1999 China Open (snooker)

China Open

Tournament information
Dates	11–19 November 1999
Venue	Beijing University Students Gymnasium
City	Beijing
Country	China
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£305,000
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Stephen Lee
Score	9–2
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The 1999 China Open (also known as the 1999 China International) professional snooker tournament, took place between 11–19 December 1999 at the Beijing University Students Gymnasium. The tournament was the fourth ranking event out of nine of the 1999/2000 season.

The defending champion was John Higgins, but he was eliminated in the fifth round of the qualifiers, losing to Peter Lines 1–5. Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament, beating Stephen Lee 9–2 in the final.

Wildcard round

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Match		Score
WC1	Peter Lines	5–3	Zhang Kai
WC2	Anthony Davies	5–1	Pang Wei Guo
WC3	Marco Fu	5–3	Dai Han Lin

Main draw

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Round 1 Best of 9 frames				Round 2 Best of 9 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 19 frames
John Higgins	1
Peter Lines	5			Peter Lines	5
Peter Ebdon	5			Peter Ebdon	4
Stephen Maguire	0							Peter Lines	4
Steve Davis	3							Brian Morgan	5
Brian Morgan	5			Brian Morgan	5
John Parrott	4			Stuart Bingham	2
Stuart Bingham	5											Brian Morgan	5
Ken Doherty	3											Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
Paul Sweeny	5			Paul Sweeny	5
Jimmy White	3			Wayne Brown	4
Wayne Brown	5							Paul Sweeny	1
Fergal O'Brien	3							Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
Shokat Ali	5			Shokat Ali	2
Ronnie O'Sullivan	5			Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
Anthony Davies	2															Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
Mark Williams	5															Stephen Lee	2
Dave Harold	4			Mark Williams	5
Paul Hunter	5			Paul Hunter	0
Joe Swail	4							Mark Williams	4
Mark King	5							Stephen Lee	5
Terry Murphy	3			Mark King	4
Stephen Lee	5			Stephen Lee	5
Dominic Dale	3											Stephen Lee	6
Alan McManus	0											Stephen Hendry	4
Joe Perry	5			Joe Perry	5
Anthony Hamilton	4			Graeme Dott	3
Graeme Dott	5							Joe Perry	4
Matthew Stevens	5							Stephen Hendry	5
Jamie Burnett	3			Matthew Stevens	2
Stephen Hendry	5			Stephen Hendry	5
Marco Fu	1

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames Beijing Student University Stadium, Beijing, China, 19 December 1999.[2]
Ronnie O'Sullivan  England	9–2	Stephen Lee  England
Afternoon: 61–23, 36–91, 115–17 (115), 94–8 (87) 124–8 (124), 93–16, 109–1, 75–43 (75) Evening: 20–85 (69), 75–1, 76–33 (56)
124	Highest break	69
2	Century breaks	0
5	50+ breaks	1

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "1999 China Open Results". Snooker Database. http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=191. Retrieved 29 April 2011. 
2. ^ "China International 1999 (Dec)". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/9900/ci99_res.shtml. Retrieved 29 April 2011.