1999 Grand Prix (snooker)


The 1999 Grand Prix 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 in Preston, 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

was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

Round of 128 Best of 9 frames
Ian Brumby 5–4 Leigh Griffin
Phaitoon Phonbun 5–3 Richard King
Nick Dyson 5–0 Shokat Ali
Mario Geudens 5–4 Steve Judd
Barry Pinches 5–1 Tony Knowles
Craig MacGillivray 5–2 Wayne Saidler
Mark Selby 5–2 Stephen O'Connor
Mark Davis 5–2 Nick Terry
Robin Hull 5–1 Tony Jones
Dene O'Kane 5–2 Eddie Manning
Karl Burrows 5–3 Peter McCullagh
Michael Judge 5–0 Paul Sweeny
Patrick Delsemme 5–3 Stuart Bingham
John Lardner 5–1 Robert Milkins
Chris Scanlon 5–3 Hugh Abernethy
Darren Clarke 5–1 Mark Bennett
Mehmet Husnu 5–3 Nick Pearce
David McLellan 5–4 Dennis Taylor
Mark Fenton 5–2 Michael Holt
Kristján Helgason 5–3 Stefan Mazrocis
Munraj Pal 5–2 Karl Broughton
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
Anthony Davies 5–1 Gareth Chilcott
Leo Fernandez 5–2 Ryan Day
Martin Dziewialtowski 5–1 Adrian Gunnell
Ali Carter 5–3 Tony Chappel
Noppadon Noppachorn 5–0 Sean Storey
Mark Gray 5–4 Stephen Maguire
Round of 96 Best of 9 frames
Ian Brumby 5–2 Matthew Couch
Gerard Greene 5–2 Phaitoon Phonbun
Drew Henry 5–2 Nick Dyson
Mario Geudens 5–2 Alfie Burden
Barry Pinches 5–1 Paul Davies
Jason Ferguson 5–1 Craig MacGillivray
Mark Selby 5–4 Ian McCulloch
Mark Davis 5–3 Dean Reynolds
Paul Wykes 5–2 Robin Hull
Dave Finbow 5–4 Dene O'Kane
Karl Burrows 5–2 Lee Walker
Michael Judge 5–4 Rod Lawler
Neal Foulds 5–2 Patrick Delsemme
Steve James 5–4 John Lardner
Chris Scanlon 5–1 Bradley Jones
Darren Clarke 5–1 Nick Walker
Jimmy Michie 5–2 Mehmet Husnu
David McLellan 5–4 Joe Johnson
Mark Fenton 5–2 Martin Clark
Kristján Helgason 5–2 Jason Prince
Joe Perry 5–1 Munraj Pal
Mick Price 5–2 Craig Harrison
Wayne Jones 5–4 David Roe
Willie Thorne 5–2 Peter Lines
Euan Henderson 5–3 Stuart Pettman
Marcus Campbell 5–1 Lee Richardson
Marco Fu 5–2 Anthony Davies
Leo Fernandez w/o–w/d Alain Robidoux
Jonathan Birch 5–2 Martin Dziewialtowski
Ali Carter 5–2 John Read
Noppadon Noppachorn 5–2 David Gray
Gary Ponting 5–3 Mark Gray