1999_Charity_Challenge

1999 Charity Challenge

1999 Charity Challenge

Snooker tournament

The 1999 Charity Challenge was the fifth and final edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 25 to 28 February 1999.

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The tournament was played at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, and featured twelve professional players.

John Higgins won the title for the second time in succession, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–4 in the final.[3]

Qualifying

Four qualifying matches were played, under a best-of-nine frames format, the winners going on to play Ken Doherty, O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and Higgins, all of whom were seeded to the quarter-final stage.

Round 1

Main draw

Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
         
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
Scotland Alan McManus 2
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
England Jimmy White 4
England Jimmy White 5
Scotland Stephen Hendry 2
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
Scotland John Higgins 9
Scotland John Higgins 5
England Steve Davis 0
Scotland John Higgins 6
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
Hong Kong Marco Fu 4
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown.
Assembly Rooms, Derby, England, 28 February 1999.[4]
John Higgins
 Scotland		 9–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan
 England
83(52)–0, 16–92(64), 62–0, 25–63(62), 82(65)–1, 67(62)–36, 94(63)–0, 67–52, 65–59, 79(78)–15, 20–71(62), 1–70(69), 67(67)–15
78 Highest break 69
0 Century breaks 0
6 50+ breaks 4

Century breaks

References

  1. [1]
    "CueTracker - 1999 Charity Challenge - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
  2. [2]
    "CueTracker - John Higgins - Season 1998-1999 - Professional Results - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
  3. [3]
    "CueTracker - John Higgins - Season 1998-1999 - Professional Results - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
  4. [4]
    "CueTracker - John Higgins - Season 2015-2016 - Snooker Results & Statistics". cuetracker.net. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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