1999 Millennium Cup
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23–25 July 1999 |
| Venue | Regent Hotel |
| City | Hong Kong |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | Unknown |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break |  Stephen Hendry (SCO) (131) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Stephen Lee (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Score | 7–2 |
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The Millennium Cup was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 23 to 25 July 1999. The tournament was played at the Regent Hotel in Hong Kong, and featured eight players.[1][2]
Stephen Lee won the second title of his professional career, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–2 in the final after taking a 5–0 lead.[3] Lee received £50,000 as winner.[3]
Main draw
Results were as follows.[2]
| Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 13 frames | ||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Chan Wok Ming | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||
 Mark Williams | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Williams | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Chan Wai Tat | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Lee | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Lee | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Marco Fu | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Lee | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Wang Tik Fan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 5 | |||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 13 frames.[2] Regent Hotel, Hong Kong, 25 July 1999. | ||
| Stephen Lee England | 7–2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan England |
| 53–29, 73(60)–48, 90(61)–26, 58(57)–33, 53(53)–12, 32–69, 59–44, 8–89(89), 85(84)–1 | ||
| 84 | Highest break | 89 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Century breaks
- 131 – Stephen Hendry
- 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
References
- ^ Chow, Aries (9 June 1999). "Fu sets sights on Hendry for Millennium Cup". South China Morning Post. p. 24.
- ^ a b c "Lee beats Fu, Hendry and O'Sullivan to win Hong Kong curtain raiser". Snooker Scene. September 1999. pp. 16–17.
- ^ a b Chow, Aries (26 July 1999). "Lee puts on one-man show; World number six claims prized scalps of Hendry and O'Sullivan on way to cup triumph". South China Morning Post. p. 24.