1998 German Masters

1998 German Masters 1998 12 8 1998 12 13 y Best Western Rheinhotel Bingen am Rhein Germany WPBSA Non-ranking event £110,000 £25,000 John Parrott ENG (130) John Parrott ENG Mark Williams WAL 6–4 1997 2011 The 1998 German Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8–13 December 1998 at the Best Western Rheinhotel in Bingen am Rhein, Germany. Twelve players competed, 10 of the leading 11 in the world rankings, together with Steve Davis and Jimmy White. Ronnie O'Sullivan, ranked 3 in the world, did not compete. Matches were over 9 frames, except for the final which the best-of-11. Prize money was £110,000 with all players guaranteed a minimum of £5,000 for competing. Tony Drago beat Stephen Hendry in the quarter-finals, his first win over Hendry in 13 attempts. John Parrott beat world number one, John Higgins, at the same stage.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89620626/the-guardian/ Snooker Clive Everton The Guardian 11 December 1998 Sport 13 Newspapers.com Parrott beat Mark Williams 6–4 in the final. Williams led 4–3 but Parrott won the next three to win the match.Turner Chris Major European Tournaments http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Euro.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155305/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Euro.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 31 December 2010 It was Parrott's first win since the European Open in March 1996.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89620900/evening-standard/ John Parrott The Evening Standard 14 December 1998 85 Newspapers.com Parrott also won the £1,000 high break prize for a break of 130 in his semi-final match. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:German Masters 1998 http://www.snooker.org/trn/9899/gm98_res.shtml Snooker.org 14 January 2011 Winner: £25,000 Runner-up: £16,000 Semi-final: £10,000 Quarter-final: £7,000 Last 12: £5,000 Highest break: £1,000 Total: £110,000 Main draw 180 Last 12 Best of 9 frames Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames Semi-finals Best of 9 frames Final Best of 11 frames John Parrott ENG 5 Jimmy White ENG 1 Stephen Lee ENG 5 Anthony Hamilton ENG 1 Alan McManus SCO 5 Steve Davis ENG 1 Peter Ebdon ENG 0 Tony Drago MLT 5 John Higgins SCO 3 ENG John Parrott 5 Ken Doherty IRL 5 ENG Stephen Lee 3 Mark Williams WAL 5 SCO Alan McManus 1 Stephen Hendry SCO 2 MLT Tony Drago 5 ENG John Parrott 5 IRL Ken Doherty 1 WAL Mark Williams 5 MLT Tony Drago 2 ENG John Parrott 6 WAL Mark Williams 4 Final Final: Best of 11 frames.Best Western Rheinhotel, Bingen am Rhein, Germany, 13 December 1998. John Parrott 6–4 Mark Williams 0–85 (78), 64–32, 5–67 (67), 117–1 (75), 77–32, 0–106 (61), 0–95 (62), 63–39, 64–39, 79–0 (79) 79 Highest break 78 0 Century breaks 0 2 50+ breaks 4 Century breaks 130, 114 John Parrott 123 Anthony Hamilton References 1998 German Masters Masters German Masters Category:Snooker non-ranking competitions Category:Sports competitions in Rhineland-Palatinate