Irish Masters 1999
Irish Masters 1999 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters 1999
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Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
Attendees: | 12 |
Venue: | Goffs, Kill , Ireland |
Opening: | March 21, 1999 |
Endgame: | March 28, 1999
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Winner: | Stephen Hendry |
Finalist: | Stephen Lee |
Highest Break: | 139 ( Stephen Lee ) |
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The 1999 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1998/99 season . The invitation tournament was held from March 21st to 28th in Kill near Dublin . The tournament traditionally took place in the Goffs arena .
After his disqualification in 1998 , the final winner Ronnie O'Sullivan appeared again, but he was eliminated in the quarter-finals as well as the subsequent winner Ken Doherty . In the final, Stephen Hendry met the Englishman Stephen Lee . Like two years earlier, the Scot won just 9: 8. He drew level with Terry Griffiths , who had also won the tournament three times in the 1980s. Only record winner Steve Davis was more successful, but he is an eight-time title holder.
Prize money
The winnings increased by several thousand pounds . The raises ranged from around £ 200 more in the quarter-finals to just over £ 2,000 for the winner.
placement | Prize money |
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winner | £ 63,226 |
final | £ 28,662 |
Semifinals | £ 13,488 |
Quarter finals | £ 6,744 |
Round 1 | £ 5,058 |
Highest break | £ 2,529 |
All in all | £ 168,601 |
Note: The odd amounts result from the conversion from Irish to British pounds.
Final round
The top 9 in the world rankings had been invited to the tournament. Traditionally there were Steve Davis and Jimmy White as well as the second Irish player Michael Judge , number 58 in the ranking. The players from place 5 played against each other in round 1. The top 4 were set for the quarterfinals. As in previous years, the first three rounds were played in Best of 11 mode . The final went over 9 winning frames (Best of 17).
Round 1 (Best of 11) |
Quarter Finals (Best of 11) |
Semi-finals (Best of 11) |
Final (Best of 17) |
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1 | John Higgins | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
7th | Peter Ebdon | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
7th | Peter Ebdon | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Michael Judge | 2 | 7th | Peter Ebdon | 4th | |||||||||||||
2 | Stephen Hendry | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Stephen Hendry | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
6th | John Parrott | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Steve Davis | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Steve Davis | 6th | 2 | Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
9 | Stephen Lee | 8th | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Mark Williams | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Jimmy White | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Jimmy White | 6th | 11 | Jimmy White | 3 | |||||||||||||
9 | Stephen Lee | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
4th | Ken Doherty | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
8th | Alan McManus | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Stephen Lee | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Stephen Lee | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
final
For the fifth time since 1989, Stephen Hendry was in the final of the Irish Masters, which he had already won twice. Stephen Lee was only in a final for the second time, with his first win at the Grand Prix earlier in the season . So far they had played against each other twice, and the six-time world champion had clearly won twice.
But this time the underdog dominated the match from the start. The first two frames were still competitive, both times 43 points were not enough for Hendry to win. Lee got the next two frames by a clear margin. After the break, the Englishman even increased to 5-0 before Hendry scored the first point. However, he got the frame with a century break and took the momentum with him into the next two frames, which he also won. With 3: 5 he had reached a reasonable intermediate result at the end of the session. In the evening he made the connection with another high break, but the final turned again and frame by frame Stephen Lee pulled away again. He was already leading 8: 4 and was only one frame short of victory when the match turned again. With a competitive 13th frame, which Hendry won with a 51 break, the Scot found his way back into the game. He let two Centurys follow a break in 89 and he had equalized. After all, he didn't give Lee a chance in the decision-making frame and secured the 9: 8 victory with another high break. It was his third Irish Masters win and the third title win this season.
Final: Best of 17 Frames Goffs, Kill , Ireland , March 28, 1999 |
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Stephen Hendry | 9 : 8 | Stephen Lee |
Afternoon : 43: 68 (55), 43: 77 , 5: 79 (67), 7: 63 , 30: 79 , 123 : 1 (123), 81 : 0 (81), 69 : 17; Evening : 80 : 10 (80), 45: 75 (52), 0: 79 (50), 47: 69 , 82 : 35 (51), 105 : 1 (89), 123 : 7 (123), 104 : 25 (104), 85 : 1 (85) |
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123 | Highest break | 67 |
3 | Century breaks | - |
8th | 50+ breaks | 4th |
Century breaks
With 5 breaks of over 100 points, including 3 in the final, Stephen Hendry proved to be a deserved tournament winner. The defeated finalist Stephen Lee still had the highest break of the tournament of 139 points and thus another £ 2,529 as an additional bonus. There were 11 Centurys in total in the 11 games, 5 players were involved.
Stephen Lee | 139 |
Peter Ebdon | 136, 127, 111 |
Michael Judge | 134 |
Stephen Hendry | 133, 123 (3 ×), 104 |
Steve Davis | 113 |
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- ↑ Irish Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on October 23, 2019 (English).
- ↑ a b c 1999 Irish Masters - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed October 23, 2019 .
- ↑ 1999 Irish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 23, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Benson & Hedges Irish Masters 1999. snooker.org, accessed on October 23, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Rankings - 1998-1999. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 23, 2019 .