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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=Regal Scottish Masters
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|2000|10|24|2000|10|29|df=y}}
|venue=[[Motherwell Civic Centre]]
|location=[[Motherwell]]
|country=Scotland
|organisation=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]]
|format=Non-[[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]] event
|Total prize fund=£195,000
|winners_share=£62,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Scottish Masters|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotmast.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155901/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scotmast.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref>
|highest_break={{flagicon|HKG}} [[Marco Fu]] ([[Maximum break|147]])
|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]
|runner_up={{flagicon|SCO}} [[Stephen Hendry]]
|score=9–6
|previous=[[1999 Scottish Masters|1999]]
|next=[[2001 Scottish Masters|2001]]
}}

The '''2000 [[Regal (cigarette)|Regal]] [[Scottish Masters]]''' was a professional non-ranking [[snooker]] tournament which took place from 24 to 29 October. The tournament was played at the [[Motherwell Civic Centre]], [[Scotland]], and featured twelve professional players.

[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] won the tournament for the second time, defeating [[Stephen Hendry]] 9–6 in the final. [[Marco Fu]] recorded his first [[maximum break]] in his first round match with [[Ken Doherty]]. This was the first ever 147 streamed live on the Internet.

==Main draw==
<ref>{{cite web|title=Regal Scottish Masters 2000|url=http://www.snooker.org/trn/0001/sm2000_res.shtml|publisher=snooker.org|accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref>
{{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
| RD1=Round 1<br/>Best of 9 frames
| RD2=Quarter-finals<br/>Best of 11 frames
| RD3=Semi-finals<br/>Best of 11 frames
| RD4=Final<br/>Best of 17 frames
| RD1-team03={{nowrap|{{Flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]'''}}
| RD1-score03='''5'''
| RD1-team04={{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Jimmy White]]
| RD1-score04=3
| RD1-team07={{Flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Stephen Lee (snooker player)|Stephen Lee]]'''
| RD1-score07='''5'''
| RD1-team08={{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Davis]]
| RD1-score08=1
| RD1-team11={{Flagicon|SCO}} '''[[Alan McManus]]'''
| RD1-score11='''5'''
| RD1-team12={{Flagicon|IRL}} [[Fergal O'Brien]]
| RD1-score12=3
| RD1-team15={{Flagicon|IRL}} '''[[Ken Doherty]]'''
| RD1-score15='''5'''
| RD1-team16={{Flagicon|HKG}} [[Marco Fu]]
| RD1-score16=1
| RD2-team01={{nowrap|{{Flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]'''}}
| RD2-score01='''6'''
| RD2-team02={{Flagicon|SCO}} [[John Higgins]]
| RD2-score02=4
| RD2-team03={{Flagicon|WAL}} '''[[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]'''
| RD2-score03='''6'''
| RD2-team04={{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Lee (snooker player)|Stephen Lee]]
| RD2-score04=4
| RD2-team05={{Flagicon|SCO}} '''[[Stephen Hendry]]'''
| RD2-score05='''6'''
| RD2-team06={{Flagicon|SCO}} [[Alan McManus]]
| RD2-score06=5
| RD2-team07={{Flagicon|IRL}} '''[[Ken Doherty]]'''
| RD2-score07='''6'''
| RD2-team08={{Flagicon|WAL}} [[Matthew Stevens]]
| RD2-score08=1
| RD3-team01={{nowrap|{{Flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]'''}}
| RD3-score01='''6'''
| RD3-team02={{Flagicon|WAL}} [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]]
| RD3-score02=5
| RD3-team03={{Flagicon|SCO}} '''[[Stephen Hendry]]'''
| RD3-score03='''6'''
| RD3-team04={{Flagicon|IRL}} [[Ken Doherty]]
| RD3-score04=1
| RD4-team01={{nowrap|{{Flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]'''}}
| RD4-score01='''9'''
| RD4-team02={{Flagicon|SCO}} [[Stephen Hendry]]
| RD4-score02=6
}}

==Qualifying Event==
Qualifying for the tournament took place amongst 12 players at the Spencer's Snooker Centre from 18&nbsp;to 22&nbsp;September 2000. [[Jimmy White]] dropped only four frames throughout the event as he won the tournament and earned the final wild card spot for the Scottish Masters by defeating [[Stephen Maguire]], [[Drew Henry]] and [[Joe Swail]] over three rounds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snookerimages.co.uk/html/regal2000.htm|title=2000 Regal Masters/Qualifying (18-22 September)|publisher=Snooker Images|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010124052200/http://www.snookerimages.co.uk/html/regal2000.htm|archive-date=24 January 2001|access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.embassysnooker.com/news/322.htm|title=Jimmy lines up Ronnie|publisher=Embassy Snooker|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010504223606/http://www.embassysnooker.com/news/322.htm|archive-date=4 May 2001|access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref> All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.embassysnooker.com/Results2000_2001.htm#regalmasters|title=Regal Masters|publisher=Embassy Snooker|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010503044943/http://www.embassysnooker.com/Results2000_2001.htm#regalmasters|archive-date=3 May 2001|access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref>

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
| RD1=Round 1<br/>Best of 9 frames
| RD2=Quarter-finals<br/>Best of 9 frames
| RD3=Semi-finals<br/>Best of 9 frames
| RD4=Final<br/>Best of 9 frames
| RD1-team03={{Flagicon|SCO}} [[Billy Snaddon]]
| RD1-score03=2
| RD1-team04={{Flagicon|SCO}} '''[[Drew Henry]]'''
| RD1-score04='''5'''
| RD1-team07={{Flagicon|SCO}} [[Graeme Dott]]
| RD1-score07=1
| RD1-team08={{Flagicon|SCO}} '''[[Stephen Maguire]]'''
| RD1-score08='''5'''
| RD1-team11={{Flagicon|WAL}} [[Dominic Dale]]
| RD1-score11=4
| RD1-team12={{Flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Stuart Bingham]]'''
| RD1-score12='''5'''
| RD1-team15={{Flagicon|SCO}} '''[[Chris Small]]'''
| RD1-score15='''5'''
| RD1-team16={{Flagicon|ENG}} [[David Gray (snooker player)|David Gray]]
| RD1-score16=2
| RD2-team01={{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Anthony Hamilton (snooker player)|Anthony Hamilton]]
| RD2-score01=2
| RD2-team02={{Flagicon|SCO}} '''[[Drew Henry]]'''
| RD2-score02='''5'''
| RD2-team03={{Flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Jimmy White]]'''
| RD2-score03='''5'''
| RD2-team04={{Flagicon|SCO}} [[Stephen Maguire]]
| RD2-score04=1
| RD2-team05={{Flagicon|NIR}} '''[[Joe Swail]]'''
| RD2-score05='''5'''
| RD2-team06={{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Stuart Bingham]]
| RD2-score06=3
| RD2-team07={{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Harold]]
| RD2-score07=0
| RD2-team08={{Flagicon|SCO}} '''[[Chris Small]]'''
| RD2-score08='''5'''
| RD3-team01={{Flagicon|SCO}} [[Drew Henry]]
| RD3-score01=1
| RD3-team02={{Flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Jimmy White]]'''
| RD3-score02='''5'''
| RD3-team03={{Flagicon|NIR}} '''[[Joe Swail]]'''
| RD3-score03='''5'''
| RD3-team04={{Flagicon|SCO}} [[Chris Small]]
| RD3-score04=4
| RD4-team01={{Flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Jimmy White]]'''
| RD4-score01='''5'''
| RD4-team02={{Flagicon|NIR}} [[Joe Swail]]
| RD4-score02=2
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Scottish Masters}}
{{Snooker season 2000/2001}}

[[Category:Scottish Masters]]
[[Category:2000 in snooker]]
[[Category:2000 in Scottish sport]]