1999 UK Championship explained

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.

Tournament summary

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.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Main draw

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Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain.
Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England, 28 November 1999.[2]
Matthew Stevens (9)
8–10Mark 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)
110Highest break65
1Century breaks0
650+ breaks4

Qualifying

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

Wayne Jones 6–3 Leo Fernandez

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

David Roe 6–5 Mehmet Husnu

Mick Price 6–5 Steve Judd

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UK Championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071813/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34. 24 January 2013. Snooker Scene. 18 March 2012.
  2. Web site: Liverpool Victoria UK Championship 1999. snooker.org. 19 April 2017.
  3. Web site: Liverpool Victoria UK Championship 1999. Snooker.org. 19 August 2011.
  4. Web site: 1999 UK Championship Results. Snooker Database. 16 March 2013. 30 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235406/http://snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=106. dead.