1999/2000 snooker season

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1999/2000 snooker season
Billiard Picto 2-black.svg
Season dates
Beginning of the season August 28, 1999
End of season May 1, 2000
Ranked tournaments 9
Invitation tournaments 6th
number of players 405
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams
Masters WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens
World Champion WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams
World ranking
Ranking first ScotlandScotland John Higgins
← 1998/99
2000/01 →

The 1999/2000 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Main Tour . 15 titles were awarded this season, and nine tournaments also included points for the world rankings.

Season results

The following table shows the seasonal results.

date competition venue Art winner Final opponent Result
August 28 to September 5, 1999 EnglandEngland Champions Cup 1999 Croydon Invitation tournament ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 7: 5
September 8 to September 19, 1999 EnglandEngland British Open 1999 Plymouth World ranking tournament ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 9: 5
September 28 to October 3, 1999 ScotlandScotland Scottish Masters 1999 Motherwell Invitation tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens ScotlandScotland John Higgins 9: 7
October 11 to October 24, 1999 EnglandEngland Grand Prix 1999 Preston World ranking tournament ScotlandScotland John Higgins WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 9: 8
October 30th to November 10th 1999 EnglandEngland Benson & Hedges Championship 1999 Malvern Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Allister Carter EnglandEngland Simon Bedford 9: 4
November 1999 EnglandEngland Merseyside Professional 1999 Liverpool Non-ranking tournament EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham EnglandEngland Stuart Pettman 5: 1
November 13th to November 28th, 1999 EnglandEngland UK Championship 1999 Bournemouth World ranking tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 10: 8
December 11th to December 19th, 1999 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China Open 1999 Shanghai World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 9: 2
January 15 to January 23, 2000 EnglandEngland Nations Cup 2000 Reading Invitation tournament EnglandEngland England WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 6: 4
January 24th to January 30th, 2000 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Welsh Open 2000 Cardiff World ranking tournament ScotlandScotland John Higgins EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 9: 8
February 4 to February 11, 2000 EnglandEngland Masters 2000 London Invitation tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 10: 8
February 20 to February 27, 2000 MaltaMalta Malta Grand Prix 2000 Portomaso World ranking tournament IrelandIreland Ken Doherty WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 9: 3
March 3 to March 11, 2000 ThailandThailand Thailand Masters 2000 Bangkok World ranking tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 9: 5
March 21 to March 26, 2000 IrelandIreland Irish Masters 2000 Dublin Invitation tournament ScotlandScotland John Higgins ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 9: 4
March 28 to April 9, 2000 ScotlandScotland Scottish Open 2000 Aberdeen World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 9: 1
April 15 to May 1, 2000 EnglandEngland World Snooker Championship 2000 Sheffield World ranking tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 18:16

World ranking

The snooker world ranking is only updated after each full season and takes into account the performance of the past two seasons. The following table shows the 32 best players in the world rankings for the 1999/00 season; is based on the results of the seasons 97/98 and 98/99 . The previous year's position is given in brackets.

Place 1 - 8 Place 9 - 16 17th - 24th place Place 25 - 32
1 ScotlandScotland John Higgins (1) 9 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens (26) 17th EnglandEngland Dave Harold (19) 25th ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott (30)
2 ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry (2) 10 EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton (11) 18th ScotlandScotland Chris Small (25) 26th AustraliaAustralia Quinten Hann (45)
3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams (5) 11 IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien (20) 19th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale (23) 27 ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett (31)
4th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) 12 EnglandEngland Paul Hunter (24) 20th MaltaMalta Tony Drago (10) 28 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail (36)
5 EnglandEngland John Parrott (6) 13 EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon (7) 21st EnglandEngland Nigel Bond (13) 29 EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson (17)
6th EnglandEngland Stephen Lee (9) 14th EnglandEngland Mark King (16) 22nd ThailandThailand James Wattana (15) 30th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Terry Murphy (29)
7th IrelandIreland Ken Doherty (4) 15th EnglandEngland Steve Davis (14) 23 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan (22) 31 EnglandEngland Brian Morgan (27)
8th ScotlandScotland Alan McManus (8) 16 EnglandEngland Jimmy White (18) 24 ScotlandScotland Billy Snaddon (32) 32 EnglandEngland Andy Hicks (21)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 1999/2000 Season. In: snooker.org. Retrieved March 20, 2016 .
  2. ↑ 1999/2000 Embassy World Rankings. Professional. In: snooker.org. Retrieved March 20, 2016 .