1999 Grand Prix (snooker)

The 1999 Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament and the second of nine WPBSA ranking events in the 1999/2000 season, following the British Open and preceding the UK Championship. It was held from 11 to 24 October 1999 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.

Stephen Lee was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Tony Drago. John Higgins won his 11th ranking title by defeating Mark Williams 9–8 in the final.

Tournament summary
Defending champion Stephen Lee was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Qualifying
Round of 128 Best of 9 frames

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Brumby 5–4 Leigh Griffin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇹🇭 Phaitoon Phonbun 5–3 Richard King 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Dyson 5–0 Shokat Ali 🇵🇰

🇧🇪 Mario Geudens 5–4 Steve Judd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches 5–1 Tony Knowles 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Craig MacGillivray 5–2 Wayne Saidler 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby 5–2 Stephen O'Connor 🇮🇪

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis 5–2 Nick Terry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇫🇮 Robin Hull 5–1 Tony Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇳🇿 Dene O'Kane 5–2 Eddie Manning 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Karl Burrows 5–3 Peter McCullagh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇮🇪 Michael Judge 5–0 Paul Sweeny 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇧🇪 Patrick Delsemme 5–3 Stuart Bingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

John Lardner 5–1 Robert Milkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Scanlon 5–3 Hugh Abernethy

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Clarke 5–1 Mark Bennett 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🇨🇾 Mehmet Husnu 5–3 Nick Pearce 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

David McLellan 5–4 Dennis Taylor

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Fenton 5–2 Michael Holt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇮🇸 Kristján Helgason 5–3 Stefan Mazrocis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Munraj Pal 5–2 Karl Broughton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Craig Harrison 5–1 Patrick Wallace

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wayne Jones 5–3 Wayne Brown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Willie Thorne 5–4 James Reynolds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Pettman 5–2 Mike Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Richardson 5–4 Troy Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Anthony Davies 5–1 Gareth Chilcott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🇮🇪 Leo Fernandez 5–2 Ryan Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Martin Dziewialtowski 5–1 Adrian Gunnell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ali Carter 5–3 Tony Chappel 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🇹🇭 Noppadon Noppachorn 5–0 Sean Storey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Gray 5–4 Stephen Maguire

Round of 96 Best of 9 frames

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Brumby 5–2 Matthew Couch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Gerard Greene 5–2 Phaitoon Phonbun 🇹🇭

Drew Henry 5–2 Nick Dyson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇧🇪 Mario Geudens 5–2 Alfie Burden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches 5–1 Paul Davies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Ferguson 5–1 Craig MacGillivray

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby 5–4 Ian McCulloch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis 5–3 Dean Reynolds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Wykes 5–2 Robin Hull 🇫🇮

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Finbow 5–4 Dene O'Kane 🇳🇿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Karl Burrows 5–2 Lee Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🇮🇪 Michael Judge 5–4 Rod Lawler 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Neal Foulds 5–2 Patrick Delsemme 🇧🇪

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve James 5–4 John Lardner

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Scanlon 5–1 Bradley Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Clarke 5–1 Nick Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Michie 5–2 Mehmet Husnu 🇨🇾

David McLellan 5–4 Joe Johnson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Fenton 5–2 Martin Clark 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇮🇸 Kristján Helgason 5–2 Jason Prince

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Perry 5–1 Munraj Pal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mick Price 5–2 Craig Harrison 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wayne Jones 5–4 David Roe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Willie Thorne 5–2 Peter Lines 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Euan Henderson 5–3 Stuart Pettman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Marcus Campbell 5–1 Lee Richardson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇭🇰 Marco Fu 5–2 Anthony Davies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🇮🇪 Leo Fernandez w/o–w/d Alain Robidoux 🇨🇦

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonathan Birch 5–2 Martin Dziewialtowski

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ali Carter 5–2 John Read 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇹🇭 Noppadon Noppachorn 5–2 David Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Ponting 5–3 Mark Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿