Tournament Name: | 1999 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship |
Venue: | Bournemouth International Centre |
Location: | Bournemouth |
Country: | England |
Organisation: | WPBSA |
Format: | Ranking event |
Total Prize Fund: | £500,000 |
Winners Share: | £78,000 |
Highest Break: | (147) |
Score: | 10–8 |
Previous: | 1998 |
Next: | 2000 |
The 1999 UK Championship (officially the 1999 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. The event started on 13 November 1999 and the televised stages were shown on the BBC between 20 and 28 November 1999.
Stephen Hendry became the first player to make two maximum breaks in the tournament's history after scoring a 147 against Paul Wykes in the last 16.
In the final Mark Williams defeated Matthew Stevens 10–8. This was Stevens' second consecutive final at the event.
Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain. Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England, 28 November 1999.[2] | |||
Matthew Stevens (9) | 8–10 | Mark Williams (3) | |
Afternoon: 67–24, 81–0 (81), 16–72 (60), 4–67, 46–71 (65), 8–76, 5–71 (58), 32–65, 68–0 (60) Evening: 73–27, 63–47, 110–0 (110), 63–67 (50), 21–56, 22–62, 80–25 (75), 71–0 (71), 51–54 (Stevens 50) | |||
110 | Highest break | 65 | |
1 | Century breaks | 0 | |
6 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
Stuart Bingham 6–5 Kristján Helgason
Gareth Chilcott 6–2 Dene O'Kane
Ali Carter 6–3 Stephen O'Connor
Craig Harrison 6–3 Craig MacGillivray
Michael Judge 6–3 Mario Geudens
Mark Davis 6–2 Patrick Delsemme
Patrick Wallace 6–5 Darren Clarke
Stuart Pettman 6–3 Noppadon Noppachorn
Troy Shaw 6–3 Robin Hull
Round of 96 Best of 11 frames David McLellan w/o–w/d Alain Robidoux
Mick Price 6–5 Steve Judd