1998 Irish Open
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 14–20 December 1998 |
| Venue | National Basketball Arena |
| City | Tallaght |
| Country | Ireland |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £305,000 |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Mark Williams (WAL) (139) |
| Final | |
| Champion | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Mark Williams (WAL) |
| Runner-up | Error creating thumbnail: Alan McManus (SCO) |
| Score | 9–4 |
← 1997 2001 → | |
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The 1998 Irish Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, held from 14 to 20 December 1998 at the National Basketball Arena, Tallaght, Republic of Ireland, of which only one edition was held. Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating Alan McManus 9–4 in the final.
Prize fund
[edit | edit source]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
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Main draw
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Final
[edit | edit source]| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Len Ganley National Basketball Arena, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 20 December 1998. | ||
| Mark Williams File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
9–4 | Alan McManus Error creating thumbnail: Scotland |
| Afternoon: 62–25, 64–8, 64–20 (64), 44–36, 78–4 (64), 135–0 (135), 47–60, 49–53 Evening: 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
[edit | edit source]- 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