UK Championship 1999
UK Championship 1999
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | International Center, Bournemouth |
| Opening: | November 20, 1999 |
| Endgame: | November 28, 1999
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| Winner: |
 Mark Williams
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| Finalist: |
Matthew Stevens
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| Highest Break: |
147 ( Stephen Hendry )
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The UK Championship 1999 was a snooker tournament that took place from November 20-28, 1999 at the International Center in Bournemouth . In the first all-Welsh final in tournament history, Mark Williams and Matthew Stevens faced each other. The previous year Stevens had lost the final and this time he was left behind again. World number three, Mark Williams, won his first UK Championship title with a score of 10: 8 and his first title this season in his third final.
In the round of 16, Stephen Hendry achieved the fourth maximum break in tournament history. For him personally it was already the seventh break in 147, just three months earlier he had done the same thing at the British Open . He had also reached the last UK Championship maximum in 1995.
Prize money
A sharp increase of more than £ 40,000 over the previous year brought the prize money almost to the limit of half a million. All seats benefited, but especially the players who were eliminated in Round 1 and received £ 1,100 instead of £ 235.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 78,000 |
| finalist | £ 41,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 20,600 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 11,200 |
| Round of 16 | 5760 lbs |
| Last 32 | 3,650 pounds |
| Last 64 | 3125 pounds |
| Last 96 | 1525 pounds |
| Last 128 | £ 1100 |
| Highest break | Main Tournament: £ 5000 Qualifying: £ 1520 |
| All in all | £ 495,350 |
qualification
After almost 200 participants in the previous year, this year it was again reduced to a field of participants, as was customary at the end of the 1980s. With 128 players it was possible to play in two qualifying rounds within 7 days immediately before the main tournament (November 13th to 19th), which 64 players were finally allowed to play for the title.
Main tournament
From November 20, 64 players played against each other in the knockout system.
Century breaks
With 62 century breaks from the round of the last 64, a new tournament record was set. Stephen Hendry played the fourth maximum break in the UK Championship.
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- ↑ a b c d 1999 UK Championship. CueTracker, accessed October 29, 2015 .
- ↑ Results. Snooker Database, accessed October 29, 2015 .
