1998 Welsh Open (snooker)

1998 Welsh Open the darts tournament Welsh Open (darts) 1998 Regal Welsh Open 1998 01 16 1998 01 25 y Newport Leisure Centre Newport Wales WPBSA Ranking event £350,000 £60,000 Graeme Dott SCO (142) Paul Hunter ENG John Higgins SCO 9–5 1997 1999 The 1998 Welsh Open (officially the 1998 Regal Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 25 January 1998 at the Newport Leisure Centre in Newport, Wales. Stephen Hendry was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round against Jamie Burnett. Paul Hunter defeated John Higgins 9–5 in the final to win his first ranking title. __TOC__ Main draw Welsh Open http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=35 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071817/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=35 dead 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 4 December 20171998 Welsh Open Results Grid http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=178 Snooker Database 4 December 2017 5 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171205042159/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=178 dead Last 64Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames ENG Paul Hunter 5 ENG Neal Foulds 2 ENG Steve Davis 5 ENG Dave Finbow 3 ENG Nigel Bond 5 ENG Ian Brumby 0 ENG Jason Ferguson 5 SCO Billy Snaddon 3 SCO Alan McManus 5 ENG Joe Johnson 0 SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 5 ENG Mick Price 3 SCO Chris Small 5 ENG David Roe 3 ENG Nick Walker 5 WAL Mark Williams 3 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 ENG Stuart Pettman 4 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 ENG John Read 2 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 WAL Wayne Jones 4 ENG Steve Judd 5 MLT Tony Drago 3 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 SCO Stephen Hendry 4 ENG Joe Perry 5 ENG Brian Morgan 4 ENG Stephen Lee 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 4 ENG Peter Lines 5 ENG Rod Lawler 0 SCO John Higgins 5 SCO Euan Henderson 2 NIR Terry Murphy 5 ENG Bradley Jones 4 ENG Andy Hicks 5 ENG Tony Jones 3 ENG Stefan Mazrocis 5 CAN Alain Robidoux 3 ENG John Parrott 5 WAL Paul Davies 3 ENG Ian McCulloch 5 ENG Martin Clark 1 SCO Graeme Dott 5 THA James Wattana 4 ENG Steve James 5 NIR Gerard Greene 1 ENG Mark King 5 ENG Gary Ponting 1 WAL Tony Chappel 5 IRL Ken Doherty 3 WAL Dominic Dale 5 NIR Joe Swail 4 ENG Sean Storey 5 WAL Darren Morgan 4 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 WAL Matthew Stevens 1 ENG Dave Harold 5 ENG Wayne Brown 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 IRL Stephen O'Connor 1 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG Mark Davis 2 ENG Paul Hunter 5 ENG Steve Davis 3 ENG Nigel Bond 5 ENG Jason Ferguson 0 SCO Alan McManus 5 SCO Martin Dziewialtowski 1 SCO Chris Small 5 ENG Nick Walker 1 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 ENG Gary Wilkinson 0 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 ENG Steve Judd 3 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 ENG Joe Perry 3 ENG Stephen Lee 5 ENG Peter Lines 1 SCO John Higgins 5 NIR Terry Murphy 1 ENG Andy Hicks 5 ENG Stefan Mazrocis 1 ENG John Parrott 5 ENG Ian McCulloch 1 SCO Graeme Dott 5 ENG Steve James 2 ENG Mark King 5 WAL Tony Chappel 2 WAL Dominic Dale 5 ENG Sean Storey 3 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Dave Harold 2 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 ENG Jimmy White 4 ENG Paul Hunter 5 ENG Nigel Bond 4 SCO Alan McManus 5 SCO Chris Small 0 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 3 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 ENG Stephen Lee 3 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Andy Hicks 3 ENG John Parrott 5 SCO Graeme Dott 1 ENG Mark King 5 WAL Dominic Dale 1 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 4 ENG Paul Hunter 5 SCO Alan McManus 3 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 2 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG John Parrott 4 ENG Mark King 5 ENG Anthony Hamilton 3 ENG Paul Hunter 6 ENG Peter Ebdon 1 SCO John Higgins 6 ENG Mark King 5 ENG Paul Hunter 9 SCO John Higgins 5 Final Regal Welsh Open 1998 http://www.snooker.org/trn/9798/wo98_res.shtml#RP snooker.org 4 December 2017 Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Newport Leisure Centre, Newport, Wales, 25 January 1998. Paul Hunter 9–5 John HigginsAfternoon: 40–87 (87), 131–1 (127), 44–81 (63), 116–0 (116), 0–88 (55), 26–62, 76–21, 61–8Evening: 10–69 (52), 64–20, 73–34, 68–41, 74–8 (74), 108–0 (108) 127 Highest break 87 3 Century breaks 0 4 50+ breaks 4 References Category:Welsh Open (snooker) Category:1998 in snooker Category:1990s in Cardiff Welsh