1998 Grand Prix (snooker)

Skoda Grand Prix 1998 10 14 1998 10 25 y Guild Hall Preston England WPBSA Ranking event £370,000 £60,000 Peter Ebdon ENG (139) Stephen Lee ENG Marco Fu HKG 9–2 1997 1999 http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/tournaments.php?ID=380 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false The 1998 Skoda Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 25 October 1998 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England which formally hosted the UK Championship for 20 years until 1997. The Bournemouth International Centre which hosted the last two Grand Prixs would swap places with the Guild Hall.Grand Prix 1998 http://snooker.org/trn/9899/gp98_res.shtml Snooker.org 4 May 2013 Dominic Dale was the defending champion, but he lost his last 64 match against Robin Hull. Stephen Lee and Marco Fu both contested a ranking tournament final for the first time in their careers, Fu in his first tournament as a professional being ranked 377 at the time of his final appearance; the lowest ranked finalist at any ranking event.http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Records.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110724174302/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Records.html dead 2011-07-24 records 2011-07-24 2019-01-31 Lee prevailed 9–2 to claim his first ranking title. Tournament summary Defending champion Dominic Dale was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: 70% 50% Winner: £60,000 Runner-up: £32,000 Semi-final: £16,000 Quarter-final: £9,100 Last 16: £4,600 Last 32: £2,600 Last 64: £2,225 50% Stage one highest break: £1,100 Stage two highest break: £5,000 Total: £370,000 Main draw 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 1 WAL Dominic Dale 0 FIN Robin Hull 5 18 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 78 ENG Matthew Couch 0 31 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 37 ENG Steve James 1 14 ENG Nigel Bond 5 NIR Patrick Wallace 2 12 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 93 ENG Leigh Griffin 4 24 ENG Paul Hunter 5 81 ENG Jimmy Michie 2 25 SCO Chris Small 5 76 ENG Stuart Pettman 3 7 ENG John Parrott 5 IRL Colm Gilcreest 4 8 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 36 NIR Joe Swail 3 32 SCO Billy Snaddon 5 64 ENG Nick Pearce 1 29 NIR Terry Murphy 3 55 ENG Joe Johnson 5 9 SCO Alan McManus 5 54 ENG Dean Reynolds 2 11 MLT Tony Drago 2 43 SCO Drew Henry 5 22 ENG Andy Hicks 4 377 HKG Marco Fu 5 17 ENG Mark King 5 59 NIR Gerard Greene 2 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 MYS Sam Chong 3 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 60 ENG Ian McCulloch 1 26 WAL Matthew Stevens 1 48 ENG David Roe 5 27 ENG Brian Morgan 5 61 ENG David Gray 3 13 CAN Alain Robidoux 1 40 ENG Rod Lawler 5 16 THA James Wattana 1 38 SCO Euan Henderson 5 20 ENG Dave Harold 5 Malta Alex Borg 0 19 ENG Jimmy White 4 49 PAK Shokat Ali 5 5 IRL Ken Doherty 5 IRL David McDonnell 0 6 WAL Mark Williams 5 58 IRL Michael Judge 3 23 WAL Darren Morgan 5 99 ENG Robert Milkins 4 21 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 ENG Mark Johnston-Allen 1 10 ENG Stephen Lee 5 63 ENG Tony Jones 3 15 ENG Steve Davis 4 57 NZL Dene O'Kane 5 28 ENG Martin Clark 3 35 ENG Jason Ferguson 5 30 SCO Graeme Dott 3 SCO Alan Burnett 5 2 SCO John Higgins 1 45 AUS Quinten Hann 5 FIN Robin Hull 3 18 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 31 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 14 ENG Nigel Bond 2 12 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 24 ENG Paul Hunter 1 25 SCO Chris Small 5 7 ENG John Parrott 4 8 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 32 SCO Billy Snaddon 1 55 ENG Joe Johnson 3 9 SCO Alan McManus 5 43 SCO Drew Henry 3 377 HKG Marco Fu 5 17 ENG Mark King 2 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 48 ENG David Roe 0 27 ENG Brian Morgan 5 40 ENG Rod Lawler 2 38 SCO Euan Henderson 2 20 ENG Dave Harold 5 49 PAK Shokat Ali 5 5 IRL Ken Doherty 3 6 WAL Mark Williams 4 23 WAL Darren Morgan 5 21 IRL Fergal O'Brien 1 10 ENG Stephen Lee 5 57 NZL Dene O'Kane 4 35 ENG Jason Ferguson 5 SCO Alan Burnett 4 45 AUS Quinten Hann 5 18 ENG Gary Wilkinson 0 31 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 12 ENG Anthony Hamilton 2 25 SCO Chris Small 5 8 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 9 SCO Alan McManus 0 377 HKG Marco Fu 5 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 2 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 27 ENG Brian Morgan 3 20 ENG Dave Harold 5 49 PAK Shokat Ali 0 23 WAL Darren Morgan 2 10 ENG Stephen Lee 5 35 ENG Jason Ferguson 3 45 AUS Quinten Hann 5 31 SCO Jamie Burnett 3 25 SCO Chris Small 5 8 ENG Peter Ebdon 3 377 HKG Marco Fu 5 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 4 20 ENG Dave Harold 5 10 ENG Stephen Lee 5 45 AUS Quinten Hann 0 25 SCO Chris Small 1 377 HKG Marco Fu 6 20 ENG Dave Harold 4 10 ENG Stephen Lee 6 377 HKG Marco Fu 2 10 ENG Stephen Lee 9 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Newton. Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, 25 October 1998.1998 Grand Prix http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/tournaments.php?ID=380 CueTracker: Snooker results & statistics database 4 May 2013 6 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121006220354/http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/tournaments.php?ID=380 dead Marco Fu (377) 2–9 Stephen Lee (10)Afternoon: 8–115 (50), 0–128 (128), 17–75 (75), 0–130 (66, 64), 82–4 (82), 33–99 (66), 0–77 (70), 85–12 (85)Evening: 0–107 (90), 1–93 (57), 5–106 (106) 85 Highest break 128 0 Century breaks 2 2 50+ breaks 10 Century breaks 139 Peter Ebdon 134 Ronnie O'Sullivan 129 Martin Clark 128, 126, 106, 104 Stephen Lee 123 Marco Fu 121, 111, 110 Quinten Hann 121 John Parrott 120 Tony Drago 115, 107 Chris Small 110 Dene O'Kane 108 Stephen Hendry 106 Jason Ferguson 104, 103 Dave Harold 104, 102 Mark Williams References 1998 Grand Prix Grand Prix (snooker)