1999 UK Championship (snooker) 1999 UK Championship (snooker) The 1999 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. The event started on 13 November 1999 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 20 and 28 November 1999. Stephen Hendry became the first player to make two maximum break in the tournament's history after scoring a 147 against Paul Wykes in the last 16. In the final Mark Williams defeated Matthew Stevens 10–8. This was Stevens' second consecutive final at the event. Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1
1948 World Snooker Championship the last black. 1948 World Snooker Championship The 1948 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament. The final was held at the Leicester Square Hall in London, England from 19 April to 1 May. For the second year running the final was contested by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. Davis won his first World title by defeating Donaldson 81–64 in the final, although he reached the winning margin already at 73–52. Davis also made the highest break of the tournament with 109. Sources: All qualifying matches were held at Burroughes Hall in London. The first-round matches were held from