1998 Irish Open

1998 Irish Open 1998 12 14 1998 12 20 y National Basketball Arena Tallaght Ireland WPBSA Ranking event £305,000 £50,000 Mark Williams WAL (139) Mark Williams WAL Alan McManus SCO 9–4 1997 2001 The 1998 Irish Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, held from 14 to 20 December 1998 at the National Basketball Arena, Tallaght, Ireland, of which only one edition was held. Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating Alan McManus 9–4 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Irish Open 1998 http://www.snooker.org/trn/9899/io98_res.shtml snooker.org 29 November 2017 70% 50% Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £26,000 Semi-final: £13,000 Quarter-final: £7,555 Last 16: £3,750 Last 32: £3,100 Last 48: £1,800 50% Last 64: £1,250 Last 96: £890 Overseas play-off round: £890 Last 134: £205 Televised highest break: £3,000 Qualifying highest break: £1,000 Total: £305,000 Main draw Irish Open http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=26 snooker.org https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071620/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=26 29 November 2017 2013-01-24 Last 32 Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Tony Knowles 3 ENG Stephen Lee 5 AUS Quinten Hann 0 ENG Matthew Couch 5 CAN Alain Robidoux 1 ENG John Parrott 5 WAL Dominic Dale 4 WAL Mark Williams 5 WAL Lee Walker 3 SCO Graeme Dott 5 ENG Mark King 4 ENG Bradley Jones 5 ENG Nigel Bond 1 IRL Ken Doherty 5 NIR Gerard Greene 4 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 4 SCO Billy Snaddon 5 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 WAL Paul Davies 5 THA James Wattana 4 SCO Alan McManus 5 ENG Dave Harold 4 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 ENG Jimmy White 4 MLT Tony Drago 5 ENG Karl Broughton 4 ENG Paul Hunter 5 ENG Steve Davis 4 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Joe Perry 1 SCO John Higgins 3 ENG Stephen Lee 5 ENG Matthew Couch 4 ENG John Parrott 5 WAL Mark Williams 5 SCO Graeme Dott 0 ENG Bradley Jones 2 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Jimmy Michie 0 SCO Billy Snaddon 5 WAL Paul Davies 4 SCO Alan McManus 5 ENG Peter Ebdon 4 MLT Tony Drago 5 ENG Paul Hunter 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Stephen Lee 2 ENG John Parrott 5 WAL Mark Williams 5 IRL Ken Doherty 1 SCO Billy Snaddon 3 SCO Alan McManus 5 MLT Tony Drago 5 SCO Stephen Hendry 4 ENG John Parrott 1 WAL Mark Williams 6 SCO Alan McManus 6 MLT Tony Drago 3 WAL Mark Williams 9 SCO Alan McManus 4 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Len GanleyNational Basketball Arena, Dublin, Ireland, 20 December 1998. Mark Williams 9–4 Alan McManusAfternoon: 62–25, 64–8, 64–20 (64), 44–36, 78–4 (64), 135–0 (135), 47–60, 49–53Evening: 7–91 (71),68–1 (53), 75–16 (62), 0–82 (82), 107–0 (65) 135 Highest break 82 1 Century breaks 0 6 50+ breaks 2 Century breaks 139, 133, 118, 103, 101 Mark Williams 120 Alan McManus 118, 102 Bradley Jones 117 James Wattana 109, 100 Ken Doherty 106 Tony Drago 104 Anthony Hamilton 104, 100 Stephen Hendry References 30em Category:European Masters (snooker) Irish Open Open Irish Open Category:Snooker competitions in Ireland Snooker