British Open 1999 (1998/99)

British Open 1999
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Attendees:	198
Venue:	Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth , England
Opening:	April 4, 1999
Endgame:	April 11, 1999
Winner:	Fergal O'Brien
Finalist:	Anthony Hamilton
Highest Break:	147 ( Graeme Dott )
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The 1999 British Open was a snooker tournament of the 1998/99 season that was held in Plymouth from April 4th to 11th . As in the past 6 years, the Plymouth Pavilions were the venue for the tournament. Overall, it was the 15th edition of the tournament.

Defending champion John Higgins came back to the semifinals, where he narrowly lost to Fergal O'Brien . The Irishman then won the final against Anthony Hamilton 9: 7. It was the only professional title that O'Brien could win in his career.

As the tournament last took place in spring and was brought forward to autumn in the following season, there was a second edition of the British Open this calendar year.

Main tournament

After four qualifying rounds, in which the players from 33rd place in the world rankings had participated, 32 players were left. The top 32 were placed directly for the main tournament, the 32 qualifiers were drawn for the first round.

	First round best of 9 frames					Second round best of 9 frames					Round of 16 best of 9 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-final best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	1	John Higgins	5
	70	John Read	0
						1	John Higgins	5
						29	Terry Murphy	1
	29	Terry Murphy	5
	-	Mario Geudens	0
											1	John Higgins	5
											-	Michael Holt	1
	15th	James Wattana	4th
	-	Michael Holt	5
						-	Michael Holt	5
						68	Dave Finbow	2
	21st	Andy Hicks	2
	68	Dave Finbow	5
																1	John Higgins	5
																27	Brian Morgan	0
	12	Alain Robidoux	2
	85	Anthony Davies	5
						85	Anthony Davies	2
						71	Nick Walker	5
	19th	Dave Harold	4th
	71	Nick Walker	5
											71	Nick Walker	4th
											27	Brian Morgan	5
	8th	Alan McManus	5
	77	Alfie Burden	3
						8th	Alan McManus	3
						27	Brian Morgan	5
	27	Brian Morgan	5
	-	Philip Williams	2
																					1	John Higgins	5
																					20th	Fergal O'Brien	6th
	7th	Peter Ebdon	5
	45	Quinten Hann	3
						7th	Peter Ebdon	5
						92	Mark Gray	4th
	31	Jamie Burnett	3
	92	Mark Gray	5
											7th	Peter Ebdon	5
											25th	Chris Small	3
	9	Stephen Lee	-
	43	Drew Henry	kl.
						43	Drew Henry	3
						25th	Chris Small	5
	25th	Chris Small	5
	55	Joe Johnson	4th
																7th	Peter Ebdon	4th
																20th	Fergal O'Brien	5
	13	Nigel Bond	3
	44	Bradley Jones	5
						44	Bradley Jones	4th
						20th	Fergal O'Brien	5
	20th	Fergal O'Brien	5
	-	Antony Bolsover	4th
											20th	Fergal O'Brien	5
											17th	Gary Wilkinson	2
	17th	Gary Wilkinson	5
	90	Ian Brumby	4th
						17th	Gary Wilkinson	5
						4th	Ken Doherty	4th
	4th	Ken Doherty	5
	80	Wayne Brown	1
																									20th	Fergal O'Brien	9
																										11	Anthony Hamilton	7th
	3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	63	Tony Jones	2
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
						41	Paul Davies	0
	26th	Matthew Stevens	1
	41	Paul Davies	5
											3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
											81	Jimmy Michie	5
	10	Tony Drago	3
	81	Jimmy Michie	5
						81	Jimmy Michie	5
						73	Marcus Campbell	2
	28	Martin Clark	2
	73	Marcus Campbell	5
																81	Jimmy Michie	5
																6th	John Parrott	4th
	14th	Steve Davis	5
	87	Darren Clarke	2
						14th	Steve Davis	5
						58	Michael Judge	3
	23	Dominic Dale	4th
	58	Michael Judge	5
											14th	Steve Davis	4th
											6th	John Parrott	5
	6th	John Parrott	5
	50	Lee Walker	4th
						6th	John Parrott	5
						18th	Jimmy White	4th
	18th	Jimmy White	5
	36	Joe Swail	4th
																				81	Jimmy Michie	1
																					11	Anthony Hamilton	6th
	5	Mark Williams	5
	74	Joe Perry	2
						5	Mark Williams	5
						-	Craig Harrison	2
	32	Billy Snaddon	3
	-	Craig Harrison	5
											5	Mark Williams	4th
											11	Anthony Hamilton	5
	11	Anthony Hamilton	5
	-	Marco Fu	4th
						11	Anthony Hamilton	5
						24	Paul Hunter	4th
	24	Paul Hunter	5
	-	Ian Sargeant	3
																11	Anthony Hamilton	5
																2	Stephen Hendry	4th
	16	Mark King	5
	-	Barry Mapstone	2
						16	Mark King	5
						22nd	Darren Morgan	3
	22nd	Darren Morgan	5
	54	Dean Reynolds	3
											16	Mark King	4th
											2	Stephen Hendry	5
	30th	Graeme Dott	5
	48	David Roe	4th
						30th	Graeme Dott	2
						2	Stephen Hendry	5
	2	Stephen Hendry	5
	42	Jonathan Birch	0

kl. = without a fight

final

Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Eirian Williams Plymouth Pavilions,  Plymouth , England , April 11, 1999
Fergal O'Brien	9 : 7	Anthony Hamilton
Afternoon : 0: 134 (110), 0: 134 (134), 55 : 40, 67 : 60 (57 O'Brien), 108 : 15 (59), 0: 77 (61), 22:66 (64) , 70 : 58; Evening : 95 : 0 (95), 65 : 41 (51), 0: 80 (80), 4: 86 (82), 0: 143 (121), 77 : 42, 130 : 0 (129), 73 : 60
129	Highest break	134
1	Century breaks	3
5	50+ breaks	7th

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1. ↑ British Open Including British Gold Cup, Yamaha Organs Trophy and Yamaha International Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on November 11, 2019 . 
2. ↑ 1999 British Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed November 11, 2019 . 
3. ↑ British Open 1999. snooker.org, accessed on November 11, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Rankings - 1998-1999. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed November 11, 2019 .