1999 Charity Challenge
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 25–28 February 1999 |
Venue | Assembly Rooms |
City | Derby |
Country | England |
Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
Format | Non-Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £130,000[1] |
Winner's share | £30,000[2] |
Highest break | 137 (John Higgins) |
Final | |
Champion |
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Runner-up |
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Score | 9–4 |
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The 1999 Charity Challenge was the fifth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 25 to 28 February 1999. 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
Steve Davis 5–3
Peter Ebdon
Jimmy White 5–4
John Parrott
Marco Fu 5–3
Mark Williams
Alan McManus 5–1
Dennis Taylor
Main Draw
Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
![]() | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 | ||||||||||||
![]() | Alan McManus | 2 | ![]() | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||
![]() | Jimmy White | 5 | ![]() | Jimmy White | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | Stephen Hendry | 2 | ![]() | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | John Higgins | 5 | ![]() | John Higgins | 9 | |||||||||
![]() | Steve Davis | 0 | ![]() | John Higgins | 6 | |||||||||
![]() | Marco Fu | 4 | ![]() | Ken Doherty | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | Ken Doherty | 5 |
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown. Assembly Rooms, Derby, England, 28 February 1999.[4] | ||
John Higgins ![]() |
9–4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan ![]() |
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
137 John Higgins
118, 109 Jimmy White
113 Peter Ebdon
108, 102 Marco Fu
104 Ronnie O'Sullivan
102 Ken Doherty
References
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