British Open 1998

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British Open 1998
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Tournament type: World ranking tournament
Attendees: 96
Venue: Plymouth Pavilions,
Plymouth , England
Opening: April 2, 1998
Endgame: April 12, 1998

Winner: ScotlandScotland John Higgins
Finalist: ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
Highest Break: 141 ( Anthony Hamilton ) EnglandEngland
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The 1998 British Open was a snooker tournament of the 1997/98 season that was held from April 2 to 12 in the Plymouth Pavilions . It was the 14th edition of the tournament, the 5th time it took place in the south-west English port city of Plymouth .

Defending champion Mark Williams lost in the semifinals to John Higgins . Last year's second finalist Stephen Hendry reached the final for the second time in a row. But he lost again. Higgins won just under 9: 8 and secured the title for the second time after 1995 . It was his third win this season.

Main tournament

After four qualifying rounds, in which the players from 33rd place in the world rankings had participated, 32 players were left. The top 32 were placed directly for the main tournament, the 32 qualifiers were drawn for the first round.

  First round
best of 9 frames 		Second round
best of 9 frames 		Round of 16
best of 9 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 9 Frames 		Semi-final
best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
                                                         
1  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5                    
152  EnglandEngland David Gray 2  
1  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5
  22nd  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 1  
22nd  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 5
36  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 0  
1  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5
  17th  EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 4th  
14th  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 5    
47  EnglandEngland Mark Davis 2  
14th  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 2
  17th  EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 5  
17th  EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 5
33  ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 0  
1  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5
  7th  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 4th  
16  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 5
159  ScotlandScotland Craig MacGillivray 1  
16  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 5
  48  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Paul Davies 3  
29  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Terry Murphy 1
48  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Paul Davies 5  
16  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 1
  7th  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5  
7th  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5    
80  EnglandEngland Bradley Jones 1  
7th  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
  28  EnglandEngland Brian Morgan 4th  
28  EnglandEngland Brian Morgan 5
50  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Bennett 3  
1  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 4th
  4th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 6th  
8th  EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 3
53  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 5  
53  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 4th
  20th  EnglandEngland Mark King 5  
20th  EnglandEngland Mark King 5
79  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Lee Walker 4th  
20th  EnglandEngland Mark King 2
  85  EnglandEngland Gary Ponting 5  
15th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 2    
86  EnglandEngland John Read 5  
86  EnglandEngland John Read 4th
  85  EnglandEngland Gary Ponting 5  
23  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 3
85  EnglandEngland Gary Ponting 5  
85  EnglandEngland Gary Ponting 4th
  4th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5  
13  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5
59  PakistanPakistan Shokat Ali 3  
13  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5
  31  EnglandEngland Mick Price 2  
31  EnglandEngland Mick Price 5
51  EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 4th  
13  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 1
  4th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5  
27  EnglandEngland Martin Clark 5    
56  IrelandIreland Michael Judge 4th  
27  EnglandEngland Martin Clark 1
  4th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5  
4th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
42  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jason Prince 0  
4th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 9
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 8th
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
39  EnglandEngland Dave Finbow 0  
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
  19th  EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 0  
19th  EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 5
94  EnglandEngland Matthew Couch 4th  
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
  18th  EnglandEngland Dave Harold 3  
10  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 5    
57  EnglandEngland Nick Pearce 3  
10  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 4th
  18th  EnglandEngland Dave Harold 5  
18th  EnglandEngland Dave Harold 5
38  ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett 3  
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
  6th  EnglandEngland John Parrott 1  
12  ThailandThailand James Wattana 5
65  EnglandEngland Stefan Mazrocis 1  
12  ThailandThailand James Wattana 4th
  26th  EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 5  
26th  EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 5
67  EnglandEngland Nick Walker 1  
26th  EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 0
  6th  EnglandEngland John Parrott 5  
6th  EnglandEngland John Parrott 5    
123  EnglandEngland Joe Perry 3  
6th  EnglandEngland John Parrott 5
  25th  ScotlandScotland Chris Small 4th  
25th  ScotlandScotland Chris Small 5
40  ScotlandScotland Drew Henry 3  
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 6th
2  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 4th  
5  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 4th
54  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 5  
54  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 5
  150  EnglandEngland Mark Gray 3  
21st  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 4th
150  EnglandEngland Mark Gray 5  
54  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 4th
  30th  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 5  
11  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 5    
64  EnglandEngland Chris Scanlon 4th  
11  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 4th
  30th  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 5  
30th  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 5
61  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Anthony Davies 2  
30th  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 1
  2  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 5  
9  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 3
78  EnglandEngland Karl Burrows 5  
78  EnglandEngland Karl Burrows 5
  52  EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 2  
24  EnglandEngland Steve James 2
52  EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 5  
78  EnglandEngland Karl Burrows 0
  2  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 5  
32  ScotlandScotland Billy Snaddon 5    
162  EnglandEngland Peter McCullagh 4th  
32  ScotlandScotland Billy Snaddon 1
  2  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 5  
2  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 5
35  New ZealandNew Zealand Dene O'Kane 0  

final

Final: Best of 17 Frames
Referee: Alan Chamberlain Plymouth Pavilions,  Plymouth , England , April 12, 1998 EnglandEngland
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 9 : 8 ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
Afternoon : 1: 91 , 19: 64 (51), 68 : 29 (68), 61: 63 (61 Hendry), 70 : 1 (63), 63 : 48, 22: 79 (79), 52 : 7;
Evening : 0: 99 (99), 87 : 0 (51), 64 : 73, 128 : 0 (61), 67: 69 (59 Hendry), 104 : 1 (72), 1: 84 (58), 109 : 14 (102), 85 : 0 (85)
102 Highest break 99
1 Century breaks -
7th 50+ breaks 6th

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  1. ↑ 1998 British Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  2. ^ British Open 1998. snooker.org, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Rankings - 1997-1998. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed November 11, 2019 .