Thailand Masters 1999
Thailand Masters 1999
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 203 |
| Venue: | Ambassador Hotel, Bangkok , Thailand |
| Opening: | March 1, 1999 |
| Endgame: | March 7, 1999
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| Winner: |
 Mark Williams
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| Finalist: |
 Alan McManus
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| Highest Break: | 140 ( Mark Williams )
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The Thailand Masters 1999 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1998/99 season , which was held from March 1st to 7th in Bangkok . The venue was the Ambassador Hotel , where the tournament had already taken place twice 15 years earlier when it was still an invitation tournament. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament, the sixth since it was converted to a ranked tournament in 1994.
Defending champion Stephen Hendry lost to Mark Williams in the quarterfinals . This then reached the final, where he met Alan McManus from Scotland, the 1996 winner . The Welshman won his first tournament in Asia with a score of 9: 7. Overall, it was his third title win this season.
Adrian Gunnell managed a maximum break in the first qualifying round . It was the first and only 147 point break in the history of the Thai tournament.
Prize money / ranking points
There was a moderate increase in prize money of around £ 12,000 over the previous year. Because of the higher number of participants, a bonus of £ 200 was added for the last 134, with slight increases of £ 100 and £ 150 for those who placed further up to the quarter-finals. The top premiums remained unchanged.
There were no changes in the points for the world rankings for the last 64. Instead of one, there were four more qualifying rounds this time, for which points were distributed according to a new key.
| placement | Prize money | Points a |
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| winner | £ 50,000 | 4,560 |
| final | £ 26,000 | 3,040 |
| Semifinals | £ 13,000 | 2,025 |
| Quarter finals | £ 7,650 | 1,520 |
| Round of 16 | £ 3,700 | 1,330 |
| Last 32 | £ 3,000 | 1,140 (/ 855) |
| Last 48 | £ 1,600 | 855 (/ 640) |
| Last 64 | £ 1,150 | 640 |
| Last 96 | £ 800 | 480 (/ 360) |
| Last 134 | £ 200 | 360 (/ 270) |
| round 2 | - | 270 (/ 200) |
| Round 1 | - | 150 |
| Highest Break (Final Round) | £ 3,000 | |
| Highest Break (Qualification) | £ 1,000 | |
| Maximum break (qualification) | £ 5,000 | |
| All in all | £ 291,400 |
Wildcard round
As in previous years, the organizer was once again able to award four wildcards to amateur players from Asia. The four selected competed against the four lowest placed qualifiers in the world rankings and played for a place in the main round. For the third time in a row, Kwan Poomjang received a wild card, but was unable to use it as before. Only Chan Wai Tat from Hong Kong, the only non-Thai player, made it through, but only because his opponent Dean Reynolds had to cancel his participation.
The games of the wildcard round took place at the start of the tournament on March 1st. Game mode for the four games was Best of 9 .
WC = wildcard Final roundFor round 1, the 16 winners of the qualification or wildcard round were drawn from the top 16 of the world rankings . WC = wildcard final
Century breaks9 players achieved 11 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament, with only the tournament winner Mark Williams achieving several of them. The highest century break of the main tournament of 136 points was achieved by Steve Davis , who thus secured the additional bonus of £ 3,000 . Adrian Gunnell had already cleared the entire table in a single break in his opening game against Mario Wehrmann . His maximum break was the 23rd official 147 break in professional tournaments and the only one in the Englishman's career. Also at the Thailand Masters and Thailand Open there was neither before nor after a further maximum. In addition to £ 1,000 for the highest qualifying break, Gunnell received another £ 5,000 for the maximum break. Main tournament
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