1999 Grand Prix (snooker) explained

Tournament Name:Grand Prix
Venue:Guild Hall
Location:Preston
Country:England
Organisation:WPBSA
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£400,000
Winners Share:£62,000
Highest Break: (147)
Score:9–8
Previous:1998
Next:2000

The 1999 Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament and the second of nine WPBSA ranking events in the 1999/2000 season, following the British Open and preceding the UK Championship. It was held from 11 to 24 October 1999 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.

Stephen Lee was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Tony Drago. John Higgins won his 11th ranking title by defeating Mark Williams 9–8 in the final.

Tournament summary

Defending champion Stephen Lee was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Main draw

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Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain.
Guild Hall, Preston, England, 24 October 1999.
Mark Williams (4)
8–9John Higgins (3)
Afternoon: 1–89 (64), 69–5, 46–77 (55), 83–0 (82), 77–2 (73), 62–30, 53–33, 49–2
Evening: 42–50, 12–68 (68), 0–86 (53), 0–78 (78), 37–59, 88–24 (65), 65–1, 23–107 (66), 0–75
82Highest break78
0Century breaks0
350+ breaks6

Qualifying

Round of 128 Best of 9 frames

Phaitoon Phonbun 5–3 Richard King

Nick Dyson 5–0 Shokat Ali

Mario Geudens 5–4 Steve Judd

Mark Selby 5–2 Stephen O'Connor

Wayne Jones 5–3 Wayne Brown

Willie Thorne 5–4 James Reynolds

Anthony Davies 5–1 Gareth Chilcott

Round of 96 Best of 9 frames

Gerard Greene 5–2 Phaitoon Phonbun

Paul Wykes 5–2 Robin Hull

Dave Finbow 5–4 Dene O'Kane

Neal Foulds 5–2 Patrick Delsemme

Jimmy Michie 5–2 Mehmet Husnu

Mick Price 5–2 Craig Harrison

Marcus Campbell 5–1 Lee Richardson

Leo Fernandez w/o–w/d Alain Robidoux

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grand Prix. https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071643/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=21. 24 January 2013. Snooker Scene. 29 November 2017.