1999 Premier League Snooker

The 1999 Riley Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 2 January to 16 May 1999.

Riley Premier League
Tournament information
Dates2 January–16 May 1999
CountryUnited Kingdom
Organisation(s)Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Final
Champion John Higgins
Runner-up Jimmy White
Score9–4
1998
2000

John Higgins won in the final 9–4 against Jimmy White.[1]

League phase

Ranking
OSU

WIL

HIG

WHI

DOH

HEN

DAV
Frame
W-L
Match
W-D-L
Pld-Pts
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan x454666 31–174–2–06–10
2 Mark Williams 4x45555 28–204–2–06–10
3 John Higgins 34x4636 26–222–2–26–6
4 Jimmy White 434x453 23–251–3–26–5
5 Ken Doherty 2324x64 21–271–2–36–4
6 Stephen Hendry 32243x4 21–262–0–46–4
7 Steve Davis 232542x 18–301–1–46–3

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher.[2]

  • Match Day 1
    • Jimmy White 4–4 Ken Doherty
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–4 Mark Williams
  • Match Day 2
    • Mark Williams 5–3 Steve Davis
    • Stephen Hendry 5–3 John Higgins
    • Jimmy White 4–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • Match Day 3
    • John Higgins 4–4 Mark Williams
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 Ken Doherty
  • Match Day 4
    • Mark Williams 5–3 Ken Doherty
    • Stephen Hendry 6–2 Steve Davis
  • Match Day 5
    • John Higgins 6–2 Steve Davis
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 Stephen Hendry
  • Match Day 6
    • Jimmy White 5–3 Stephen Hendry
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–2 Steve Davis
    • John Higgins 6–2 Ken Doherty
  • Match Day 7
    • Jimmy White 4–4 John Higgins
    • Ken Doherty 6–2 Stephen Hendry
  • Match Day 8
    • Mark Williams 5–3 Jimmy White
    • Steve Davis 4–4 Ken Doherty
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 John Higgins
  • Match Day 9
    • Mark Williams 5–3 Stephen Hendry
    • Steve Davis 5–3 Jimmy White

Play-offs

15–16 May – Magnet Leisure Centre, Maidenhead, England[2]

Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
      
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 1
4 Jimmy White 6
4 Jimmy White 4
3 John Higgins 9
2 Mark Williams 2
3 John Higgins 6

References

  1. "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 176.
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