1999 Charity Challenge

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 Rooms in Derby, 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.

Qualifying

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.

Round 1

England Steve Davis 5–3 England Peter Ebdon
England Jimmy White 5–4 England John Parrott
Hong Kong Marco Fu 5–3 Wales Mark Williams
Scotland Alan McManus 5–1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor

Main draw

Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames			Semi-finals Best of 11 frames	Final Best of 17 frames

England Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

Scotland Alan McManus	2
	England Ronnie O'Sullivan	6

		England Jimmy White	4
England Jimmy White	5

Scotland Stephen Hendry	2
	England Ronnie O'Sullivan	4

		Scotland John Higgins	9
Scotland John Higgins	5

England Steve Davis	0
	Scotland John Higgins	6

		Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty	5
Hong Kong Marco Fu	4

Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown. Assembly Rooms, Derby, England, 28 February 1999.
John Higgins Scotland	9–4	Ronnie O'Sullivan England
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

Century breaks

137 – John Higgins
118, 109 – Jimmy White
113 – Peter Ebdon
108, 102 – Marco Fu
104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
102 – Ken Doherty