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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 ChampionshipWales Mark Williams
MastersWales Matthew Stevens
World ChampionshipWales Mark Williams

Calendar edit

World Snooker Tour edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Notes edit

References edit

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  10. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Cup, World Team Classic, Nations Cup". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
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  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.
  14. ^ "Benson & Hedges Masters 2000". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  15. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: White becomes Brown". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  16. ^ "Rothmans Malta Grand Prix 2000". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  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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  21. ^ "Regal Scottish Open 2000". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  22. ^ "Embassy World Championship 2000". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  23. ^ "2000 Results". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  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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