Tournament information | |
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Dates | 14–25 October 1998 |
Venue | Guild Hall |
City | Preston |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £370,000 |
Winner's share | £60,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 9–2 |
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The 1998 Skoda Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14–25 October 1998 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.[1]
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.[2] Lee prevailed 9–2 to claim his first ranking title.
Tournament summary
[edit]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
[edit]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
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Main draw
[edit]Final
[edit]Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Newton. Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, 25 October 1998.[1][3] | ||
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
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Grand Prix 1998". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "records". 2011-07-24. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ^ "1998 Grand Prix". CueTracker: Snooker results & statistics database. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.