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Tournament information | |
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Dates | 25–28 February 1999 (1999-02-25 – 1999-02-28) |
Venue | Assembly Rooms |
City | Derby |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Non-Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £130,000[1] |
Winner's share | £30,000[2] |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 9–4 |
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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 RoomsinDerby, 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.[3]
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.
Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
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Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown. Assembly Rooms, Derby, England, 28 February 1999.[4] | ||
John Higgins ![]() |
9–4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan ![]() |
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 |