# 1999–2000 snooker season

The 1999–2000 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 23 July 1999 and 28 May 2000. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

## Calendar
### World Snooker Tour

| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| 23 Jul | 25 Jul | HKG | Millennium Cup | Regent Hotel | Hong Kong | Stephen Lee | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 7–2 |
| 28 Aug | 5 Sep | ENG | Champions Cup | Fairfield Halls | Croydon | Stephen Hendry | Mark Williams | 7–5 |
| 8 Sep | 19 Sep | ENG | British Open | Plymouth Pavilions | Plymouth | Stephen Hendry | Peter Ebdon | 9–5 |
| 28 Sep | 3 Oct | SCO | Scottish Masters | Civic Centre | Motherwell | Matthew Stevens | John Higgins | 9–7 |
| 11 Oct | 24 Oct | ENG | Grand Prix | Guild Hall | Preston | John Higgins | Mark Williams | 9–8 |
| 5 Nov | 16 Nov | ENG | Benson & Hedges Championship | Willie Thorne Snooker Centre | Malvern | Ali Carter | Simon Bedford | 9–4 |
| 13 Nov | 28 Nov | ENG | UK Championship | Bournemouth International Centre | Bournemouth | Mark Williams | Matthew Stevens | 10–8 |
| 11 Dec | 19 Dec | CHN | China Open | JC Mandarin Hotel | Shanghai | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Stephen Lee | 9–2 |
| 15 Jan | 23 Jan | ENG | Nations Cup | The Hexagon | Reading | England | Wales | 6–4 |
| 24 Jan | 30 Jan | WAL | Welsh Open | Cardiff International Arena | Cardiff | John Higgins | Stephen Lee | 9–8 |
| 6 Feb | 13 Feb | ENG | The Masters | Wembley Conference Centre | London | Matthew Stevens | Ken Doherty | 10–8 |
| 20 Feb | 27 Feb | MLT | Malta Grand Prix | Mediterranean Conference Centre | Valletta | Ken Doherty | Mark Williams | 9–3 |
| 3 Mar | 11 Mar | THA | Thailand Masters | Riverside Montien Hotel | Bangkok | Mark Williams | Stephen Hendry | 9–5 |
| 21 Mar | 26 Mar | IRL | Irish Masters | Goff's | Kill | John Higgins | Stephen Hendry | 9–4 |
| 28 Mar | 9 Apr | SCO | Scottish Open | A.E.C.C. | Aberdeen | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Mark Williams | 9–1 |
| 15 Apr | 1 May | ENG | World Snooker Championship | Crucible Theatre | Sheffield | Mark Williams | Matthew Stevens | 18–16 |
| 8 Jan | 6 May | ENG | Premier League | Charter Hall | Colchester | Stephen Hendry | Mark Williams | 9–5 |
| 13 May | 20 May | WAL | Pontins Professional | Pontins | Prestatyn | Darren Morgan | Jimmy White | 9–2 |
* Ranking event
* Non-ranking event

### UK Tour

| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| 5 Oct | 10 Oct | ENG | UK Tour 1 | Riley's | Oldham | Matt Wilson | Barry Hawkins | 6–4 |
| 23 Jan | 25 Jan | ENG | UK Tour 2 | Jesters Snooker Club | Swindon | Andrew Higginson | Scott MacKenzie | 6–3 |
| 16 Mar | 18 Mar | ENG | UK Tour 3 | Riley's | Stockport | Simon Bedford | Barry Hawkins | 6–5 |
| 10 Apr | 12 Apr | ENG | UK Tour 4 | Jesters Snooker Club | Swindon | Barry Hawkins | Craig Butler | 6–1 |

### Seniors event

| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. |
| 27 May | 28 May | ENG | World Seniors Masters | Royal Automobile Club | London | Willie Thorne | Cliff Thorburn | 1–0 | |

## Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.
| No. | Player | Points 1997/1998 | Points 1998/1999 | Total |
| 1 | John Higgins | 27835 | 22755 | 50590 |
| 2 | Stephen Hendry | 16790 | 24445 | 41235 |
| 3 | Mark Williams | 11335 | 25445 | 36780 |
| 4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 21105 | 12440 | 33545 |
| 5 | John Parrott | 15335 | 14665 | 30000 |
| 6 | Stephen Lee | 12880 | 15625 | 28505 |
| 7 | Ken Doherty | 15095 | 12995 | 28090 |
| 8 | Alan McManus | 10755 | 15760 | 26515 |
| 9 | Matthew Stevens | 10280 | 13100 | 23380 |
| 10 | Anthony Hamilton | 10760 | 12255 | 23015 |
| 11 | Fergal O'Brien | 9095 | 13667 | 22762 |
| 12 | Paul Hunter | 9715 | 12422 | 22137 |
| 13 | Peter Ebdon | 10340 | 11470 | 21810 |
| 14 | Mark King | 10950 | 9470 | 20420 |
| 15 | Steve Davis | 9175 | 10870 | 20045 |
| 16 | Jimmy White | 10810 | 9012 | 19822 |