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SNOOKER · 2000-12-17 · SHENZEN, CHINA

2000 China Open snooker prize money

The 2000 China Open paid £311,080 to 128 players. Ronnie O'Sullivan won £50,000. Mark Williams took £26,000 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£311k
WINNER£50k
PLAYERS PAID128
PAYOUT BANDS12

Every cheque

128 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2000 China Open.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
Winner Ronnie O'Sullivan England £50,000£50k
Runner-up Mark Williams Wales £26,000£26k
Semi-final Drew Henry Scotland £13,000£13k
Semi-final Stephen Hendry Scotland £13,000£13k
Quarter-final Alan McManus Scotland £7,250£7k
Quarter-final Matthew Stevens Wales £7,250£7k
Quarter-final Paul Hunter England £7,250£7k
Quarter-final Stephen Lee England £7,250£7k
Last 16 Bradley Jones England £3,910£4k
Last 16 Dominic Dale Wales £3,910£4k
Last 16 Jimmy White England £3,910£4k
Last 16 John Parrott England £3,910£4k
Last 16 Ken Doherty Ireland £3,910£4k
Last 16 Marco Fu Hong Kong £3,910£4k
Last 16 Nigel Bond England £3,910£4k
Last 16 Peter Ebdon England £3,910£4k
Last 32 Anthony Hamilton England £3,400£3k
Last 32 Billy Snaddon Scotland £3,400£3k
Last 32 Bjorn Haneveer Belgium £3,400£3k
Last 32 Dave Harold England £3,400£3k
Last 32 David Gray England £3,400£3k
Last 32 Fergal O'Brien Ireland £3,400£3k
Last 32 Graeme Dott Scotland £3,400£3k
Last 32 Ian McCulloch England £3,400£3k
Last 32 Joe Swail Northern Ireland £3,400£3k
Last 32 John Higgins Scotland £3,400£3k
Last 32 Marcus Campbell Scotland £3,400£3k
Last 32 Mark King England £3,400£3k
Last 32 Michael Holt England £3,400£3k
Last 32 Michael Judge Ireland £3,400£3k
Last 32 Stephen Maguire Scotland £3,400£3k
Last 32 Steve Davis England £3,400£3k
Last 48 Brian Morgan England £1,500£2k
Last 48 Chris Small Scotland £1,500£2k
Last 48 Darren Morgan Wales £1,500£2k
Last 48 David Finbow England £1,500£2k
Last 48 Gary Wilkinson England £1,500£2k
Last 48 James Wattana Thailand £1,500£2k
Last 48 Joe Perry England £1,500£2k
Last 48 Mark Selby England £1,500£2k
Last 48 Mike Hallett England £1,500£2k
Last 48 Phaitoon Phonbun Thailand £1,500£2k
Last 48 Quinten Hann Australia £1,500£2k
Last 48 Rod Lawler England £1,500£2k
Last 48 Stephen O'Connor Ireland £1,500£2k
Last 48 Terry Murphy Northern Ireland £1,500£2k
Last 48 Tony Drago Malta £1,500£2k
Last 48 Troy Shaw England £1,500£2k
Last 64 Alain Robidoux Canada £1,250£1k
Last 64 Alfie Burden England £1,250£1k
Last 64 Anthony Davies Wales £1,250£1k
Last 64 Gerard Greene Northern Ireland £1,250£1k
Last 64 Jason Ferguson England £1,250£1k
Last 64 John Lardner Scotland £1,250£1k
Last 64 Nick Walker England £1,250£1k
Last 64 Patrick Wallace Northern Ireland £1,250£1k
Last 64 Paul Davies Wales £1,250£1k
Last 64 Peter Lines England £1,250£1k
Last 64 Robert Milkins England £1,250£1k
Last 64 Robin Hull Finland £1,250£1k
Last 64 Stuart Bingham England £1,250£1k
Last 64 Tony Chappel Wales £1,250£1k
Last 64 Wayne Saidler England £1,250£1k
Last 64 Willie Thorne England £1,250£1k
Last 96 Andy Hicks England £950£950
Last 96 Antony Bolsover England £950£950
Last 96 Barry Hawkins England £950£950
Last 96 Craig Butler England £950£950
Last 96 Darren Clarke England £950£950
Last 96 Darryn Walker England £950£950
Last 96 David McDonnell Ireland £950£950
Last 96 David Roe England £950£950
Last 96 Euan Henderson Scotland £950£950
Last 96 Gary Ponting England £950£950
Last 96 Ian Brumby England £950£950
Last 96 Jamie Burnett Scotland £950£950
Last 96 Jimmy Michie England £950£950
Last 96 Joe Johnson England £950£950
Last 96 John Read England £950£950
Last 96 Jonathan Birch England £950£950
Last 96 Lee Walker Wales £950£950
Last 96 Leigh Griffin England £950£950
Last 96 Leo Fernandez Ireland £950£950
Last 96 Mark Davis England £950£950
Last 96 Mark Fenton Wales £950£950
Last 96 Martin Dziewialtowski Scotland £950£950
Last 96 Matthew Couch England £950£950
Last 96 Mick Price England £950£950
Last 96 Neil Robertson Australia £950£950
Last 96 Nick Pearce England £950£950
Last 96 Nick Terry England £950£950
Last 96 Paul Wykes England £950£950
Last 96 Shokat Ali Pakistan £950£950
Last 96 Steve James England £950£950
Last 96 Stuart Pettman England £950£950
Last 96 Wayne Brown England £950£950
Last 128 Adrian Gunnell England £500£500
Last 128 Ali Carter England £500£500
Last 128 Barry Pinches England £500£500
Last 128 Chris Shade Scotland £500£500
Last 128 Craig MacGillivray Scotland £500£500
Last 128 Dean Reynolds England £500£500
Last 128 Dene O'Kane New Zealand £500£500
Last 128 Eddie Manning England £500£500
Last 128 Graham Lee England £500£500
Last 128 Hugh Abernethy Scotland £500£500
Last 128 Jason Barton England £500£500
Last 128 Jason Prince Northern Ireland £500£500
Last 128 Jeff Cundy England £500£500
Last 128 Karl Broughton England £500£500
Last 128 Kristjan Helgason Iceland £500£500
Last 128 Lee Spick England £500£500
Last 128 Mark Gray England £500£500
Last 128 Martin Clark England £500£500
Last 128 Mike Dunn England £500£500
Last 128 Neal Foulds England £500£500
Last 128 Noppadon Noppachorn Thailand £500£500
Last 128 Paul McPhillips Scotland £500£500
Last 128 Paul Sweeny England £500£500
Last 128 Peter McCullagh England £500£500
Last 128 Philip Williams Wales £500£500
Last 128 Scott MacKenzie Scotland £500£500
Last 128 Sean Storey England £500£500
Last 128 Steve Judd England £500£500
Last 128 Stuart Mann England £500£500
Last 128 Stuart Reardon England £500£500
Last 128 Tony Jones England £500£500
Last 128 Tony Knowles England £500£500
High break Stephen Hendry Scotland £3,000£3k
High break Willie Thorne England £1,000£1k

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 2000 China Open.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £50,000£50k £50,000£50k
Runner-up 1 £26,000£26k £26,000£26k
Semi-final 2 £13,000£13k £26,000£26k
Quarter-final 4 £7,250£7k £29,000£29k
Last 16 8 £3,910£4k £31,280£31k
Last 32 16 £3,400£3k £54,400£54k
Last 48 16 £1,500£2k £24,000£24k
Last 64 16 £1,250£1k £20,000£20k
Last 96 32 £950£950 £30,400£30k
Last 128 32 £500£500 £16,000£16k
High break 1 £3,000£3k £3,000£3k
High break 1 £1,000£1k £1,000£1k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £50k
Runner-up £26k
Semi-final £26k
Quarter-final £29k
Last 16 £31k
Last 32 £54k
Last 48 £24k
Last 64 £20k
Last 96 £30k
Last 128 £16k
High break £3,000
High break £1,000

The rest of 2000

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2000

Other snooker tournaments in 2000.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2000 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship John Higgins £542,780£543k
2000 Benson And Hedges Championship Shaun Murphy £38,850£39k
2000 Regal Scottish Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan £193,000£193k
2000 Grand Prix Mark Williams £426,350£426k
2000 British Open Peter Ebdon £438,300£438k
2000 Champions Cup Ronnie O'Sullivan £200,000£200k

China Open in other years

Every other edition we hold. Every edition.

China Open in other years.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2026 SATUO Window Cleaning Robot China Open Mark Selby £1,182,500£1.2m
2019 China Open Neil Robertson £1,020,000£1.0m
2018 China Open Mark Selby £1,040,000£1.0m
2017 China Open Mark Selby £548,000£548k
2016 China Open Judd Trump £526,000£526k
2015 Baic Motor China Open Mark Selby £478,000£478k
2014 China Open Ding Junhui £479,000£479k
2013 Bank of Beijing China Open Neil Robertson £431,000£431k
2012 Bank of Beijing China Open Peter Ebdon £398,500£399k
2011 Bank of Beijing China Open Judd Trump £319,075£319k
2010 Sanyuan Foods China Open Mark Williams £318,270£318k
2009 Bank of Beijing China Open Peter Ebdon £267,900£268k
2008 Honghe Industrial China Open Stephen Maguire £270,000£270k
2007 Honghe Industrial China Open Graeme Dott £222,750£223k
2006 Star Dragon Woods Villa Cup China Open Mark Williams £197,250£197k
2005 China Open £173,000£173k
2002 China Open Mark Williams £450,800£451k

Snooker prize money in 2001

All 15 snooker tournaments we hold from 2001, the nearest full season to this one. The whole of 2001.

Snooker tournaments in 2001.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2001 UK Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan £755,250£755k
2001 European Open Stephen Hendry £250,000£250k
2001 Benson And Hedges Championship Ryan Day £41,700£42k
2001 LG Cup Stephen Lee £617,200£617k
2001 Stan James British Open John Higgins £670,250£670k
2001 Regal Scottish Masters John Higgins £187,000£187k
2001 Champions Cup John Higgins £200,000£200k
2001 Sportingbet.co.uk Premier League Ronnie O'Sullivan £150,000£150k
2001 Embassy World Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan £1,532,000£1.5m
2001 Regal Scottish Open Peter Ebdon £438,050£438k
2001 Irish Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan £153,340£153k
2001 Blue Eagle/Thai Airways Thailand Masters Ken Doherty £281,525£282k
2001 Rothmans Malta Grand Prix Stephen Hendry £36,000£36k
2001 Benson and Hedges Masters Paul Hunter £650,000£650k
2001 Regal Welsh Open Ken Doherty £440,200£440k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2000 China Open get?

Ronnie O'Sullivan took £50,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Mark Williams took £26,000, 52% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2000 China Open?

£311,080, paid to 128 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2002 China Open paid £450,800.

Where to next

Every edition is on the China Open prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2000. The one after was the 2002 China Open.