Scottish Masters 1999

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Scottish Masters 1999
Regal Scottish Masters 1999
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Venue: Civic Center, Motherwell , Scotland
Opening: September 28, 1999
Endgame: October 3, 1999

Winner: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens
Finalist: ScotlandScotland John Higgins
Highest Break: 138 ( Jimmy White ) EnglandEngland
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The 1999 Regal Scottish Masters was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1999/2000 season . The invitation tournament was held at Motherwell's Civic Center from September 28th to October 3rd . The tournament, which had originally started in Glasgow , took place for the tenth time in the small town to the southeast of it.

Ronnie O'Sullivan , who won the tournament last year, lost his opening match this time to qualifier Matthew Stevens . The Welshman made it to the final and won 9: 7 against John Higgins , who lost the final for the second time in a row. It was the only time in the history of the tournament that a player who had not qualified could win the title.

Prize money

This year there was an additional £ 1,500 for the loser in the qualifying final as well as a £ 5,000 bonus for the highest tournament break. Otherwise all prize money remained unchanged compared to the previous year.

placement Prize money
winner £ 61,000
final £ 29,700
Semifinals £ 15,350
Quarter finals £ 8,650
Round 1 £ 4,850
Final
qualification 		£ 1,500
Highest Break (Final Round) £ 5,000
All in all £ 181,900

Final round

The first 8 of the world rankings and 3 other players formed the invited field of participants of the tournament. The 12th player qualified Welsh Matthew Stevens in an additional elimination tournament . He and the players placed 5th to 11th competed against each other in round 1. The top 4 were set for the quarterfinals.

Round 1
(Best of 9) 		Quarter Finals
(Best of 11) 		Semi-finals
(Best of 11) 		Final
(Best of 17)
                                   
  1  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan  4th    
8th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus  2
12  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens  6th    
12  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens  5   12  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens  6th
  4th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams  2    
4th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams  6th
6th  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee  5
6th  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee  3  
9  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien  4th   12  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens  9
  2  ScotlandScotland John Higgins  7th
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry  6th
5  EnglandEngland John Parrott  5
5  EnglandEngland John Parrott  2    
10  EnglandEngland Steve Davis  2   3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry  1
  2  ScotlandScotland John Higgins  6th  
2  ScotlandScotland John Higgins  6th
7th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty  5
7th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty  1  
11  EnglandEngland Jimmy White  4th  


final

All three previous encounters between the two players had been won by John Higgins , including the first encounter in a final at the 1998 UK Championship . As the world number one with 11 professional titles, he was a clear favorite. Matthew Stevens was in 9th place, but only for the fourth time in a final. The Scot also started convincingly and took the lead 3-0 and 4-1 and scored 2 century breaks . But then Stevens came up and fought his way to the 4-4 equalization until the end of the session. In the evening he took the lead for the first time, but Higgins turned the game around and was up again at 6: 5 and 7: 6. But after he had achieved his third century, only Matthews managed the high, frame-critical breaks and he got three frames in a row to a 9: 7 win. For Stevens it was the first victory in a tournament of the absolute world elite, after he had already won the Benson and Hedges Championship in 1995 .

Final: Best of 17 Frames
Civic Center,  Motherwell , Scotland , 3rd October 1999
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 9 : 7 ScotlandScotland John Higgins
Afternoon : 38: 83 (57), 0: 128 (128), 4: 126 (126), 62 : 33, 6: 88 (88), 66 : 61, 90 : 40 (90), 78 : 42;
Evening : 89 : 23, 30: 99 , 4: 62 , 73 : 43, 16: 116 (111), 77 : 11 (53), 74 : 0 (74), 91 : 1 (68)
90 Highest break 128
- Century breaks 3
4th 50+ breaks 5

qualification

As in the previous year, there was a two-part qualification: In the first part, eight Scottish players played a winner (last year there were only four). In the second part he was allowed to play with 5 other players for the free place in the main tournament. Chris Small prevailed against his compatriots, but then lost to Matthew Stevens , who also won the qualification in the end.

Scottish play-offs

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
  ScotlandScotland Chris Small 5        
ScotlandScotland Marcus Campbell 0  
  ScotlandScotland Chris Small 5
    ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 3  
ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett 4th
ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 5  
  ScotlandScotland Chris Small 5
    ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 3
ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 5    
ScotlandScotland Drew Henry 4th  
  ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 5
    ScotlandScotland Billy Snaddon 4th  
ScotlandScotland Billy Snaddon 5
  ScotlandScotland Euan Henderson 3  

qualification

  Quarter finals     Semifinals     final
                           
         WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 5  
   ScotlandScotland Chris Small 5        ScotlandScotland Chris Small 4th    
   EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 2            WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 5
         Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 1
         EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 2    
   Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 5        Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 5  
   EnglandEngland Paul Hunter 2  

Century breaks

A break of 100 or more points was played 14 times in the entire tournament, 5 times in the qualification, 9 times in the main tournament. John Higgins reached 3 Centurys in the final, which he lost anyway. Tournament winner Matthew Stevens scored 3 Centurys in the 3 previous rounds. Jimmy White was able to look forward to a special bonus of £ 5,000 for the highest tournament break.

Final round
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 138
ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 134
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 128, 126, 111
EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 126
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 103 (3 ×)
qualification
EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 129
ScotlandScotland Billy Snaddon 128
ScotlandScotland Chris Small 106, 100
EnglandEngland Paul Hunter 102

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