1999 China Open (snooker)

China Open 1999 12 11 1999 12 19 y JC Mandarin HotelO'Sullivan breaks title drought Snooker Scene February 2000 5 Shanghai China WPBSA Ranking event £305,000 £50,000 Dave Harold ENG (140) Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG Stephen Lee ENG 9–2 1999 2000 The 1999 China Open (also known as the 1999 China International) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 19 December 1999 at the JC Mandarin Hotel in Shanghai, China. The tournament was the fourth ranking event out of the 1999/2000 season. The defending champion was John Higgins, but he was eliminated in the first round, losing 1–5 against Peter Lines. Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament by defeating Stephen Lee 9–2 in the final. Wildcard round 1999 China Open Results http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=191 Snooker Database 29 April 2011 7 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111007102951/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=191 dead Match Score WC1 Peter Lines ENG 5–3 Zhang Kai CHN WC2 Anthony Davies WAL 5–1 Pang Weiguo CHN WC3 Marco Fu HKG 5–3 Dai Han Lin CHN Main draw Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames 1 SCO John Higgins 1 42 ENG Peter Lines 5 13 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 SCO Stephen Maguire 0 15 ENG Steve Davis 3 31 ENG Brian Morgan 5 5 ENG John Parrott 4 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 7 IRL Ken Doherty 3 ENG Paul Sweeny 5 16 ENG Jimmy White 3 ENG Wayne Brown 5 11 IRL Fergal O'Brien 3 PAK Shokat Ali 5 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 WAL Anthony Davies 2 3 WAL Mark Williams 5 17 ENG Dave Harold 4 12 ENG Paul Hunter 5 28 NIR Joe Swail 4 14 ENG Mark King 5 30 NIR Terry Murphy 3 6 ENG Stephen Lee 5 19 WAL Dominic Dale 3 8 SCO Alan McManus 0 34 ENG Joe Perry 5 10 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 25 SCO Graeme Dott 5 9 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 27 SCO Jamie Burnett 3 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 35 HKG Marco Fu 1 42 ENG Peter Lines 5 13 ENG Peter Ebdon 4 31 ENG Brian Morgan 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 2   ENG Paul Sweeny 5 ENG Wayne Brown 4 PAK Shokat Ali 2 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 3 WAL Mark Williams 5 12 ENG Paul Hunter 0 14 ENG Mark King 4 6 ENG Stephen Lee 5 34 ENG Joe Perry 5 25 SCO Graeme Dott 3 9 WAL Matthew Stevens 2 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 42 ENG Peter Lines 4 31 ENG Brian Morgan 5 ENG Paul Sweeny 1 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 3 WAL Mark Williams 4 6 ENG Stephen Lee 5 34 ENG Joe Perry 4 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 31 ENG Brian Morgan 5 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 6 ENG Stephen Lee 6 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 4 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 9 6 ENG Stephen Lee 2 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain.JC Mandarin Hotel in Shanghai, China, 19 December 1999.China International 1999 (Dec) http://www.snooker.org/trn/9900/ci99_res.shtml Snooker.org 29 April 2011 Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) 9–2 Stephen Lee (6) Afternoon: 61–23, 36–91, 115–17 (115), 94–8 (87) 124–8 (124), 93–16, 109–1, 75–43 (75)Evening: 20–85 (69), 75–1, 76–33 (56) 124 Highest break 69 2 Century breaks 0 5 50+ breaks 1 References 1999 (2) China Open Category:Sports competitions in Beijing Category:December 1999 sports events in China