1999 Millennium Cup

Millennium Cup
Tournament information
Dates 23-25 July 1999
Venue Regent Hotel
City Hong Kong
Country Hong Kong
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund £0[1]
Highest break 131 (Stephen Hendry)
Final
Champion England Stephen Lee
Runner-up England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score 7–2
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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 professional players.

Stephen Lee won the second title of his professional career, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–2 in the final.[2]

Main Draw

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 5 England Stephen Lee 7
Hong Kong Marco Fu 0 England Stephen Lee 6
Hong Kong Wang Tik Fan 2 Scotland Stephen Hendry 1
Scotland Stephen Hendry 5

Final

Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: unknown.
Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, 25 July 1999.[3]
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

131 Stephen Hendry
104 Ronnie O'Sullivan

References

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