1999 Grand Prix (snooker)

The 1999 Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament and the second of nine WPBSA ranking events in the 1999/2000 season, following the British Open and preceding the UK Championship. It was held from 11 to 24 October 1999 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.

Stephen Lee was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Tony Drago. John Higgins won his 11th ranking title by defeating Mark Williams 9–8 in the final.

Tournament summary

Defending champion Stephen Lee was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

Round of 128 Best of 9 frames

Ian Brumby 5–4 Leigh Griffin

Phaitoon Phonbun 5–3 Richard King

Nick Dyson 5–0 Shokat Ali

Mario Geudens 5–4 Steve Judd

Barry Pinches 5–1 Tony Knowles

Craig MacGillivray 5–2 Wayne Saidler

Mark Selby 5–2 Stephen O'Connor

Mark Davis 5–2 Nick Terry

Robin Hull 5–1 Tony Jones

Dene O'Kane 5–2 Eddie Manning

Karl Burrows 5–3 Peter McCullagh

Michael Judge 5–0 Paul Sweeny

Patrick Delsemme 5–3 Stuart Bingham

John Lardner 5–1 Robert Milkins

Chris Scanlon 5–3 Hugh Abernethy

Darren Clarke 5–1 Mark Bennett

Mehmet Husnu 5–3 Nick Pearce

David McLellan 5–4 Dennis Taylor

Mark Fenton 5–2 Michael Holt

Kristján Helgason 5–3 Stefan Mazrocis

Munraj Pal 5–2 Karl Broughton

Craig Harrison 5–1 Patrick Wallace

Wayne Jones 5–3 Wayne Brown

Willie Thorne 5–4 James Reynolds

Stuart Pettman 5–2 Mike Dunn

Lee Richardson 5–4 Troy Shaw

Anthony Davies 5–1 Gareth Chilcott

Leo Fernandez 5–2 Ryan Day

Martin Dziewialtowski 5–1 Adrian Gunnell

Ali Carter 5–3 Tony Chappel

Noppadon Noppachorn 5–0 Sean Storey

Mark Gray 5–4 Stephen Maguire

Round of 96 Best of 9 frames

Ian Brumby 5–2 Matthew Couch

Gerard Greene 5–2 Phaitoon Phonbun

Drew Henry 5–2 Nick Dyson

Mario Geudens 5–2 Alfie Burden

Barry Pinches 5–1 Paul Davies

Jason Ferguson 5–1 Craig MacGillivray

Mark Selby 5–4 Ian McCulloch

Mark Davis 5–3 Dean Reynolds

Paul Wykes 5–2 Robin Hull

Dave Finbow 5–4 Dene O'Kane

Karl Burrows 5–2 Lee Walker

Michael Judge 5–4 Rod Lawler

Neal Foulds 5–2 Patrick Delsemme

Steve James 5–4 John Lardner

Chris Scanlon 5–1 Bradley Jones

Darren Clarke 5–1 Nick Walker

Jimmy Michie 5–2 Mehmet Husnu

David McLellan 5–4 Joe Johnson

Mark Fenton 5–2 Martin Clark

Kristján Helgason 5–2 Jason Prince

Joe Perry 5–1 Munraj Pal

Mick Price 5–2 Craig Harrison

Wayne Jones 5–4 David Roe

Willie Thorne 5–2 Peter Lines

Euan Henderson 5–3 Stuart Pettman

Marcus Campbell 5–1 Lee Richardson

Marco Fu 5–2 Anthony Davies

Leo Fernandez w/o–w/d Alain Robidoux

Jonathan Birch 5–2 Martin Dziewialtowski

Ali Carter 5–2 John Read

Noppadon Noppachorn 5–2 David Gray

Gary Ponting 5–3 Mark Gray

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