1999_Millennium_Cup

1999 Millennium Cup

1999 Millennium Cup

Snooker tournament

The Millennium Cup was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 23 to 25 July 1999. The tournament was played at the Regent Hotel in Hong Kong, and featured eight players.[1][2]

Quick Facts Tournament information, Dates ...

Stephen Lee won the second title of his professional career, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–2 in the final after taking a 5–0 lead.[3] Lee received £50,000 as winner.[3]

Main draw

Results were as follows.[2]

Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 13 frames
         
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
Hong Kong Chan Wok Ming 2
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Wales Mark Williams 5
Wales Mark Williams 5
Hong Kong Chan Wai Tat 1
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 2
England Stephen Lee 7
England Stephen Lee 5
Hong Kong Marco Fu 0
England Stephen Lee 6
Scotland Stephen Hendry 1
Hong Kong Wang Tik Fan 2
Scotland Stephen Hendry 5

Final

Final: Best of 13 frames.[2]
Regent Hotel, Hong Kong, 25 July 1999.
Stephen Lee
 England		 7–2 Ronnie O'Sullivan
 England
53–29, 73(60)–48, 90(61)–26, 58(57)–33, 53(53)–12, 32–69, 59–44, 8–89(89), 85(84)–1
84 Highest break 89
0 Century breaks 0
5 50+ breaks 1

Century breaks

References

  1. [1]
    Chow, Aries (9 June 1999). "Fu sets sights on Hendry for Millennium Cup". South China Morning Post. p. 24.
  2. [2]
    "Lee beats Fu, Hendry and O'Sullivan to win Hong Kong curtain raiser". Snooker Scene. September 1999. pp. 16–17.
  3. [3]
    Chow, Aries (26 July 1999). "Lee puts on one-man show; World number six claims prized scalps of Hendry and O'Sullivan on way to cup triumph". South China Morning Post. p. 24.
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