1999 UK Championship (snooker) seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings. Round of 128 Best of 11 frames Round of 96 Best of 11 frames 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
1983 World Snooker Championship 16 qualifiers). There were eighteen century breaks during the championship, a record which stood until 1986. The highest of the event was 147 by Cliff Thorburn. With this record he earned a £5,000 bonus. 1983 World Snooker Championship The 1983 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1983 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 April and 2 May 1983 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Steve Davis won in the final 18–6 against Cliff Thorburn. The tournament was sponsored by Embassy. The breakdown of prize