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Snooker season 1999/2000

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1999–2000 snooker season
Details
Duration23 July 1999 – 28 May 2000 (1999-07-23 – 2000-05-28)
Tournaments23 (9 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipWales Mark Williams
MastersWales Matthew Stevens
World ChampionshipWales Mark Williams

The 1999–2000 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 23 July 1999 and 28 May 2000. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

Calendar

World Snooker Tour

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
23 Jul 25 Jul HKG Millennium Cup Regent Hotel Hong Kong England Stephen Lee England Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–2 [1]
28 Aug 5 Sep ENG Champions Cup Fairfield Halls Croydon Scotland Stephen Hendry Wales Mark Williams 7–5 [2][3]
8 Sep 19 Sep ENG British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth Scotland Stephen Hendry England Peter Ebdon 9–5 [4]
28 Sep 3 Oct SCO Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell Wales Matthew Stevens Scotland John Higgins 9–7 [5]
11 Oct 24 Oct ENG Grand Prix Guild Hall Preston Scotland John Higgins Wales Mark Williams 9–8 [6]
5 Nov 16 Nov ENG Benson & Hedges Championship Willie Thorne Snooker Centre Malvern England Ali Carter England Simon Bedford 9–4 [7]
13 Nov 28 Nov ENG UK Championship Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth Wales Mark Williams Wales Matthew Stevens 10–8 [8]
11 Dec 19 Dec CHN China Open JC Mandarin Hotel Shanghai England Ronnie O'Sullivan England Stephen Lee 9–2 [9]
15 Jan 23 Jan ENG Nations Cup The Hexagon Reading  England  Wales 6–4 [10][11]
24 Jan 30 Jan WAL Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Scotland John Higgins England Stephen Lee 9–8 [12][13]
6 Feb 13 Feb ENG The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Wales Matthew Stevens Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 10–8 [14][15]
20 Feb 27 Feb MLT Malta Grand Prix Mediterranean Conference Centre Valletta Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty Wales Mark Williams 9–3 [16][17]
3 Mar 11 Mar THA Thailand Masters Riverside Montien Hotel Bangkok Wales Mark Williams Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–5 [18]
21 Mar 26 Mar IRL Irish Masters Goff's Kill Scotland John Higgins Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–4 [19][20]
28 Mar 9 Apr SCO Scottish Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen England Ronnie O'Sullivan Wales Mark Williams 9–1 [21]
15 Apr 1 May ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Wales Mark Williams Wales Matthew Stevens 18–16 [22]
8 Jan 6 May ENG Premier League Charter Hall Colchester Scotland Stephen Hendry Wales Mark Williams 9–5 [23]
13 May 20 May WAL Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Wales Darren Morgan England Jimmy White 9–2 [24]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

UK Tour

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
5 Oct 10 Oct ENG UK Tour 1 Riley's Oldham England Matt Wilson England Barry Hawkins 6–4 [25]
23 Jan 25 Jan ENG UK Tour 2 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon England Andrew Higginson Scotland Scott MacKenzie 6–3 [25]
16 Mar 18 Mar ENG UK Tour 3 Riley's Stockport England Simon Bedford England Barry Hawkins 6–5 [25]
10 Apr 12 Apr ENG UK Tour 4 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon England Barry Hawkins England Craig Butler 6–1 [25]

Seniors event

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
27 May 28 May ENG World Seniors Masters Royal Automobile Club London England Willie Thorne Canada Cliff Thorburn 1–0 [26][27]

Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[28][29][30]

No. Ch. Player Points 1997/1998 Points 1998/1999 Total
1SteadyScotland John Higgins 278352275550590
2SteadyScotland Stephen Hendry 167902444541235
3RiseWales Mark Williams 113352544536780
4FallEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 211051244033545
5RiseEngland John Parrott 153351466530000
6RiseEngland Stephen Lee 128801562528505
7FallRepublic of Ireland Ken Doherty 150951299528090
8SteadyScotland Alan McManus 107551576026515
9RiseWales Matthew Stevens 102801310023380
10RiseEngland Anthony Hamilton 107601225523015
11RiseRepublic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 90951366722762
12RiseEngland Paul Hunter 97151242222137
13FallEngland Peter Ebdon 103401147021810
14RiseEngland Mark King 10950947020420
15FallEngland Steve Davis 91751087020045
16RiseEngland Jimmy White 10810901219822

Notes

References

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  23. "2000 Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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  26. Turner, Chris. "Masters/Seniors Snooker (Over 40s)". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
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  28. Turner, Chris. "World Rankings (1990/91 to 2004/05)". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
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  30. Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.