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1999–2000 snooker season

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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 ChampionshipWales Mark Williams
MastersWales Matthew Stevens
World ChampionshipWales Mark Williams

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.

Calendar

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World Snooker Tour

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

UK Tour

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

Seniors event

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

Official rankings

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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 Steady Scotland John Higgins 27835 22755 50590
2 Steady Scotland Stephen Hendry 16790 24445 41235
3 Rise Wales Mark Williams 11335 25445 36780
4 Fall England Ronnie O'Sullivan 21105 12440 33545
5 Rise England John Parrott 15335 14665 30000
6 Rise England Stephen Lee 12880 15625 28505
7 Fall Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 15095 12995 28090
8 Steady Scotland Alan McManus 10755 15760 26515
9 Rise Wales Matthew Stevens 10280 13100 23380
10 Rise England Anthony Hamilton 10760 12255 23015
11 Rise Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 9095 13667 22762
12 Rise England Paul Hunter 9715 12422 22137
13 Fall England Peter Ebdon 10340 11470 21810
14 Rise England Mark King 10950 9470 20420
15 Fall England Steve Davis 9175 10870 20045
16 Rise England Jimmy White 10810 9012 19822

Notes

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References

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  12. ^ "Regal Welsh Open 2000". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  13. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hunter's first ranking title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
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  15. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: White becomes Brown". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
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  17. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Ranking first for Carter". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  18. ^ "Thailand Masters 2000". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
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  24. ^ Turner, Chris. "Pontins Open, Pontins Professional, Pontins World Pro-Am Series". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  25. ^ a b c d "WPBSA Secondary Professional Tour". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  26. ^ Turner, Chris. "Masters/Seniors Snooker (Over 40s)". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  27. ^ "Happy Thorne lands crown". Coventry Evening Telegraph on HighBeam Research. 29 May 2000. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2013.(subscription required)
  28. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Rankings (1990/91 to 2004/05)". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  29. ^ "1999/2000 Embassy World Rankings". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  30. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
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