1999 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1999 April 2022 http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1999/02 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false 1999 Benson & Hedges Masters 1999 02 7 1999 02 14 y Wembley Conference Centre London England WPBSA Non-ranking event £575,000 £155,000 Mark Williams WAL (123) John Higgins SCO Ken Doherty IRL 10–8 1998 2000 The 1999 Masters (officially the 1999 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7 and 14 February 1999 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The wild-card matches were extended from 9 to 11 frames. John Higgins defeated Ken Doherty 10–8 in the final to win his first Masters title. He had also won the World title (where he also defeated Doherty) and UK title in 1998, meaning that at the time he held all three Triple Crown titles simultaneously. Before his semi-final match Higgins had said, referring to the possibility of holding all three titles, "That triple crown would be a dream but it's going to be tough."https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/snooker-osullivan-is-beaten-by-bruised-doherty-1070573.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/snooker-osullivan-is-beaten-by-bruised-doherty-1070573.html 1 May 2022 subscription Snooker: O'Sullivan is beaten by bruised Doherty The Independent 13 February 1999 After his win, the term "Triple Crown" was used in a number of newspapers to describe Higgins' feat.Hat-trick hero John on a high The Daily Record 15 February 1999 35Snooker Dott to face Hendry The Independent on Sunday 21 February 1999 Clive Everton Field Defending champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, David Gray (ranked 61), and Jimmy White (ranked 18), who was the wild-card selection. David Gray and Mark King were making their debuts in the Masters. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £155,000 Runner-up: £80,000 Semi-finalist: £40,000 Quarter finalist: £26,000 Last 16: £15,000 Wild-card round: £9,000 High break Prize: £18,000 Maximum break: B&H Gold Award and a Honda car Total: £575,000 Wild-card round In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds: Match Date Score WC1 Sunday 7 February James Wattana THA (15) 6–2 David Gray ENG WC2 Sunday 7 February Mark King ENG (16) 6–5 Jimmy White ENG Main draw Benson & Hedges Masters 1999 http://www.snooker.org/trn/9899/bm99_res.shtml Snooker.org 4 April 2011The Masters http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 8 August 2012 185 Last 16 Best of 11 frames Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames Semi-finals Best of 11 frames Final Best of 19 frames 1 Mark Williams WAL 6 13 Nigel Bond ENG 0 8 Alan McManus SCO 6 9 Stephen Lee ENG 2 5 Ken Doherty IRL 6 14 Steve Davis ENG 4 4 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 6 15 James Wattana THA 5 3 Stephen Hendry SCO 4 10 Tony Drago MLT 6 6 John Parrott ENG 4 11 Anthony Hamilton ENG 6 7 Peter Ebdon ENG 5 16 Mark King ENG 6 2 John Higgins SCO 6 12 Alain Robidoux CAN 1 1 WAL Mark Williams 4 8 SCO Alan McManus 6 5 IRL Ken Doherty 6 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 2 10 MLT Tony Drago 5 11 ENG Anthony Hamilton 6 16 ENG Mark King 1 2 SCO John Higgins 6 8 SCO Alan McManus 3 5 IRL Ken Doherty 6 11 ENG Anthony Hamilton 3 2 SCO John Higgins 6 5 IRL Ken Doherty 8 2 SCO John Higgins 10 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhass Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 14 February 1999. Ken Doherty (5) 8–10 John Higgins (2) Afternoon: 31–83, 69–52, 60–66 (66), 34–61, 72–1, 27–80 (76), 76–31, 56–21Evening: 0–78 (78), 20–88, 97–29 (90), 109–0 (109), 73–10 (59), 95–7 (95)0–88 (64), 43–81, 15–69, 35–72 109 Highest break 78 1 Century breaks 0 4 50+ breaks 4 Qualifying David Gray won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1998 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.Turner Chris Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155348/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 23 December 2010 Century breaks Total: 121999 Masters http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1999/02 CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database 19 January 2015 123 Mark Williams 121, 116, 113, 107, 105 Tony Drago 115 James Wattana 112, 104 John Higgins 109, 104 Ken Doherty 104 Alan McManus James Wattana's century was scored in the wild-card round. 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