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[[Matthew Stevens]] won the title on his second attempt after [[1996 Masters (snooker)|1996]] by defeating [[Ken Doherty]], who had made his second final in a row, 10–8. On the 15th frame of the final, Doherty attempted a [[maximum break]], but he missed the final black at 140.<ref>{{cite web|title=February 14 down the years: Torvill and Dean's Bolero|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/onthisday/sport/story/60.html|publisher=[[ESPN (UK){{!}}ESPN]]|accessdate=23 May 2012}}</ref> This was the highest break of the tournament.
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[[1999 Masters (snooker)|Defending champion]] [[John Higgins (snooker player)|John Higgins]] was the number 1 seed with [[1999 World Snooker Championship|World Champion]] [[Stephen Hendry]] seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the [[Snooker world rankings 1999/2000|world rankings]]. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the [[Masters Qualifying Event|qualifying event]], [[Ali Carter]] (ranked 142), and [[Marco Fu]] (ranked 35), who was the wild-card selection. Ali Carter, Marco Fu and [[Fergal O'Brien]] were making their debuts in the Masters.
==Wild-card round==
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:<ref name="Snooker.org"/><ref name="Snooker Scene"/>
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