The 1999
Grand Prix
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was a professional snooker tournament and the second of nine WPBSA ranking events in the
1999/2000 season, following the British Open and preceding the UK Championship. It was held from 11 to 24 October 1999 at the
Guild Hall
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in
Preston
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,
England.
Stephen Lee was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against
Tony Drago.
John Higgins won his 11th
ranking title by defeating
Mark Williams 9–8 in the final.
Tournament summary
Defending champion Stephen Lee was the number 1 seed with
World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the
world rankings
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.
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
Round of 128 Best of 9 frames
Ian Brumby
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Career
Born on 17 September 1964, Brumby turned professional in 1989. His first season brought a run to the last 32 at the 1990 Classic, where he defeated ...
5–4
Leigh Griffin
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Phaitoon Phonbun
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Career
Phonbun was born in 1975, and began playing snooker at competitive level as a wildcard entry in the 1995 Thailand Open, where he also recorded his f ...
5–3 Richard King
Nick Dyson
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Born in 1969, Dyson turned professional in 1989. In his firs ...
5–0
Shokat Ali
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5–4 Steve Judd
Barry Pinches 5–1
Tony Knowles
Craig MacGillivray 5–2
Wayne Saidler
Mark Selby 5–2 Stephen O'Connor
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5–2
Nick Terry
Nick Terry (born 15 September 1967) is an English people, English former professional snooker player from Finchley.
Career
Terry turned professional in 1988, losing his first match, at the 1988 International Open, 2–5 to Colin Roscoe. In h ...
Robin Hull
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For some time, he was the sole Nordic countries, Nordic player on the game's Snooker world rankings, main tour. He is known as a solid -builder, having compiled ov ...
5–1
Tony Jones
Dene O'Kane 5–2
Eddie Manning
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Karl Burrows
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Career
Born in 1969, Burrows turned professional in 1991. His best run in a ranking tournament was reaching the last 16, which he achieved at both the 1996 ...
5–3
Peter McCullagh
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McCullagh is from Plumbridge ...
Michael Judge 5–0
Paul Sweeny
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Patrick Delsemme
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5–3
Stuart Bingham
John Lardner
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5–1
Robert Milkins
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Milkins ...
Chris Scanlon
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Scanlon was born in 1975, and turned professional in 1992. His first season brought no significant progress, but in the 1993/1994 season, he reach ...
5–3
Hugh Abernethy
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Darren Clarke 5–1
Mark Bennett
Mehmet Husnu
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Born in 1972, Husnu turned professional in 1991, becoming the first Cypriot professional snooker player in the history of the game.
Husnu's career highl ...
5–3
Nick Pearce
David McLellan 5–4
Dennis Taylor
Mark Fenton 5–2
Michael Holt
Kristján Helgason
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Career
Born in 1974, Helgason turned professional in 1995. In 1998, he reached the last 48 at the Irish Open, losing 3–5 to Billy Snaddon, but made n ...
5–3
Stefan Mazrocis
Munraj Pal
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Pal turned professional in 1995, but fell off the tour two years later in 1997. He re-qualified during the 1997/1998 season, but lost his professional s ...
5–2
Karl Broughton
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Career
Broughton was born in 1971, turning professional in 1991. He entered the top 64 in the world rankings at the end of the 1995/1996 season, finishing i ...
Craig Harrison 5–1
Patrick Wallace
Wayne Jones 5–3 Wayne Brown
Willie Thorne 5–4 James Reynolds
Stuart Pettman 5–2
Mike Dunn
Lee Richardson 5–4
Troy Shaw
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Career
Competing on the main tour from 1991, Shaw won the second leg of minor ranking tournament the Strachan Challenge in 1993, beating Nigel Bond in the fi ...
Anthony Davies 5–1 Gareth Chilcott
Leo Fernandez
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Fernandez finished second on the PIOS Order of Merit in 2007 gaining promotion to the Main Tour for the 2007–08 season, although he fai ...
5–2
Ryan Day
Martin Dziewialtowski
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5–1
Adrian Gunnell
Ali Carter 5–3
Tony Chappel
Noppadon Noppachorn
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He played as part of the 1996 Sno ...
5–0
Sean Storey
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5–4
Stephen Maguire
Round of 96 Best of 9 frames
Ian Brumby
Ian Brumby (born 17 September 1964) is an English former professional snooker player.
Career
Born on 17 September 1964, Brumby turned professional in 1989. His first season brought a run to the last 32 at the 1990 Classic, where he defeated ...
5–2
Matthew Couch
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During a professional career lasting from 1992 to 2012, Couch had little success in ranking events, although he reached the quarter-finals of the UK Ch ...
Gerard Greene 5–2
Phaitoon Phonbun
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Career
Phonbun was born in 1975, and began playing snooker at competitive level as a wildcard entry in the 1995 Thailand Open, where he also recorded his f ...
Drew Henry 5–2
Nick Dyson
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Career
Born in 1969, Dyson turned professional in 1989. In his firs ...
Mario Geudens
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As an amateur, Geudens has won the B ...
5–2
Alfie Burden
Barry Pinches 5–1
Paul Davies
Jason Ferguson 5–1
Craig MacGillivray
Mark Selby 5–4
Ian McCulloch
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* Mark Jonathan Davis (born 1965), American actor/singer and creator of Richard Cheese
*Mark Davis, American bassist and founding member for the band ...
5–3
Dean Reynolds
Paul Wykes 5–2
Robin Hull
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For some time, he was the sole Nordic countries, Nordic player on the game's Snooker world rankings, main tour. He is known as a solid -builder, having compiled ov ...
Dave Finbow
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In his career, he managed to beat players such as Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ken Doherty and James Wattana. Originally a soccer player, he was ...
5–4
Dene O'Kane
Karl Burrows
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Career
Born in 1969, Burrows turned professional in 1991. His best run in a ranking tournament was reaching the last 16, which he achieved at both the 1996 ...
5–2
Lee Walker
Michael Judge 5–4
Rod Lawler
Neal Foulds 5–2
Patrick Delsemme
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Biography
When he was 17 years old, he finished second at the under-21 world c ...
Steve James 5–4
John Lardner
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Chris Scanlon
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Career
Scanlon was born in 1975, and turned professional in 1992. His first season brought no significant progress, but in the 1993/1994 season, he reach ...
5–1
Bradley Jones
Darren Clarke 5–1
Nick Walker
Jimmy Michie 5–2
Mehmet Husnu
Mehmet Husnu (born 25 July 1972) is a Cypriot former professional snooker player.
Career
Born in 1972, Husnu turned professional in 1991, becoming the first Cypriot professional snooker player in the history of the game.
Husnu's career highl ...
David McLellan 5–4
Joe Johnson
Mark Fenton 5–2
Martin Clark
Kristján Helgason
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Career
Born in 1974, Helgason turned professional in 1995. In 1998, he reached the last 48 at the Irish Open, losing 3–5 to Billy Snaddon, but made n ...
5–2
Jason Prince
Joe Perry 5–1
Munraj Pal
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Career
Pal turned professional in 1995, but fell off the tour two years later in 1997. He re-qualified during the 1997/1998 season, but lost his professional s ...
Mick Price 5–2 Craig Harrison
Wayne Jones 5–4
David Roe
Willie Thorne 5–2
Peter Lines
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5–3
Stuart Pettman
Marcus Campbell 5–1 Lee Richardson
Marco Fu 5–2
Anthony Davies
Leo Fernandez
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Fernandez finished second on the PIOS Order of Merit in 2007 gaining promotion to the Main Tour for the 2007–08 season, although he fai ...
w/o–w/d
Alain Robidoux
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Career
He was born in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec and joined ...
Jonathan Birch 5–2
Martin Dziewialtowski
The 1997 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 12 November 1997 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 22 and 30 N ...
Ali Carter 5–2
John Read
Noppadon Noppachorn
Noppadon Noppachorn ( th, นพดล นภจร; born 24 February 1968) is a former professional snooker player from Thailand who played a number of matches on the world snooker tour between 1992 and 2002.
He played as part of the 1996 Sno ...
5–2
David Gray
Gary Ponting
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Ponting was born in 1975, and turned professional in 1993. He reached the last 32 of the 1994 World Championship, losing 2–10 to Willie Thorne, and ...
5–3
Mark Gray Mark Gray may refer to:
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* Mark Gray (photographer) (born 1981), Australian pho ...
References
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World Open (snooker)
Grand Prix
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Grand Prix (snooker)