runner-upEngland Jimmy White
Score9–2
1999
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The 2000 Pontins Professional was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in May 2000 in Prestatyn, Wales.

The tournament featured eight professional players. The quarter-final matches were contested over the best of 9 frames, the semi-finals best of eleven and the final best of seventeen.[1]

The 2000 tournament was the twenty-seventh and final edition of the Pontins Professional, the series being discontinued thereafter.[2]

Darren Morgan won the event,by defeating Jimmy White 9–2 in the final.[3]

Main draw

Results from the tournament are shown below.[1]

Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
         
England Jimmy White 5
England Martin Clark 3
England Jimmy White 6
Wales Matthew Stevens 3
Wales Matthew Stevens 5
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 3
England Jimmy White 2
Wales Darren Morgan 9
Wales Darren Morgan 5
Wales Mark Williams 3
Wales Darren Morgan 6
England Paul Hunter 4
England Paul Hunter 5
England Stephen Lee 3

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames.[1]
Pontins, Prestatyn, Wales, 20 May 2000.
Jimmy White
 England
2–9 Darren Morgan
 Wales
44–72, 49–77 (61), 33–70, 0–119 (119), 70–14, 0–76 (65), 7–104 (77), 43–86, 102–16 (101), 0–111 (80), 0–76 (75)
101 Highest break 119
1 Century breaks 1
1 50+ breaks 6

Century breaks

Century breaks from the tournament are shown below.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Morgan wins Pontins professional title". Snooker Scene. July 2000. pp. 8–9.
  2. ^ "Brief History of the Pontins Open and Professional". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Darren deja vu". Coventry Telegraph. 18 May 2000. p. 85.