1999 Masters (snooker)

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1999 Benson & Hedges Masters
Tournament information
Dates7–14 February 1999 (1999-02-07 1999-02-14)
Venue Wembley Conference Centre
CityLondon
CountryEngland
Organisation WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund £575,000
Winner's share£155,000
Highest breakFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Mark Williams  (WAL) (123)
Final
ChampionFlag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)
Runner-upFlag of Ireland.svg  Ken Doherty  (IRL)
Score10–8
1998
2000

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.

Contents

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." [1] After his win, the term "Triple Crown" was used in a number of newspapers to describe Higgins' feat. [2] [3]

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: [4]
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: [4] [5]

MatchDateScore
WC1Sunday 7 FebruaryFlag of Thailand.svg  James Wattana  (THA) (15)6–2Flag of England.svg  David Gray  (ENG)
WC2Sunday 7 FebruaryFlag of England.svg  Mark King  (ENG) (16)6–5Flag of England.svg  Jimmy White  (ENG)

Main draw

[4] [5]

Last 16
Best of 11 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Mark Williams  (WAL)6
13 Flag of England.svg  Nigel Bond  (ENG)0
1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 4
8 Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus 6
8 Flag of Scotland.svg  Alan McManus  (SCO)6
9 Flag of England.svg  Stephen Lee  (ENG)2
8 Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus 3
5 Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty 6
5 Flag of Ireland.svg  Ken Doherty  (IRL)6
14 Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG)4
5 Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty 6
4 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 2
4 Flag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)6
15 Flag of Thailand.svg  James Wattana  (THA)5
5 Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty 8
2 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 10
3 Flag of Scotland.svg  Stephen Hendry  (SCO)4
10 Flag of Malta.svg  Tony Drago  (MLT)6
10 Flag of Malta.svg Tony Drago 5
11 Flag of England.svg Anthony Hamilton 6
6 Flag of England.svg  John Parrott  (ENG)4
11 Flag of England.svg  Anthony Hamilton  (ENG)6
11 Flag of England.svg Anthony Hamilton 3
2 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 6
7 Flag of England.svg  Peter Ebdon  (ENG)5
16 Flag of England.svg  Mark King  (ENG)6
16 Flag of England.svg Mark King 1
2 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 6
2 Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)6
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Alain Robidoux  (CAN)1

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhass
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 14 February 1999. [4]
Ken Doherty (5)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
8–10 John Higgins (2)
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Afternoon: 31–83, 69–52, 60–66 (66), 34–61, 72–1, 27–80 (76), 76–31, 56–21
Evening: 0–78 (78), 20–88, 97–29 (90), 109–0 (109), 73–10 (59), 95–7 (95)
0–88 (64), 43–81, 15–69, 35–72
109Highest break78
1Century breaks0
450+ breaks4

Qualifying

David Gray won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1998 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time. [6]

Century breaks

Total: 12 [7]

James Wattana's century was scored in the wild-card round.

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