| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 7–14 February 1999 |
| Venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £575,000 |
| Winner's share | £155,000 |
| Final | |
| Champion | Matthew Stevens |
| Runner-up | Ken Doherty |
| Score | 10–8 |
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The 1999 Benson and Hedges Masters professional non-ranking snooker tournament took place between 7 and 14 February 1999 at the Wembley Conference Centre, London, England.
John Higgins defeated Ken Doherty 10–8 in the final to win his first Masters title. He had also won the World title and UK title within the last year.
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Winner: £155,000
Runner-up: £80,000
Semi-finalist: £40,000
Quarter finalist: £26,000
Last 16: £15,000
Wild card round: £9,000
High break Prize: £18,000
Maximum break: B&H Gold Award and a Honda car
Total: £575,000
In the preliminary round, the wildcard players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:[1]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | James Wattana | 6–2 | David Gray |
| WC2 | Mark King | 6–5 | Jimmy White |
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Mark Williams | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Williams | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Lee | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||
| James Wattana | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty | 8 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Drago | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Drago | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton | 6 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton | 3 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Mark King | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mark King | 1 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins | 6 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Alain Robidoux | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 14 February 1999.[1] |
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| Ken Doherty Ireland |
10–8 | John Higgins Scotland |
| Afternoon: 31–83, 69–52, 60–66 (66), 34–61, 72–1, 27–80 (76), 76–31, 56–21 Evening: 0–78 (78), 20–88, 97-29 (90), 109–0 (109), 73–10 (59), 95–7 (95) 0–88 (64), 43–81, 15–69, 35–72 |
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| 109 | Highest break | 78 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
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