1998 World Snooker Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 April – 4 May 1998 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £1,323,000 |
| Winner's share | £220,000 |
| Highest break | File:Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins (SCO) (143) File:Flag of England.svg Jimmy White (ENG) (143) |
| Final | |
| Champion | File:Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins (SCO) |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty (IRL) |
| Score | 18–12 |
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The 1998 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1998 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 April and 4 May 1998 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
John Higgins won his first World title by defeating defending champion Ken Doherty 18–12 in the final. Doherty became another World Champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title. However, Doherty has come closer than any other first-time champion bar Joe Johnson to retaining his championship. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.
Tournament summary
[edit | edit source]- Stephen Hendry lost in the first round 4–10 to Jimmy White. It was the first time since his debut in 1986 that he lost in the last 32 and it was also the first quarter-final stage not to feature Hendry since 1988.[1]
- Simon Bedford, David Gray, Quinten Hann, Matthew Stevens, Terry Murphy, Alfie Burden, Peter Lines and Jason Prince made their Crucible debuts this year.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Only Stevens could advance to the second round by defeating Alain Robidoux 10–8.[10][11]
- Stephen Hendry's eight-year run as the world number one ended and he was replaced by John Higgins.[12]
Prize fund
[edit | edit source]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[10][11][13]
- Winner: £220,000
- Runner-up: £132,000
- Semi-final: £66,000
- Quarter-final: £33,000
- Last 16: £17,750
- Last 32: £12,000
- Highest break £19,000
- Maximum break £147,000
- Total £1,323,000
Main draw
[edit | edit source]Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[10][11][14][15]
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| Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 3 & 4 May 1998. Referee: Lawrie Annandale[16] | ||
| Ken Doherty (1) File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland |
12–18 | John Higgins (3) File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
| 73–34, 20–80, 7–86, 1–71, 0–113, 52–73, 0–130, 89–0, 112–0, 66–7, 97–18, 2–66, 4–103, 5–86, 0–138, 82–70, 90–39, 0–89, 61–6, 0–130, 90–0, 99–1, 48–58, 82–44, 14–60, 0–128, 58–71, 78–41, 16–66, 8–119 | Century breaks: 6 (Doherty 1, Higgins 5) Highest break by Doherty: 112 |
73–34, 20–80, 7–86, 1–71, 0–113, 52–73, 0–130, 89–0, 112–0, 66–7, 97–18, 2–66, 4–103, 5–86, 0–138, 82–70, 90–39, 0–89, 61–6, 0–130, 90–0, 99–1, 48–58, 82–44, 14–60, 0–128, 58–71, 78–41, 16–66, 8–119 |
| Scotland John Higgins wins the 1998 Embassy World Snooker Championship | ||
Century breaks
[edit | edit source]There were 59 century breaks in the championship, a new record which would last until 2002.[10][17][18] John Higgins' 14 centuries in the tournament was a new record, beating the 12 made by Stephen Hendry in 1995.[19]
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Qualifying
[edit | edit source]The qualifying matches were held between 2 January and March 1998 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
Rounds 10–11
[edit | edit source]Results for the 10th and 11th qualifying rounds are shown below.[20]
| Round 10 (Best of 19 frames) |
| Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez 10–8 England Robert Milkins |
| Wales Philip Williams 10–6 England Steve Meakin |
| England Brian Rowswell 10–4 England Joe Jogia |
| England Jeff Cundy 10–9 Scotland Chris Shade |
| Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 10–5 England Ali Carter |
| England Surinder Gill 10–4 England Stuart Reardon |
| England Barry Pinches 10–3 England Nic Barrow |
| England Nick Terry 10–1 England Garry Baldrey |
| England Simon Bedford 10–6 England Mark Johnston-Allen |
| England Jason Wallace 10–4 England Oliver King |
| Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney 10–8 England Gary Lees |
| England Munraj Pal 10–4 England Christopher McGee |
| England Adrian Rosa 10–7 England Stuart Bingham |
| Hong Kong Marco Fu 10–2 England Mike Hallett |
| England Andrew Higginson 10–6 England Simon Parker |
| Wales Ian Sargeant 10–0 England Andy Neck |
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Round 11-12
[edit | edit source]Results for the 11th and 12th rounds of qualifying are shown below.[20]
| Round 11 (Best of 19 frames) |
Round 12 (Best of 19 frames) |
| Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez 10–6 Wales Philip Williams | England Leigh Griffin 10–7 Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez |
| England Brian Rowswell 10–9 England Jeff Cundy | Scotland John Lardner 10–5 England Brian Rowswell |
| Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 10–5 England Surinder Gill | Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 10–5 England Troy Shaw |
| England Barry Pinches 10–2 England Nick Terry | England Joe Perry 10–7 England Barry Pinches |
| England Simon Bedford 10–2 England Jason Wallace | England Simon Bedford 10–9 England Mark Gray |
| Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney 10–8 England Munraj Pal | Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney 10–1 England Peter McCullagh |
| England Adrian Rosa 10–8 Hong Kong Marco Fu | England David Gray 10–5 England Adrian Rosa |
| England Andrew Higginson 10–7 Wales Ian Sargeant | England Andrew Higginson 10–5 Scotland Craig MacGillivray |
Round 13
[edit | edit source]Results for the 13th qualifying round are shown below.[20]
Rounds 14–15
[edit | edit source]Results for the last two rounds of qualifying (14th and 15th) are shown below.[20]
References
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