World Snooker Championship 1998
World Snooker Championship 1998 Embassy World Snooker Championship
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Attendees: | 32 |
Venue: | Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England |
Opening: | April 18, 1998 |
Endgame: | 3rd / 4th May 1998
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Winner: | John Higgins |
Finalist: | Ken Doherty |
Highest Break: | 143 ( John Higgins, Jimmy White )
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The 1998 World Snooker Championship took place from April 18 to May 4, 1998 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and marked the end of the 1997/98 snooker season .
The defending champion was Irishman Ken Doherty , who made it to the final again this time. There he had to surrender to the Scot John Higgins with 12:18 and thus fell victim to the curse of the Crucible like his predecessors .
For John Higgins it was the first world title.
Prize money
Prize money | |
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winner | £ 220,000 |
finalist | £ 132,000 |
Semi-finalist | £ 66,000 |
Quarter finalist | £ 33,000 |
Round of 16 | £ 17,750 |
Last 32 | £ 12,000 |
Highest break | £ 19,000 |
Maximum break (main round) | £ 147,000 |
All in all | £ 1,323,000 |
Main round
final
Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Lawrie Annandale Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England , 3rd / 4th May 1998 |
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Ken Doherty | 12: 18 | John Higgins |
1st session: 73 : 34 (59), 20: 80 (53), 7: 86 , 1: 71 (71), 0: 113 (66), 52: 73 (52 KD, 55 JH), 0: 130 (130), 89 : 0 (89) 2nd session : 112 : 0 (112), 66 : 7, 97 : 18 (58), 2: 66 (51), 4: 103 (103), 5: 86 , 0: 138 (64.74), 82 : 70 3rd session : 90 : 39 (69), 0: 89 (89), 61 : 6 (55), 0: 130 (130), 90 : 0 (86) , 99 : 1 (59), 48: 58 , 82 : 44 4th session : 14: 60 , 0: 128 (128), 58: 71 , 78 : 41, 16: 66 , 8: 119 (118) |
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112 | Highest break | 130 |
1 | Century breaks | 5 |
9 | 50+ breaks | 13 |
qualification
Century breaks
Main round
During the main round 59 Centuries were achieved by 19 players. The previous record of 1996 (48 Centuries) was exceeded. The record lasted until the 2002 Snooker World Championship (68 Centuries). John Higgins scored 14 century breaks and was able to top Stephen Hendry's record from 1995 (12). In 2002 Hendry regained the record with 16 Centuries.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Embassy World Championship 1998 . Snooker.org. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
- ↑ a b c World Championship 1998 . Global snooker. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
- ↑ Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac 2011 edition , p. 134.
- ^ Embassy World Championship . Snooker scene. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
- ↑ Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac 2011 edition , pp. 46-47.
- ↑ Crucible Centuries . Snooker.org. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
- ↑ Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac 2011 edition , pp. 152-154.
- ↑ Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac 2011 edition , p. 164.