The 2000

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was a professional snooker tournament and the second of eight WPBSA ranking events in the 2000/2001 season, following the British Open and preceding the UK Championship. It was held from 13 to 22 October 2000 at the

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was the defending champion, but he withdrew from his quarter-final match against

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. Mark Williams won his 10th ranking title by defeating

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9–5 in the final.

Tournament summary

Defending champion

was the number 1 seed with

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Mark Williams seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings. Despite reaching the quarter-finals, Higgins withdrew from the tournament at the quarter-final stage, giving opponent

a walkover into the semi-finals. Higgins was angry that his quarter-final match with Dott was to fall on the same day as his brother's wedding, despite Higgins' claim he had been assured eight months previously no such clash was to take place.

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insisted no such assurances were made.

Main draw

Final

References

{{Snooker season 2000/2001 http://www.snooker.org/trn/0001/gp2000_res.shtml World Open (snooker)