1998–99 snooker season

The 1998–99 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between June 1998 and May 1999. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

Calendar World Snooker Tour Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. ? Jun ? Jun Super Challenge Guangzhou Steve Davis Stephen Hendry No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only. Snooker Scene, July 1998, page 14 8 Sep 10 Sep The event was played at three different venues in Shenyang, Xian and Beijing. Stephen Hendry John Higgins 29 Sep 4 Oct Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell John Higgins 9–7 14 Oct 25 Oct Grand Prix Guild Hall Preston Stephen Lee Marco Fu 9–2 1 Nov 12 Nov Benson & Hedges Championship Willie Thorne Snooker Centre Malvern David Gray Dave Harold 9–6 16 Nov 29 Nov UK Championship Bournemouth John Higgins Matthew Stevens 10–6 3 Dec 6 Dec Malta Grand Prix New Dolmen Hotel Qawra Stephen Hendry Ken Doherty 7–6 8 Dec 13 Dec German Masters Best Western Rheinhotel Bingen am Rhein John Parrott Mark Williams 6–4 15 Dec 20 Dec Irish Open Tallaght Mark Williams Alan McManus 9–4 16 Jan 24 Jan Nations Cup Telewest Arena 6–4 25 Jan 31 Jan Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Mark Williams Stephen Hendry 9–8 7 Feb 14 Feb The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London John Higgins Ken Doherty 10–8 15 Feb 21 Feb Scottish Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Stephen Hendry Graeme Dott 9–1 25 Feb 28 Feb Charity Challenge Assembly Rooms Derby John Higgins 9–4 1 Mar 7 Mar Thailand Masters Ambassador Hotel Bangkok Mark Williams Alan McManus 9–7 8 Mar 14 Mar China International JC Mandarin Hotel Shanghai John Higgins Billy Snaddon 9–3 23 Mar 28 Mar Irish Masters Goff's Kill Stephen Hendry Stephen Lee 9–8 4 Apr 11 Apr British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth Fergal O'Brien 9–7 17 Apr 3 May Crucible Theatre Sheffield Stephen Hendry Mark Williams 2 Jan 16 May Premier League Magnet Leisure Centre Maidenhead John Higgins Jimmy White 9–4 15 May 22 May Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Jimmy White Matthew Stevens 9–5

Ranking event Non-ranking event

UK Tour Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. UK Tour 1 Hazel Grove Snooker Club Stockport Alfie Burden Anthony Davies 6–5 27 Oct 29 Oct UK Tour 2 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Joe Swail Alfie Burden 6–1 22 Feb 24 Feb UK Tour 3 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Stuart Bingham Matthew Couch 6–1 12 Apr 14 Apr UK Tour 4 Hazel Grove Snooker Club Stockport James Reynolds Jason Ferguson 6–4

Other events Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 6 Dec 19 Dec Asian Games Land Sports Complex Bangkok Shokat Ali Sam Chong 7–6

Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.

No. Ch. Player Points 1996/1997 Points 1997/1998 Total 1 John Higgins 19587 27835 47422 2 Stephen Hendry 30457 16790 47247 3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 18302 21105 39407 4 Ken Doherty 21072 15095 36167 5 Mark Williams 21420 11335 32755 6 John Parrott 16422 15335 31757 7 Peter Ebdon 15086 10340 25426 8 Alan McManus 13639 10755 24394 9 Stephen Lee 11384 12880 24264 10 Tony Drago 14504 9305 23809 11 Anthony Hamilton 11764 10760 22524 12 Alain Robidoux 16597 5790 22387 13 Nigel Bond 14106 8150 22256 14 Steve Davis 13077 9175 22252 15 James Wattana 13177 8365 21542 16 Mark King 10520 10950 21470

Points distribution 1998/1999 points distribution for world ranking events:

Tournament Round → L256 L198 L166 L134 L102 L96 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F WGrand Prix – 200 270 360 480 480 640 – 855 1140 1520 2025 3040 4560 Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 480 – – – – – – –UK Championship Unseeded loser – 270 360 480 640 640 855 – 1140 1520 2025 2700 4050 6075 Seeded loser – – 270 360 480 480 640 – – – – – – –Irish Open Unseeded loser – 200 270 360 480 480 640 855 1140 1330 1520 2025 3040 4560 Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 – 640 855 – – – – –Welsh Open Unseeded loser – 200 270 360 480 480 640 – 855 1140 1520 2025 3040 4560 Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 480 – – – – – – –Scottish Open Unseeded loser – 200 270 360 480 480 640 – 855 1140 1520 2025 3040 4560 Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 480 – – – – – – –China International Unseeded loser – 200 270 360 480 480 640 855 1140 1330 1520 2025 3040 4560 Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 – 640 855 – – – – –Thailand Masters Unseeded loser – 200 270 360 480 480 640 855 1140 1330 1520 2025 3040 4560 Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 – 640 855 – – – – –British Open Unseeded loser – 200 270 360 480 480 640 – 855 1140 1520 2025 3040 4560 Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 480 – – – – – – – Unseeded loser 270 360 480 640 855 855 1140 1520 2027 2360 2700 3600 5400 8100 Seeded loser 200 – 360 480 640 640 – 1140 1520 – – – – –

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