1998 Scottish Masters

The 1998 Regal Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 September and 4 October 1998 at the Motherwell Civic Centre in Motherwell, Scotland.

Scottish Masters
Tournament information
Dates29 September – 4 October 1998 (1998-09-29 1998-10-04)
VenueMotherwell Civic Centre
CityMotherwell
CountryScotland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£175,400
Winner's share£61,000
Highest break Jimmy White (132)
Final
Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up John Higgins
Score9–7
1997
1999

Prize Fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]

  • Winner: £61,000
  • Runner-up: £29,700
  • Semi-final: £15,350
  • Quarter-final: £8,650
  • Round 1: £4,850
  • Total: £175,400

Main draw

[2][3]

Round 1
Best of 9 Frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 Frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 Frames
Final
Best of 17 Frames
Nigel Bond 6
Jimmy White 5 Jimmy White 4
Ken Doherty 4 Nigel Bond 5
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Mark Williams 5 Mark Williams 5
Steve Davis 4 Ronnie O'Sullivan 9
John Higgins 7
Stephen Hendry 6
Peter Ebdon 5 Peter Ebdon 5
Paul Hunter 1 Stephen Hendry 5
John Higgins 6
John Higgins 6
John Parrott 5 John Parrott 1
Alan McManus 4

Preliminary qualifying

The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament were for four highest-ranked Scottish players who were not invited to the main event and took place on 9 September 1998 at the Spencer's Snooker Centre in Stirling. Jamie Burnett won the four-man playoff and earned the final spot for the main qualifying event. All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.[3]

Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Round 2
Best of 9 frames
      
Chris Small 0
Billy Snaddon 5
Billy Snaddon 2
Jamie Burnett 5
Graeme Dott 4
Jamie Burnett 5

Qualifying Event

Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
Paul Hunter 5
Paul Hunter 5 Stephen Lee 4
Matthew Stevens 3 Paul Hunter 5
Jamie Burnett 1
Tony Drago 2
Jamie Burnett 5 Jamie Burnett 5
Anthony Hamilton 4

Century breaks

[4]

References

  1. "1998 Scottish Masters - Finishes". CueTracker: Snooker results and statistics database. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  2. "1998 Scottish Masters". CueTracker: Snooker results and statistics database. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. "Regal Scottish Masters 1998". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  4. "1998 Scottish Masters - Centuries". CueTracker: Snooker results and statistics database. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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