 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekudzoreredza chinzvimbo chake chepamusoro-16 mumwaka wa1999 2000, White akatanga 2000 nekusvika kuma semi fainari eWelsh Open, kwaakarasikirwa ne5 6 naStephen Lee, kunyangwe achitungamira 4 1 pane imwe nguva yemutambo. Akazokunda Marco Fu naJohn Higgins kuti vasvike kumaquarter-finals eMasters, uye akazotevera izvi nekumhanyira kumaquarter-finals eWorld Championship. Zvisinei, pazviitiko zvose zviri zviviri, akarohwa naMatthew Stevens. Kunyanya nekuda kwechimiro chake chisina kunaka mumwaka wa1998-99, White akarasikirwawo nenzvimbo yake yepamusoro-16. Akarwa zvakare mwaka unotevera, achisvika kumagumo e2000 British Open kurasikirwa ne6 × 9 kuna Peter Ebdon uye semi-fainari ye2000 Grand Prix mukutanga kwechikamu chemushandirapamwe. Zvisinei, kumwe kukunda kwake kwakakurumbira, kwaiva kukundwa kwaRonnie OSullivan ne 62 mu2001 Masters uye White akazokundikana kukwanisa kupinda mu2001 World Championship. 