1999 UK Championship

The 1999 UK Championship (officially the 1999 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. The event started on 13 November 1999 and the televised stages were shown on the BBC between 20 and 28 November 1999.

Stephen Hendry became the first player to make two maximum breaks in the tournament's history after scoring a 147 against Paul Wykes in the last 16.

In the final Mark Williams defeated Matthew Stevens 10–8. This was Stevens' second consecutive final at the event.

Tournament summary

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

Prize fund

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

• Winner: £78,000
• Runner-up: £41,000
• Semi-finalists: £20,600
• Quarter-finalists: £11,200
• Last 16: £5,760
• Last 32: £3,650
• Last 64: £3,125
• Last 96: £1,525
• Last 128: £1,100
• Total: £500,000

Main draw

Top half

Bottom half

Final

Qualifying

Round of 128 Best of 11 frames

David McLellan 6–4 Mark Bennett

Stuart Bingham 6–5 Kristján Helgason

Ian Brumby 6–1 Chris Scanlon

Paul Sweeny 6–5 Leigh Griffin

Sean Storey 6–2 Adrian Gunnell

Gareth Chilcott 6–2 Dene O'Kane

Ali Carter 6–3 Stephen O'Connor

Michael Holt 6–5 James Reynolds

Tony Jones 6–5 Hugh Abernethy

Mark Fenton 6–1 Dennis Taylor

Nick Pearce 6–2 Peter McCullagh

Martin Dziewialtowski 6–2 Munraj Pal

Mehmet Husnu 6–5 Tony Chappel

Craig Harrison 6–3 Craig MacGillivray

Wayne Brown 6–3 Lee Richardson

Karl Burrows 6–5 Barry Pinches

Mark Selby 6–3 Tony Knowles

Michael Judge 6–3 Mario Geudens

Robert Milkins 6–2 Karl Broughton

Wayne Jones 6–3 Leo Fernandez

Shokat Ali 6–3 Nick Dyson

John Lardner 6–3 Wayne Saidler

Mark Davis 6–2 Patrick Delsemme

Patrick Wallace 6–5 Darren Clarke

Mark Gray 6–0 Eddie Manning

Anthony Davies 6–2 Ryan Day

Steve Judd 6–2 Nick Terry

Phaitoon Phonbun 6–2 Richard King

Stephen Maguire 6–5 Stefan Mazrocis

Willie Thorne 6–2 Mike Dunn

Stuart Pettman 6–3 Noppadon Noppachorn

Troy Shaw 6–3 Robin Hull

Round of 96 Best of 11 frames

David McLellan w/o–w/d Alain Robidoux

Jonathan Birch 6–3 Stuart Bingham

Ian Brumby 6–2 Euan Henderson

Paul Sweeny 6–2 Matthew Couch

Lee Walker 6–4 Sean Storey

Jimmy Michie 6–4 Gareth Chilcott

Gary Ponting 6–3 Ali Carter

Michael Holt 6–4 Peter Lines

Joe Johnson 6–4 Tony Jones

Mark Fenton 6–0 Jason Prince

Alfie Burden 6–5 Nick Pearce

Joe Perry 6–3 Martin Dziewialtowski

David Roe 6–5 Mehmet Husnu

Marco Fu 6–0 Craig Harrison

Wayne Brown 6–2 Nick Walker

Steve James 6–4 Karl Burrows

Mark Selby 6–4 John Read

Michael Judge 6–3 Gerard Greene

Robert Milkins 6–2 Rod Lawler

Paul Davies 6–3 Wayne Jones

Shokat Ali 6–3 Dean Reynolds

David Gray 6–4 John Lardner

Drew Henry 6–2 Mark Davis

Patrick Wallace 6–4 Marcus Campbell

Mark Gray 6–2 Martin Clark

Anthony Davies 6–3 Bradley Jones

Mick Price 6–5 Steve Judd

Phaitoon Phonbun 6–5 Dave Finbow

Stephen Maguire 6–4 Ian McCulloch

Paul Wykes 6–2 Willie Thorne

Stuart Pettman 6–2 Neal Foulds

Jason Ferguson 6–3 Troy Shaw

Century breaks

References