The 1998 Irish Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, held from 14 to 20 December 1998 at the National Basketball Arena, Tallaght, Ireland, of which only one edition was held. Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating Alan McManus 9–4 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £26,000 Semi-final: £13,000 Quarter-final: £7,555 Last 16: £3,750 Last 32: £3,100 Last 48: £1,800
Last 64: £1,250 Last 96: £890 Overseas play-off round: £890 Last 134: £205 Televised highest break: £3,000 Qualifying highest break: £1,000 Total: £305,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Len GanleyNational Basketball Arena, Dublin, Ireland, 20 December 1998. Mark Williams 9–4 Alan McManusAfternoon: 62–25, 64–8, 64–20 (64), 44–36, 78–4 (64), 135–0 (135), 47–60, 49–53Evening: 7–91 (71),68–1 (53), 75–16 (62), 0–82 (82), 107–0 (65) 135 Highest break 82 1 Century breaks 0 6 50+ breaks 2
Century breaks 139, 133, 118, 103, 101 Mark Williams 120 Alan McManus 118, 102 Bradley Jones 117 James Wattana 109, 100 Ken Doherty 106 Tony Drago 104 Anthony Hamilton 104, 100 Stephen Hendry
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