| Tournament Name: | 2000 British Open |
| Venue: | Plymouth Pavilions |
| Location: | Plymouth |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £440,000 |
| Score: | 9–6 |
| Previous: | Sep 1999 |
| Next: | 2001 |
The 2000 British Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 1–8 October 2000 at the Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England. Peter Ebdon won the tournament by defeating Jimmy White nine frames to six in the final. The defending champion, Stephen Hendry, was defeated by Alan McManus in the quarter-final.[1] __TOC__
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England. 8 October 2000. | |||
| Peter Ebdon | 9–6 | Jimmy White | |
| Afternoon: 35–70 (59), 8–88, 93–7, 69–15, 37–69 (57), 64–0 (57), 15–67 (54), 94–0 (53) Evening: 34–59, 121–0 (80), 68–58 (63), 107–8 (50, 57), 7–76, 120–4 (120), 83–43 | |||
| 120 | Highest break | 59 | |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 | |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 3 | |