| Tournament Name: | 1999 British Open |
| Venue: | Plymouth Pavilions |
| Location: | Plymouth |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £370,000 |
| Winners Share: | £60,000 |
| Highest Break: | (147) |
| Score: | 9–7 |
| Previous: | 1998 |
| Next: | Sep 1999 |
The 1999 British Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 4–11 April 1999 at the Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England.[1] Fergal O'Brien won the tournament by defeating Anthony Hamilton nine frames to seven in the final. The defending champion, John Higgins, was defeated by O'Brien in the semi-final.[2]
Jason Prince recorded a maximum break during qualifying for the tournament against Ian Brumby. Graeme Dott made a maximum in his round of 64 match against David Roe.[3]
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| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England. 11 April 1999. | |||
| Fergal O'Brien | 9–7 | Anthony Hamilton | |
| Afternoon: 0–134 (110), 0–134 (134), 55–40, 67–60 (51), 108–15 (59), 0–77 (61), 22–66 (64), 70–58 Evening: 95–0 (95), 65–41 (51), 0–80 (80), 4–86 (82), 0–143 (121), 77–42, 130–0 (129), 73–60 | |||
| 129 | Highest break | 134 | |
| 1 | Century breaks | 3 | |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 7 | |