Matthew Stevens won the title on his second attempt after 1996 by defeating Ken Doherty, who had made his second final in a row, 10–8.

Ali Carter, Marco Fu and Fergal O'Brien were making their debuts in the Masters.

In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:[2][3] [2][3] Ali Carter won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1999 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.

[4] Karl Burrows made his only maximum break against Adrian Rosa.

[5] Total: 13 Jimmy White's century was scored in the wild-card round.