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1999 Charity Challenge

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Dates
  
25–28 February 1999

City
  
Derby

Organisation(s)
  
WPBSA

Venue
  
Assembly Rooms

Country
  
England

Format
  
Non-Ranking event

The 1999 Charity Challenge was the fifth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 25 to 28 February 1999. The tournament was played at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, and featured twelve professional players.

Contents

John Higgins won the title for the second time in succession, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–4 in the final.

Qualifying

Four qualifying matches were played, under a best-of-nine frames format, the winners going on to play Ken Doherty, O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and Higgins, all of whom were seeded to the quarter-final stage.

Round 1

  • Steve Davis 5–3 Peter Ebdon
  • Jimmy White 5–4 John Parrott
  • Marco Fu 5–3 Mark Williams
  • Alan McManus 5–1 Dennis Taylor
  • Century breaks

    137 John Higgins
    118, 109 Jimmy White
    113 Peter Ebdon
    108, 102 Marco Fu
    104 Ronnie O'Sullivan
    102 Ken Doherty

    References

    1999 Charity Challenge Wikipedia