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1999 Masters (snooker)
Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1999
Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1999
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tournament_name | 1999 Benson & Hedges Masters |
| dates | |
| venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
| location | London |
| country | England |
| organisation | WPBSA |
| format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £575,000 |
| winners_share | £155,000 |
| highest_break | Mark Williams (123) |
| winner | John Higgins |
| runner_up | Ken Doherty |
| score | 10–8 |
| previous | [1998](1998-masters-snooker) |
| next | [2000](2000-masters-snooker) |
- http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1999/02
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\bcuetracker\.net\bon the local blacklist|bot=Cyberbot II|invisible=false}} The 1999 Masters (officially the 1999 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7 and 14 February 1999 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The wild-card matches were extended from 9 to 11 frames.
John Higgins defeated Ken Doherty 10–8 in the final to win his first Masters title. He had also won the World title (where he also defeated Doherty) and UK title in 1998, meaning that at the time he held all three Triple Crown titles simultaneously. Before his semi-final match Higgins had said, referring to the possibility of holding all three titles, "That triple crown would be a dream but it's going to be tough." After his win, the term "Triple Crown" was used in a number of newspapers to describe Higgins' feat.
Field
Defending champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, David Gray (ranked 61), and Jimmy White (ranked 18), who was the wild-card selection. David Gray and Mark King were making their debuts in the Masters.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £155,000
Runner-up: £80,000
Semi-finalist: £40,000
Quarter finalist: £26,000
Last 16: £15,000
Wild-card round: £9,000
High break Prize: £18,000
Maximum break: B&H Gold Award and a Honda car
Total: £575,000
Wild-card round
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:
| Match | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Sunday 7 February | **James Wattana** (15) |
| WC2 | Sunday 7 February | **Mark King** (16) |
Main draw
| seed-width = | team-width = 185 | score-width = Best of 11 frames Best of 11 frames Best of 11 frames Best of 19 frames | RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=Mark Williams | RD1-score01=6 | RD1-seed02=13 | RD1-team02=Nigel Bond | RD1-score02=0 | RD1-seed03=8 | RD1-team03=Alan McManus | RD1-score03=6 | RD1-seed04=9 | RD1-team04=Stephen Lee | RD1-score04=2 | RD1-seed05=5 | RD1-team05=Ken Doherty | RD1-score05=6 | RD1-seed06=14 | RD1-team06=Steve Davis | RD1-score06=4 | RD1-seed07=4 | RD1-team07=Ronnie O'Sullivan | RD1-score07=6 | RD1-seed08=15 | RD1-team08=James Wattana | RD1-score08=5 | RD1-seed09=3 | RD1-team09=Stephen Hendry | RD1-score09=4 | RD1-seed10=10 | RD1-team10=Tony Drago | RD1-score10=6 | RD1-seed11=6 | RD1-team11=John Parrott | RD1-score11=4 | RD1-seed12=11 | RD1-team12=Anthony Hamilton | RD1-score12=6 | RD1-seed13=7 | RD1-team13=Peter Ebdon | RD1-score13=5 | RD1-seed14=16 | RD1-team14=Mark King | RD1-score14=6 | RD1-seed15=2 | RD1-team15=John Higgins | RD1-score15=6 | RD1-seed16=12 | RD1-team16=Alain Robidoux | RD1-score16=1 | RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=WAL Mark Williams | RD2-score01=4 | RD2-seed02=8 | RD2-team02=SCO Alan McManus | RD2-score02=6 | RD2-seed03=5 | RD2-team03=IRL Ken Doherty | RD2-score03=6 | RD2-seed04=4 | RD2-team04=ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan | RD2-score04=2 | RD2-seed05=10 | RD2-team05=MLT Tony Drago | RD2-score05=5 | RD2-seed06=11 | RD2-team06=ENG Anthony Hamilton | RD2-score06=6 | RD2-seed07=16 | RD2-team07=ENG Mark King | RD2-score07=1 | RD2-seed08=2 | RD2-team08=SCO John Higgins | RD2-score08=6 | RD3-seed01=8 | RD3-team01=SCO Alan McManus | RD3-score01=3 | RD3-seed02=5 | RD3-team02=IRL Ken Doherty | RD3-score02=6 | RD3-seed03=11 | RD3-team03=ENG Anthony Hamilton | RD3-score03=3 | RD3-seed04=2 | RD3-team04=SCO John Higgins | RD3-score04=6 | RD4-seed01=5 | RD4-team01=IRL Ken Doherty | RD4-score01=8 | RD4-seed02=2 | RD4-team02=SCO John Higgins | RD4-score02=10
Final
| *4* | 50+ breaks | *4* |
|---|
Qualifying
David Gray won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1998 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.
Century breaks
Total: 12
- 123 Mark Williams
- 121, 116, 113, 107, 105 Tony Drago
- 115 James Wattana
- 112, 104 John Higgins
- 109, 104 Ken Doherty
- 104 Alan McManus
James Wattana's century was scored in the wild-card round.
References
References
- (13 February 1999). "Snooker: O'Sullivan is beaten by bruised Doherty". [[The Independent]].
- (15 February 1999). "Hat-trick hero John on a high". [[Daily Record (Scotland).
- Everton, Clive. (21 February 1999). "Snooker Dott to face Hendry". [[The Independent on Sunday]].
- "Benson & Hedges Masters 1999". Snooker.org.
- "The Masters". Snooker Scene.
- Turner, Chris. "Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
- "1999 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database.
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