1998 Scottish Masters
The 1998 Regal Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 September and 4 October 1998 at the Motherwell Civic Centre in Motherwell, Scotland.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 29 September – 4 October 1998 |
| Venue | Motherwell Civic Centre |
| City | Motherwell |
| Country | Scotland |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £175,400 |
| Winner's share | £61,000 |
| Highest break |  Jimmy White (132) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Runner-up |  John Higgins |
| Score | 9–7 |
← 1997 1999 → | |
Prize Fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
- Winner: £61,000
- Runner-up: £29,700
- Semi-final: £15,350
- Quarter-final: £8,650
- Round 1: £4,850
- Total: £175,400
Main draw
| Round 1 Best of 9 Frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 Frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 Frames | Final Best of 17 Frames | ||||||||||||||||
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| Nigel Bond | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Jimmy White | 5 |
| Jimmy White | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty | 4 |
| Nigel Bond | 5 | ||||||||||||||
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mark Williams | 5 |
| Mark Williams | 5 | ||||||||||||||
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| Steve Davis | 4 |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 | ||||||||||||||
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| John Higgins | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Stephen Hendry | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Peter Ebdon | 5 |
| Peter Ebdon | 5 | ||||||||||||||
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| Paul Hunter | 1 |
| Stephen Hendry | 5 | ||||||||||||||
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| John Higgins | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
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| John Higgins | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
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| John Parrott | 5 |
| John Parrott | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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| Alan McManus | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Preliminary qualifying
The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament were for four highest-ranked Scottish players who were not invited to the main event and took place on 9 September 1998 at the Spencer's Snooker Centre in Stirling. Jamie Burnett won the four-man playoff and earned the final spot for the main qualifying event. All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.[3]
| Round 1 Best of 9 frames | Round 2 Best of 9 frames | ||||||||
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| Chris Small | 0 | |||||||
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| Billy Snaddon | 5 | |||||||
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| Billy Snaddon | 2 | |||||||
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| Jamie Burnett | 5 | |||||||
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| Graeme Dott | 4 | |||||||
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| Jamie Burnett | 5 | |||||||
Qualifying Event
| Round 1 Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 9 frames | ||||||||||||
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| Paul Hunter | 5 | ||||||||||||
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| Paul Hunter | 5 |
| Stephen Lee | 4 | |||||||||
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| Matthew Stevens | 3 |
| Paul Hunter | 5 | |||||||||
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| Jamie Burnett | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tony Drago | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Jamie Burnett | 5 |
| Jamie Burnett | 5 | |||||||||
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| Anthony Hamilton | 4 | ||||||||||||
Century breaks
- 132 – Jimmy White
- 129, 122 – Stephen Hendry
- 113, 107 – John Higgins
- 113 – Mark Williams
- 100 – Paul Hunter
References
- "1998 Scottish Masters - Finishes". CueTracker: Snooker results and statistics database. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- "1998 Scottish Masters". CueTracker: Snooker results and statistics database. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- "Regal Scottish Masters 1998". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- "1998 Scottish Masters - Centuries". CueTracker: Snooker results and statistics database. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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