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Charity Challenge

Tournament information
Dates	25–28 February 1999 (1999-02-25 – 1999-02-28)
Venue	Assembly Rooms
City	Derby
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund	£130,000
Winner's share	£30,000
Highest break	John Higgins (137)
Final
Champion	John Higgins
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score	9–4
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The 1999 Charity Challenge was the fifth and final edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 25 to 28 February 1999.

The tournament was played at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, and featured twelve professional players.

John Higgins won the title for the second time in succession, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–4 in the final.

Qualifying

Four qualifying matches were played, under a best-of-nine frames format, the winners going on to play Ken Doherty, O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and Higgins, all of whom were seeded to the quarter-final stage.

Round 1

• Steve Davis 5–3 Peter Ebdon
• Jimmy White 5–4 John Parrott
• Marco Fu 5–3 Mark Williams
• Alan McManus 5–1 Dennis Taylor

Main draw

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	Ronnie O'Sullivan		5
	Alan McManus		2
						Ronnie O'Sullivan		6
						Jimmy White		4
	Jimmy White		5
	Stephen Hendry		2
											Ronnie O'Sullivan		4
											John Higgins		9
	John Higgins		5
	Steve Davis		0
						John Higgins		6
						Ken Doherty		5
	Marco Fu		4
	Ken Doherty		5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown. Assembly Rooms, Derby, England, 28 February 1999.
John Higgins Scotland	9–4	Ronnie O'Sullivan England
83(52)–0, 16–92(64), 62–0, 25–63(62), 82(65)–1, 67(62)–36, 94(63)–0, 67–52, 65–59, 79(78)–15, 20–71(62), 1–70(69), 67(67)–15
78	Highest break	69
0	Century breaks	0
6	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks

• 137 – John Higgins
• 118, 109 – Jimmy White
• 113 – Peter Ebdon
• 108, 102 – Marco Fu
• 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 102 – Ken Doherty