1999 UK Championship

The 1999 UK Championship (officially the 1999 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. The event started on 13 November 1999 and the televised stages were shown on the BBC between 20 and 28 November 1999.

Stephen Hendry became the first player to make two maximum breaks in the tournament's history after scoring a 147 against Paul Wykes in the last 16.

In the final Mark Williams defeated Matthew Stevens 10–8. This was Stevens' second consecutive final at the event.

Tournament summary

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

Prize fund

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

• Winner: £78,000
• Runner-up: £41,000
• Semi-finalists: £20,600
• Quarter-finalists: £11,200
• Last 16: £5,760
• Last 32: £3,650
• Last 64: £3,125
• Last 96: £1,525
• Last 128: £1,100
• Total: £500,000

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain. Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England, 28 November 1999.
Matthew Stevens (9)	8–10	Mark Williams (3)
Afternoon: 67–24, 81–0 (81), 16–72 (60), 4–67, 46–71 (65), 8–76, 5–71 (58), 32–65, 68–0 (60) Evening: 73–27, 63–47, 110–0 (110), 63–67 (50), 21–56, 22–62, 80–25 (75), 71–0 (71), 51–54 (Stevens 50)
110	Highest break	65
1	Century breaks	0
6	50+ breaks	4

Qualifying

Round of 128 Best of 11 frames

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Template:Flagicon Shokat Ali 6–3 Nick Dyson Template:Flagicon

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Round of 96 Best of 11 frames

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