1999 Charity Challenge
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25–28 February 1999 |
| Venue | Assembly Rooms |
| City | Derby |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £130,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £30,000[2] |
| Highest break | Template:Flagicon John Higgins (137) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Template:Flagicon John Higgins |
| Runner-up | Template:Flagicon Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Score | 9–4 |
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The 1999 Charity Challenge was the fifth and final edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 25 to 28 February 1999.
The tournament was played at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, and featured twelve professional players.
John Higgins won the title for the second time in succession, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–4 in the final.[3]
Qualifying
Four qualifying matches were played, under a best-of-nine frames format, the winners going on to play Ken Doherty, O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and Higgins, all of whom were seeded to the quarter-final stage.
Round 1
- Template:Flagicon Steve Davis 5–3 Template:Flagicon Peter Ebdon
- Template:Flagicon Jimmy White 5–4 Template:Flagicon John Parrott
- Template:Flagicon Marco Fu 5–3 Template:Flagicon Mark Williams
- Template:Flagicon Alan McManus 5–1 Template:Flagicon Dennis Taylor
Main draw
| Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Alan McManus | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Jimmy White | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Jimmy White | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Stephen Hendry | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon John Higgins | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon John Higgins | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Steve Davis | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon John Higgins | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Ken Doherty | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Marco Fu | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Ken Doherty | 5 | |||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown. Assembly Rooms, Derby, England, 28 February 1999.[4] | ||
| John Higgins Script error: No such module "flag". |
9–4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan Script error: No such module "flag". |
| 83(52)–0, 16–92(64), 62–0, 25–63(62), 82(65)–1, 67(62)–36, 94(63)–0, 67–52, 65–59, 79(78)–15, 20–71(62), 1–70(69), 67(67)–15 | ||
| 78 | Highest break | 69 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
Century breaks
- 137 – John Higgins
- 118, 109 – Jimmy White
- 113 – Peter Ebdon
- 108, 102 – Marco Fu
- 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 102 – Ken Doherty
References
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