1999 Masters (snooker)

Benson & Hedges Masters
Tournament information
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
Highest break 123
Final
Champion Scotland John Higgins
Runner-up Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty
Score 10–8
1998
2000

The 1999 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7 and 14 February 1999 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The wild-card matches were extended from 9 to 11 frames.

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.

Field

Defending champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, David Gray (ranked 61), and Jimmy White (ranked 18), who was the wild-card selection. David Gray and Mark King were making their debuts in the Masters.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
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

Wild-card round

In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:[1][2]

Match Date Score
WC1 Sunday 7 February Thailand James Wattana (15) 6–2 England David Gray
WC2 Sunday 7 February England Mark King (16) 6–5 England Jimmy White

Main draw

[1][2]

Last 16
Best of 11 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1 Wales Mark Williams 6
13 England Nigel Bond 0
1 Wales Mark Williams 4
8 Scotland Alan McManus 6
8 Scotland Alan McManus 6
9 England Stephen Lee 2
8 Scotland Alan McManus 3
5 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 6
5 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 6
14 England Steve Davis 4
5 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 6
4 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 2
4 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
15 Thailand James Wattana 5
5 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 8
2 Scotland John Higgins 10
3 Scotland Stephen Hendry 4
10 Malta Tony Drago 6
10 Malta Tony Drago 5
11 England Anthony Hamilton 6
6 England John Parrott 4
11 England Anthony Hamilton 6
11 England Anthony Hamilton 3
2 Scotland John Higgins 6
7 England Peter Ebdon 5
16 England Mark King 6
16 England Mark King 1
2 Scotland John Higgins 6
2 Scotland John Higgins 6
12 Canada Alain Robidoux 1

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames.
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 14 February 1999.[1]
Ken Doherty (5)
 Ireland
8–10 John Higgins (2)
 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
109 Highest break 78
1 Century breaks 0
4 50+ breaks 4

Qualifying

David Gray won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1998 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.[3]

Century breaks

[4]

James Wattana's century was scored in the wild-card round.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Benson & Hedges Masters 1999". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. Turner, Chris. "Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  4. "1999 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.