Thailand Masters 1998
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Thailand Masters 1998 Beer Chang Thailand Masters 1998 
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 100 |
| Venue: | Imperial Queens Park Hotel, Bangkok , Thailand |
| Opening: | March 7, 1998 |
| Endgame: | March 15, 1998
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| Winner: |
 Stephen Hendry
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| Finalist: |
 John Parrott
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| Highest Break: | 138 ( John Parrott )
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The Beer Chang Thailand Masters 1998 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1997/98 season , which took place from March 7th to 15th in Bangkok . After the tournament last moved from hotel to hotel, this year it returned to the Imperial Queens Park Hotel , where it had taken place in 1994 and 1995. At that time it was renamed the Thailand Open and converted from an invitation tournament into a ranking tournament. It remained a ranking tournament, but this year it again took on the old name Masters .
The sponsor this year was the beverage manufacturer Thai Beverage with the beer brand Chang . Singha had been a name sponsor two years earlier . The two brands had competed for market leadership in Thailand in previous years.
The last Thailand Open last year was won by Peter Ebdon . In the quarterfinals it was over against John Parrott . Parrott reached the final after that, but could not win the tournament. Stephen Hendry won the final 9: 6. For the Scottish world champion and world number one, it was the first victory of the season after losing two finals. With his 29th victory in a ranking tournament, he also passed Steve Davis and set a new record.
Prize money / ranking points
At just under £ 50,000 , the increase in prize money was significant. The winner alone got £ 10,000 more. There was also an increase for all other players, which was always lower downwards. For the losers in the first main round it was £ 825 more, the last 96 received an entry bonus of £ 135 more.
The last 96, however, got 120 points less for the world rankings , which was due to the fact that there were fewer participants. Otherwise the points stayed the same, only that seeded players who lost their opening game could take a slightly higher number of points.
| placement | Prize money | Points a |
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| winner | £ 50,000 | 4,560 |
| final | £ 26,000 | 3,040 |
| Semifinals | £ 13,000 | 2,025 |
| Quarter finals | £ 7,500 | 1,520 |
| Round of 16 | £ 3,700 | 1,330 |
| Last 32 | £ 2,900 | 1,140 (/ 855) |
| Last 48 | £ 1,500 | 855 (/ 640) |
| Last 64 | £ 1,150 | 640 |
| Last 96 | £ 800 | 360 |
| Highest Break (Final Round) | £ 3,000 | |
| Highest Break (Qualification) | £ 1,000 | |
| All in all | £ 279,200 |
Wildcard round
As with the Thailand Open before, the wild cards were also retained in the Masters : The Asian association was allowed to name four players who were allowed to play against the four lowest-placed qualifiers in the world rankings for a place in the main round. After no wildcard player had been successful in the previous two years, this time Marco Fu from Hong Kong succeeded in his first participation in a professional tournament. The Chinese Guo Hua could not repeat his main round entry from 1994, however.
The games of the wildcard round took place at the start of the tournament on March 7th. Game mode for the four games was Best of 9 .
WC = wildcard Final roundFor round 1, the 16 winners of the qualification or wildcard round were drawn from the top 16 of the world rankings . As in the previous year, all games including the semi-finals were played in the best of 9 mode . The final was decided with the 9th frame won (Best of 17). WC = wildcard final
Century breaks9 players achieved 18 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. Tournament winner Stephen Hendry scored 3 of his 5 century breaks in the finals. The highest break was also played in the final: the defeated John Parrott played 138 points in a row and at least got the additional bonus of £ 3,000 . Main tournament
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