Tournament Name: | China International |
Venue: | JC Mandarin Hotel |
Location: | Shanghai |
Country: | China |
Organisation: | WPBSA |
Format: | Ranking event |
Total Prize Fund: | £255,000 |
Winners Share: | £42,000 |
Score: | 9–3 |
Previous: | 1997 |
Next: | 1999 |
The 1999 China International was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 8–14 March 1999 at the JC Mandarin Hotel in Shanghai, China. The tournament was the inaugural staging of the event as a ranking tournament, after the 1997 edition had previously been held as an invitational tournament. This edition was the seventh ranking event out of the 1998/1999 season.
John Higgins won the tournament by defeating Billy Snaddon 9–3 in the final. Mehmet Husnu recorded a maximum break against Eddie Barker during qualifying for the tournament.[1]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2] Winner: £42,000
Runner-up: £21,000
Semi-final: £11,000
Quarter-final: £6,200
Last 16: £3,100
Last 32: £2,555
Highest break (televised): £2,500
Highest break (qualifying): £1,000
Match | Score | ||
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WC1 | 5–3 | ||
WC2 | 1–5 | ||
WC3 | 5–2 | ||
WC4 | 5–4 | ||