The 2000 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club,

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between 8–16 January 2000.

Ted Hankey Edward Hankey (born 20 February 1968) is an English former professional darts player and convicted sex offender. Nicknamed "The Count", he won the BDO World Darts Championship in 2000, was runner-up in 2001, and won the title for a second time ...

was in imperious form throughout the tournament, reaching the quarter-finals without dropping a set and battling back from 4-2 down in the semi-finals against Chris Mason - who had earlier thwarted

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's ambitions of three consecutive BDO World titles - to win 5-4. He then took just 46 minutes to beat

Ronnie Baxter Ronnie Baxter (born 5 February 1961) is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He used the nickname "The Rocket" for his matches. Baxter was known for his fast robotic throwing a ...

6-0 in the final - finishing off with a maximum 170 checkout. Hankey also hit a record 48 180s in the tournament, including 22 against Mason.

Seeds

# Mervyn King #

Robbie Widdows Robbie Widdows (born 17 January 1961) is an English former professional darts player who played in events of the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career Widdows played in three BDO World Championships ...

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# Peter Johnstone

Prize money

The prize money was £175,000. :Champion: £44,000 :Runner-Up: £22,000 :Semi-Finalists (2): £9,700 :Quarter-Finalists (4): £4,900 :Last 16 (8): £3,750 :Last 32 (16): £2,500 There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £2,000.

The Results

References

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