Snooker tournament
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:
Winner: £ 78,000
Runner-up: £41,000
Semi-finalists: £20,600
Quarter-finalists: £11,200
Last 16: £5,760
Last 32: £3,650
Last 64: £3,125
Last 96: £1,525
Last 128: £1,100
Total: £500,000
Main draw
[ 1]
Top half
Bottom half
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain .Bournemouth International Centre , Bournemouth , England , 28 November 1999.[ 2]
Matthew Stevens (9) Wales
8–10
Mark Williams (3) Wales
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
Qualifying
[ 3] [ 4]
Round of 128 Best of 11 frames
Round of 96 Best of 11 frames
Century breaks
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