1999-2000 snooker season

1999–2000 snooker season

Details
Duration	23 July 1999 – 28 May 2000
Tournaments	23 (9 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Mark Williams
Masters	Matthew Stevens
World Championship	Mark Williams
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

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	TE	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]
05–27	05–28	ENG	NR	World Seniors Masters	Royal Automobile Club	London	Willie Thorne	Cliff Thorburn	1–0	[27][28]

Official rankings

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	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

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