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
Tournaments23
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Mark Williams
Masters Matthew Stevens
World Championship Mark Williams

Calendar
Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score[1] Reference
07–23 07–25  HKG NR Millennium Cup Regent Hotel Hong Kong Stephen Lee Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–2 [2]
08–28 09–05  ENG NR Champions Cup Fairfield Halls Croydon Stephen Hendry Mark Williams 7–5 [3][4]
09–08 09–19  ENG WR British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth Stephen Hendry Peter Ebdon 9–5 [5]
09–28 10–03  SCO NR Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell Matthew Stevens John Higgins 9–7 [6]
10–05 10–10  ENG UT UK Tour 1 Riley's Oldham Matt Wilson Barry Hawkins 6–4 [7]
10–11 10–24  ENG WR Grand Prix Guild Hall Preston John Higgins Mark Williams 9–8 [8]
11–05 11–16  ENG NR Benson & Hedges Championship Willie Thorne Snooker Centre Malvern Ali Carter Simon Bedford 9–4 [9]
11–13 11–28  ENG WR UK Championship Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth Mark Williams Matthew Stevens 10–8 [10]
12–11 12–19  CHN WR China Open JC Mandarin Hotel Shanghai Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Lee 9–2 [11]
01–15 01–23  ENG NR Nations Cup The Hexagon Reading  England  Wales 6–4 [12][13]
01–23 01–25  ENG UT UK Tour 2 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Andrew Higginson Scott MacKenzie 6–3 [7]
01–24 01–30  WAL WR Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff John Higgins Stephen Lee 9–8 [14][15]
02–06 02–13  ENG NR The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Matthew Stevens Ken Doherty 10–8 [16][17]
02–20 02–27  MLT WR Malta Grand Prix Mediterranean Conference Centre Valletta Ken Doherty Mark Williams 9–3 [18][19]
03–03 03–11  THA WR Thailand Masters Riverside Montien Hotel Bangkok Mark Williams Stephen Hendry 9–5 [20]
03–16 03–18  ENG UT UK Tour 3 Riley's Stockport Simon Bedford Barry Hawkins 6–5 [7]
03–21 03–26  IRL NR Irish Masters Goff's Kill John Higgins Stephen Hendry 9–4 [21][22]
03–28 04–09  SCO WR Scottish Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Williams 9–1 [23]
04–10 04–12  ENG UK UK Tour 4 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Barry Hawkins Craig Butler 6–1 [7]
04–15 05–01  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Mark Williams Matthew Stevens 18–16 [24]
01–08 05–06  ENG NR Premier League Charter Hall Colchester Stephen Hendry Mark Williams 9–5 [25]
05–13 05–20  WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Darren Morgan Jimmy White 9–2 [26]
05–?? 05–28  ENG NR World Seniors Masters Royal Automobile Club London Willie Thorne Cliff Thorburn 1–0 [27][28]
WR = World ranking event
UT = UK Tour event
NR = Non-ranking event

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.[29][30][31]

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
  1. Dates use the month day format

References
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