World Snooker Championship 1999

World Snooker Championship 1999 Embassy World Snooker Championship
Attendees:	32
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 17, 1999
Endgame:	2nd / 3rd May 1999
Winner:	Stephen Hendry
Finalist:	Mark Williams
Highest Break:	142 ( John Higgins )
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The 1999 World Snooker Championship took place from April 17 to May 3, 1999 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and marked the end of the 1998/99 snooker season .

Defending champion was the Scot John Higgins , who lost this year in the semifinals against the Welshman Mark Williams with 10:17. Like his predecessors, he fell victim to the Crucible's curse . The winner was Higgins' compatriot Stephen Hendry , who won the snooker world championship for the seventh and last time.

Prize money and world ranking points

	Prize money	World ranking points
winner	£ 230,000	8,100
finalist	£ 135,000	5,400
Semi-finalist	£ 68,000	3,600
Quarter finalist	£ 34,000	2,700
Round of 16	£ 18,350	2,360
Last 32	£ 12,500	2,027 (1,520)
Last 48	£ 9,250	1,520 (1,140)
Last 64	£ 6,000	1,140
Last 96	£ 3,700	855 (640)
Last 102		855
Overseas Play-off Round	£ 3,700	640
Last 134	300 pounds	640 (480)
Last 166		480 (360)
Last 196		360
Last 256		270 (200)
Highest Break (Main Round)	£ 20,000
Highest Break (Qualification)	£ 2,000
All in all	£ 1,148,000

Main round

	Round 1 Best of 19 Frames 2 Sessions; Frames 9-10					Round of 16 Best of 25 Frames 3 Sessions; Frames 8-8-9					Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames 3 Sessions; Frames 8-8-9					Semifinals Best of 33 Frames 4 Sessions; Frames 8-8-8-9					Final Best of 35 Frames 4 Sessions; Frames 8-8-8-11
	1	John Higgins	10
		Gerard Greene	2
						1	John Higgins	13
						16	Mark King	4th
	16	Mark King	10
		Darren Morgan	8th
											1	John Higgins	13
											9	Stephen Lee	6th
	9	Stephen Lee	10
		John Lardner	7th
						9	Stephen Lee	13
						8th	Alan McManus	7th
	8th	Alan McManus	10
		Jimmy White	7th
																1	John Higgins	10
																5	Mark Williams	17th
	5	Mark Williams	10
		Ian McCulloch	4th
						5	Mark Williams	13
							Nick Walker	7th
	12	Alain Robidoux	6th
		Nick Walker	10
											5	Mark Williams	13
											4th	Ken Doherty	9
	13	Nigel Bond	10
		Dominic Dale	6th
						13	Nigel Bond	11
						4th	Ken Doherty	13
	4th	Ken Doherty	10
		Steve James	3
																					5	Mark Williams	11
																					2	Stephen Hendry	18th
	3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
		Leo Fernandez	3
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	13
							Joe Perry	8th
	14th	Steve Davis	9
		Joe Perry	10
											3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	13
											6th	John Parrott	9
	11	Anthony Hamilton	9
		Chris Small	10
							Chris Small	12
						6th	John Parrott	13
	6th	John Parrott	10
		Terry Murphy	8th
																3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	13
																2	Stephen Hendry	17th
	7th	Peter Ebdon	7th
		Matthew Stevens	10
							Matthew Stevens	13
						10	Tony Drago	8th
	10	Tony Drago	10
		Fergal O'Brien	4th
												Matthew Stevens	5
											2	Stephen Hendry	13
	15th	James Wattana	10
		Marco Fu	8th
						15th	James Wattana	7th
						2	Stephen Hendry	13
	2	Stephen Hendry	10
		Paul Hunter	8th

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Colin Brinded Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 2/3 May 1999
Mark Williams	11: 18	Stephen Hendry
1st session: 47: 82 (62), 6: 120 (98), 16: 51 , 60: 77 (56 MK, 77 SM), 75 : 0, 16: 101 (86), 73 : 16, 92 : 24 (86) 2nd session: 24: 77 (77), 15: 76 (76), 65 : 20, 4: 133 (132), 75 : 49 (64), 67 : 30, 22: 64 , 23: 100 (92) 3rd session: 85 : 51 (85), 72 : 32 (72), 0: 78 (78), 84 : 29, 10: 106 (106), 13: 71 (55), 62: 75 (53), 48: 60 4th Session: 47: 72 (66), 29: 71 (62), 89 : 0 (89), 73 : 67, 40: 88 (88)
89	Highest break	132
-	Century breaks	2
6th	50+ breaks	15th

Century breaks

Main round

During the main round, 53 Centuries were scored by 16 players. John Higgins had the highest number of century breaks with nine. With 142 points he also managed the highest break in the competition.

John Higgins 142, 132, 127, 126, 124, 108, 104, 104, 100 Mark Williams 140, 123, 109, 104, 101, 100 Tony Drago 137, 108 Steve James 137 James Wattana 136, 130, 110 Ronnie O'Sullivan 135, 134, 122, 120, 110, 105, 100 John Parrott 133 Stephen Hendry 132, 126, 109, 108, 106, 104, 104 101

Chris Small 131, 114 Stephen Lee 128, 110, 104 Matthew Stevens 124, 120, 100 Dominic Dale 122 Joe Perry 120, 109 Anthony Hamilton 108, 103 Ken Doherty 104 Mark King 103, 103

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Embassy World Championship 1999 . Snooker.org. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{a b} World Championship 1999 . Global snooker. Archived from the original on April 3, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2014.