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Charity Challenge 1999 02 25 1999 02 28 y Assembly Rooms Derby England WPBSA Non-Ranking event £130,000http://cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Charity-Challenge/1999/334 CueTracker - 1999 Charity Challenge - Snooker Results & Statistics Database £30,000http://cuetracker.net/Players/John-Higgins/1998-1999 CueTracker - John Higgins - Season 1998-1999 - Professional Results - Snooker Results & Statistics Database SCO John Higgins (137) SCO John Higgins ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–4 1998 1999
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.http://cuetracker.net/Players/John-Higgins/1998-1999 CueTracker - John Higgins - Season 1998-1999 - Professional Results - Snooker Results & Statistics Database
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
ENG Steve Davis 5–3 ENG Peter Ebdon
ENG Jimmy White 5–4 ENG John Parrott
HK Marco Fu 5–3 WAL Mark Williams
SCO Alan McManus 5–1 NIR Dennis Taylor
Main draw
Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 SCO Alan McManus 2 ENG Jimmy White 5 SCO Stephen Hendry 2 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Steve Davis 0 HK Marco Fu 4 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 ENG Jimmy White 4 SCO John Higgins 6 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 4 SCO John Higgins 9
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown.Assembly Rooms, Derby, England, 28 February 1999.http://cuetracker.net/Players/John-Higgins CueTracker - John Higgins - Season 2015-2016 - Snooker Results & Statistics cuetracker.net 30 December 2015 John Higgins 9–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan 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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