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1999 Charity Challenge
The 1999 Charity Challenge was the fifth and final edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 25 to 28 February 1999.
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| Tournament information |
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| 25–28 February 1999 (1999-02-25 – 1999-02-28) |
| Assembly Rooms |
| Derby |
| England |
| WPBSA |
| Non-Ranking event |
| £130,000 |
| £30,000 |
| John Higgins (137) |
| John Higgins |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| 9–4 |
| ← 1998 1999 → |
The 1999 Charity Challenge was the fifth and final 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.
John Higgins won the title for the second time in succession, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–4 in the final.
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.
- Steve Davis 5–3 Peter Ebdon
- Jimmy White 5–4 John Parrott
- Marco Fu 5–3 Mark Williams
- Alan McManus 5–1 Dennis Taylor
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| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown.Assembly Rooms, Derby, England, 28 February 1999. | ||
| John Higgins Scotland | 9–4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan England |
| 83(52)–0, 16–92(64), 62–0, 25–63(62), 82(65)–1, 67(62)–36, 94(63)–0, 67–52, 65–59, 79(78)–15, 20–71(62), 1–70(69), 67(67)–15 | ||
| 78 | Highest break | 69 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
- 137 – John Higgins
- 118, 109 – Jimmy White
- 113 – Peter Ebdon
- 108, 102 – Marco Fu
- 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 102 – Ken Doherty
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