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
Duration	23 July 1999 – 28 May 2000 (1999-07-23 – 2000-05-28)
Tournaments	23 (9 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Mark Williams
Masters	Matthew Stevens
World Championship	Mark Williams
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Calendar

World Snooker Tour

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

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

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

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

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