Irish Masters 1999

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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

Winner: ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
Finalist: EnglandEngland Stephen Lee
Highest Break: 139 ( Stephen Lee ) EnglandEngland
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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
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)
                                   
  1  ScotlandScotland John Higgins  1    
7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon  6th
7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon  6th    
12  IrelandIreland Michael Judge  2   7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon  4th
  2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry  6th    
2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry  6th
6th  EnglandEngland John Parrott  3
10  EnglandEngland Steve Davis  3  
10  EnglandEngland Steve Davis  6th   2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry  9
  9  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee  8th
3  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan  4th
5  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams  2
11  EnglandEngland Jimmy White  6th    
11  EnglandEngland Jimmy White  6th   11  EnglandEngland Jimmy White  3
  9  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee  6th  
4th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty  1
8th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus  2
9  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee  6th  
9  EnglandEngland 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
ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 9 : 8 EnglandEngland 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)
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.

EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 139
EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 136, 127, 111
IrelandIreland Michael Judge 134
ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 133, 123 (3 ×), 104
EnglandEngland Steve Davis 113

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  1. ↑ Irish Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on October 23, 2019 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c 1999 Irish Masters - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed October 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ 1999 Irish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Benson & Hedges Irish Masters 1999. snooker.org, accessed on October 23, 2019 (English).
  5. ↑ Rankings - 1998-1999. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 23, 2019 .