The 1999 China International was a professional

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snooker tournament that took place from 8–14 March 1999 at the JC Mandarin Hotel in

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, China. The tournament was the inaugural staging of the event as a ranking tournament, after the 1997 edition had previously been held as an invitational tournament. This edition was the seventh ranking event out of the 1998/1999 season.

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won the tournament by defeating

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9–3 in the final. Mehmet Husnu recorded a

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against Eddie Barker during qualifying for the tournament.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £42,000
Runner-up: £21,000
Semi-final: £11,000
Quarter-final: £6,200
Last 16: £3,100
Last 32: £2,555
Highest break (televised): £2,500
Highest break (qualifying): £1,000

Wildcard round

Main draw

References

{{Snooker season 1998/1999 1999 China Open Open (snooker) Sports competitions in Shanghai