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Embassy World Snooker Championship

比赛信息
日期	17 April–3 May 1999
场馆	Crucible Theatre
城市	Sheffield
国家/地区	England
组织	WPBSA
比赛形式	Ranking event
总奖金	£1,400,000
冠军奖金	£230,000
单杆最高分	142
决赛
冠军	Stephen Hendry
亚军	Mark Williams
比分	18–11
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The 1999 Embassy World Snooker Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 April–3 May 1999 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 10–17 against Mark Williams and became another World Champion, who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title.

Stephen Hendry won his seventh World title by defeating Mark Williams in the final by 18 frames to 11.

Tournament summary

• Stephen Hendry won the world title for a seventh time, a record in the modern era, beating Ray Reardon and Steve Davis' six titles. Hendry won all his titles in the 1990s while Davis won his six in the 1980s and Reardon won his in the 1970s.
• During his first round match, Steve James compiled the 500th century break at the Crucible in frame seven.
• Ronnie O'Sullivan came close to a maximum break in his semi-final match with Hendry. He missed the last pink to the middle pocket and his break ended at 134.
• O'Sullivan and Hendry made the most century breaks in a single match at the World Championship with eight.
• Dominic Dale scored 167 points in one frame in his match against Nigel Bond. He earned 44 penalty points and then made a century break. This is the highest number of points ever scored by a player in one frame in any ranking event.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

• Winner: £230,000
• Runner-up: £135,000
• Semi-final: £68,000
• Quarter-final: £34,000
• Last 16: £18,350
• Last 32: £12,500
• Last 48: £9,250
• Last 64: £6,000

• Last 96: £3,700
• Last 134: £300

• Stage one highest break : £2,000
• Stage two highest break : £20,000

• Stage two maximum break: £147,000

• Total: £1,400,000

Main draw

Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).

第一圈

第二圈

半準决赛

準决赛

Best of 19 frames

Best of 25 frames

Best of 25 frames

Best of 33 frames

17 April

John Higgins (1)

10

22, 23 & 24 April

Gerard Greene

2

John Higgins (1)

13

19 & 20 April

Mark King (16)

4

Mark King (16)

10

27 & 28 April

Darren Morgan

8

John Higgins (1)

13

21 & 22 April

Stephen Lee (9)

6

Stephen Lee (9)

10

25 & 26 April

John Lardner

7

Stephen Lee (9)

13

21 April

Alan McManus (8)

7

Alan McManus (8)

10

29, 30 April & 1 May

Jimmy White

7

John Higgins (1)

10

20 April

Mark Williams (5)

17

Mark Williams (5)

10

24, 25 & 26 April

Ian McCulloch

4

Mark Williams (5)

13

18 & 19 April

Nick Walker

7

Alain Robidoux (12)

6

27 & 28 April

Nick Walker

10

Mark Williams (5)

13

17 & 18 April

Ken Doherty (4)

9

Nigel Bond (13)

10

23 & 24 April

Dominic Dale

6

Nigel Bond (13)

11

18 & 19 April

Ken Doherty (4)

13

Ken Doherty (4)

10

Steve James

3

21 & 22 April

Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)

10

24, 25 & 26 April

Leo Fernandez

3

Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)

13

20 & 21 April

Joe Perry

8

Steve Davis (14)

9

27 & 28 April

Joe Perry

10

Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)

13

17 & 18 April

John Parrott (6)

9

Anthony Hamilton (11)

9

22 & 23 April

Chris Small

10

Chris Small

12

17 & 18 April

John Parrott (6)

13

John Parrott (6)

10

29, 30 April & 1 May

Terry Murphy

8

Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)

13

19 April

Stephen Hendry (2)

17

Peter Ebdon (7)

7

23 & 24 April

Matthew Stevens

10

Matthew Stevens

13

17 & 18 April

Tony Drago (10)

8

Tony Drago (10)

10

27 & 28 April

Fergal O'Brien

4

Matthew Stevens

5

19 & 20 April

Stephen Hendry (2)

13

James Wattana (15)

10

25 & 26 April

Marco Fu

8

James Wattana (15)

7

20 & 21 April

Stephen Hendry (2)

13

Stephen Hendry (2)

10

Paul Hunter

8

决赛 (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2 & 3 May 1999. Referee: Colin Brinded
Mark Williams (5) 威尔士	11–18	Stephen Hendry (2) 苏格兰
47–82, 6–120, 16–51, 60–77, 75–0, 16–101, 73–16, 92–24, 24–77, 15–76, 65–20, 4–133, 75–49, 67–30, 22–64, 23–100, 85–51, 72–32, 0–78, 84–29, 10–106, 13–71, 62–75, 48–60, 45–72, 19–71, 89–0, 73–67, 40–88	Century breaks: 2 (Hendry 2) Highest break by Williams: 89 Highest break by Hendry: 132	47–82, 6–120, 16–51, 60–77, 75–0, 16–101, 73–16, 92–24, 24–77, 15–76, 65–20, 4–133, 75–49, 67–30, 22–64, 23–100, 85–51, 72–32, 0–78, 84–29, 10–106, 13–71, 62–75, 48–60, 45–72, 19–71, 89–0, 73–67, 40–88
Stephen Hendry wins the 1999 Embassy World Snooker Championship

Century breaks

There were 53 century breaks in the championship. The highest break was 142 made by John Higgins and 143 made by both Stephen Maguire and Barry Pinches at the televised and the qualifying stages respectively.

• 142, 132, 127, 126, 124, 108, 104, 104, 100 John Higgins
• 140, 123, 109, 104, 101, 100 Mark Williams
• 137, 108 Tony Drago
• 137 Steve James
• 136, 130, 110 James Wattana
• 135, 134, 122, 120, 110, 105, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 133 John Parrott
• 132, 126, 109, 108, 106, 104, 104 101 Stephen Hendry

• 131, 114 Chris Small
• 128, 110, 104 Stephen Lee
• 124, 120, 100 Matthew Stevens
• 122 Dominic Dale
• 120, 109 Joe Perry
• 108, 103 Anthony Hamilton
• 104 Ken Doherty
• 103, 103 Mark King