1999 Millennium Cup

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 professional players.

Millennium Cup
Tournament information
Dates23-25 July 1999
VenueRegent Hotel
CityHong Kong
CountryHong Kong
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatNon-Ranking event
Total prize fundUnknown[1]
Highest break Stephen Hendry (SCO) (131)
Final
Champion Stephen Lee (ENG)
Runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score7–2
first
last

Stephen Lee won the second title of his professional career, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–2 in the final.[2]

Main draw

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 5 Stephen Lee 7
Marco Fu 0 Stephen Lee 6
Wang Tik Fan 2 Stephen Hendry 1
Stephen Hendry 5

Final

Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: unknown.
Regent Hotel, Hong Kong, 25 July 1999.[3]
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

References

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