1998 British Open

real tennis 1998 British Open (real tennis) 1998 British Open 1998 04 2 1998 04 12 y Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth England WPBSA Ranking event £350,000 £60,000 Anthony Hamilton ENG (141) John Higgins SCO Stephen Hendry SCO 9–8 1997 Apr 1999 The 1998 British Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 2–12 April 1998 at the Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England.Layton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 174 John Higgins won the tournament by defeating Stephen Hendry nine frames to eight in the final. The defending champion, Mark Williams, was defeated by Higgins in the semi-final.British Open http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/brit.html Chris Turner's Snooker Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155129/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/brit.html 15 January 2018 2012-02-16 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Higgins goes distance to beat Hendry for title Snooker Scene Halesowen May 1998 20–21 70% 50% Winner: £60,000 Final: £32,000 Semi-final: £16,000 Quarter-final: £9,100 Last 16: £4,550 Last 32: £2,600 50% Last 64: £2,100 Last 96: £1,200 Stage one highest break: £1,000 Stage two highest break: £5,000 Total: £350,000 Main draw British Open 1998 http://www.snooker.org/trn/9798/bo98_res.shtml snooker.org 15 January 2018British Open http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=14 Snooker Scene https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071502/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=14 15 January 2018 2013-01-24 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 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG David Gray 2 NIR Joe Swail 5 ENG Willie Thorne 0 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Mark Davis 2 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 SCO Graeme Dott 0 ENG Stephen Lee 5 SCO Craig MacGillivray 1 NIR Terry Murphy 1 WAL Paul Davies 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 ENG Bradley Jones 1 ENG Brian Morgan 5 WAL Mark Bennett 3 ENG Nigel Bond 3 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 ENG Mark King 5 WAL Lee Walker 4 WAL Darren Morgan 2 ENG John Read 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 3 ENG Gary Ponting 5 ENG Steve Davis 5 PAK Shokat Ali 3 ENG Mick Price 5 ENG Dean Reynolds 4 SCO John Higgins 5 NIR Jason Prince 0 ENG Martin Clark 5 IRL Michael Judge 4 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Dave Finbow 0 ENG Andy Hicks 5 ENG Matthew Couch 4 SCO Alan McManus 5 ENG Nick Pearce 3 ENG Dave Harold 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 3 THA James Wattana 5 ENG Stefan Mazrocis 1 ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG Nick Walker 1 ENG John Parrott 5 ENG Joe Perry 3 SCO Chris Small 5 SCO Drew Henry 3 ENG Peter Ebdon 4 WAL Dominic Dale 5 ENG Jimmy White 4 ENG Mark Gray 5 MLT Tony Drago 5 ENG Chris Scanlon 4 ENG Neal Foulds 5 WAL Anthony Davies 2 CAN Alain Robidoux 3 ENG Karl Burrows 5 ENG Steve James 2 ENG Joe Johnson 5 IRL Ken Doherty 5 NZL Dene O'Kane 0 SCO Billy Snaddon 5 ENG Peter McCullagh 4 WAL Mark Williams 5 NIR Joe Swail 1 ENG Anthony Hamilton 2 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 ENG Stephen Lee 5 WAL Paul Davies 3 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 ENG Brian Morgan 4 WAL Matthew Stevens 4 ENG Mark King 5 ENG John Read 4 ENG Gary Ponting 5 ENG Steve Davis 5 ENG Mick Price 2 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Martin Clark 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Andy Hicks 0 SCO Alan McManus 4 ENG Dave Harold 5 THA James Wattana 4 ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG John Parrott 5 SCO Chris Small 4 WAL Dominic Dale 5 ENG Mark Gray 3 MLT Tony Drago 4 ENG Neal Foulds 5 ENG Karl Burrows 5 ENG Joe Johnson 2 IRL Ken Doherty 5 SCO Billy Snaddon 1 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG Gary Wilkinson 4 ENG Stephen Lee 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 ENG Mark King 2 ENG Gary Ponting 5 ENG Steve Davis 1 SCO John Higgins 5 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Dave Harold 3 ENG Rod Lawler 0 ENG John Parrott 5 WAL Dominic Dale 4 ENG Neal Foulds 5 ENG Karl Burrows 0 IRL Ken Doherty 5 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 4 ENG Gary Ponting 4 SCO John Higgins 5 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG John Parrott 1 ENG Neal Foulds 1 IRL Ken Doherty 5 WAL Mark Williams 4 SCO John Higgins 6 SCO Stephen Hendry 6 IRL Ken Doherty 4 SCO John Higgins 9 SCO Stephen Hendry 8 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England. 12 April 1998. John Higgins 9–8 Stephen Hendry Afternoon: 1–91, 19–64 (51), 68–29 (68), 61–63 (Higgins 61), 70–1 (63), 63–48, 22–79 (79), 52–7Evening: 0–99 (99), 87–0 (51), 64–73, 128–0 (61), 67–69 (Higgins 59), 104–1 (72), 1–84 (58), 109–14 (102), 85–0 (85) 102 Highest break 99 1 Century breaks 0 8 50+ breaks 5 References Category:British Open (snooker) British Open Open (snooker)