1999–2000 snooker season

The 1999–2000 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 23 July 1999 and 28 May 2000. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

1999–2000 snooker season
Details
Duration23 July 1999 – 28 May 2000 (1999-07-23 – 2000-05-28)
Tournaments23 (9 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Mark Williams
Masters Matthew Stevens
World Championship Mark Williams

Calendar

World Snooker Tour
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
23 Jul 25 Jul  HKG Millennium Cup Regent Hotel Hong Kong Stephen Lee Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–2 [1]
28 Aug 5 Sep  ENG Champions Cup Fairfield Halls Croydon Stephen Hendry Mark Williams 7–5 [2][3]
8 Sep 19 Sep  ENG British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth Stephen Hendry Peter Ebdon 9–5 [4]
28 Sep 3 Oct  SCO Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell Matthew Stevens John Higgins 9–7 [5]
11 Oct 24 Oct  ENG Grand Prix Guild Hall Preston John Higgins Mark Williams 9–8 [6]
5 Nov 16 Nov  ENG Benson & Hedges Championship Willie Thorne Snooker Centre Malvern Ali Carter Simon Bedford 9–4 [7]
13 Nov 28 Nov  ENG UK Championship Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth Mark Williams Matthew Stevens 10–8 [8]
11 Dec 19 Dec  CHN China Open JC Mandarin Hotel Shanghai Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Lee 9–2 [9]
15 Jan 23 Jan  ENG Nations Cup The Hexagon Reading  England  Wales 6–4 [10][11]
24 Jan 30 Jan  WAL Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff John Higgins Stephen Lee 9–8 [12][13]
6 Feb 13 Feb  ENG The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Matthew Stevens Ken Doherty 10–8 [14][15]
20 Feb 27 Feb  MLT Malta Grand Prix Mediterranean Conference Centre Valletta Ken Doherty Mark Williams 9–3 [16][17]
3 Mar 11 Mar  THA Thailand Masters Riverside Montien Hotel Bangkok Mark Williams Stephen Hendry 9–5 [18]
21 Mar 26 Mar  IRL Irish Masters Goff's Kill John Higgins Stephen Hendry 9–4 [19][20]
28 Mar 9 Apr  SCO Scottish Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Williams 9–1 [21]
15 Apr 1 May  ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Mark Williams Matthew Stevens 18–16 [22]
8 Jan 6 May  ENG Premier League Charter Hall Colchester Stephen Hendry Mark Williams 9–5 [23]
13 May 20 May  WAL Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Darren Morgan Jimmy White 9–2 [24]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

UK Tour
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
5 Oct 10 Oct  ENG UK Tour 1 Riley's Oldham Matt Wilson Barry Hawkins 6–4 [25]
23 Jan 25 Jan  ENG UK Tour 2 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Andrew Higginson Scott MacKenzie 6–3 [25]
16 Mar 18 Mar  ENG UK Tour 3 Riley's Stockport Simon Bedford Barry Hawkins 6–5 [25]
10 Apr 12 Apr  ENG UK Tour 4 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Barry Hawkins Craig Butler 6–1 [25]

Seniors event
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
27 May 28 May  ENG World Seniors Masters Royal Automobile Club London Willie Thorne Cliff Thorburn 1–0 [26][27]

Official rankings
Main article: Snooker world rankings 1999/2000

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[28][29][30]

No. Ch. Player Points 1997/1998 Points 1998/1999 Total
1 John Higgins 278352275550590
2 Stephen Hendry 167902444541235
3 Mark Williams 113352544536780
4 Ronnie O'Sullivan 211051244033545
5 John Parrott 153351466530000
6 Stephen Lee 128801562528505
7 Ken Doherty 150951299528090
8 Alan McManus 107551576026515
9 Matthew Stevens 102801310023380
10 Anthony Hamilton 107601225523015
11 Fergal O'Brien 90951366722762
12 Paul Hunter 97151242222137
13 Peter Ebdon 103401147021810
14 Mark King 10950947020420
15 Steve Davis 91751087020045
16 Jimmy White 10810901219822

Notes

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