Welsh Open 1998
Welsh Open 1998
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Newport Leisure Center, Newport , Wales |
| Opening: | January 16, 1998 |
| Endgame: | January 25, 1998
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| Winner: |
 Paul Hunter
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| Finalist: |
 John Higgins
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| Highest Break: | 142 ( Graeme Dott )
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The 1998 Welsh Open was a snooker tournament of the 1997/98 season , which was held from January 16-25 , 1998 at the Newport Leisure Center in the South Welsh coastal town of Newport . It was the seventh edition of the tournament since it was launched in 1992.
Stephen Hendry suffered an opening defeat this time after his win last year. His Scottish compatriot John Higgins came into the final for the second time after 1995 and lost for the second time. The winner was Paul Hunter with a 9: 5 final victory. It was the first tournament victory for the Englishman in his third professional year.
Prize money / world ranking points
The prize money was increased by more than half within a year. Instead of £ 215,000 there was almost £ 350,000 for the participants. The winning bonus rose from £ 37,500 to £ 60,000 and for the final 96 the bonus increased one and a half times to £ 1,200.
In terms of the points for the world rankings , nothing changed for the finalists, as there were fewer qualifying participants this time, there were only fewer points for the losers in the first round.
| Prize money | World ranking points a |
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| winner | £ 60,000 | 4,560 |
| finalist | £ 32,000 | 3,040 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 16,000 | 2,025 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 9,100 | 1,520 |
| Round of 16 | £ 4,550 | 1,140 |
| Last 32 | £ 2,600 | 855 |
| Last 64 | £ 2,100 | 640 |
| Last 96 | £ 1,200 | 360 |
| Highest Break (Final Round) | £ 5,000 | |
| Highest Break (Qualification) | £ 1,000 | |
| All in all | £ 347,500 |
Final round
The top 32 of the world rankings were set for the main tournament. They were drawn to the 32 players who had prevailed in the qualification in Plymouth last year.
final
The semi-finals at the 1996 Welsh Open had been Paul Hunter's best career up to that point . John Higgins , on the other hand, came into the final with the experience of a dozen ranked finals and 7 titles. In 1995 he had already reached the finals in Newport. Initially, an even game developed in which Higgins went ahead, but Hunter was able to equalize again to 4: 4 by the break of the session. In the evening the Scot was able to take another 5: 4 lead, then the young Englishman had a run: He won 5 frames in a row and completed his 9: 5 victory with a century break.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Eirian Williams Newport Leisure Center, Newport , Wales , January 25, 1998  |
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Paul Hunter
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9 : 5 |
John Higgins
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Afternoon : 40: 87 (87), 131 : 1 (127), 44: 81 (63), 116 : 0 (116), 0: 88 , 26: 62 , 76 : 21, 61 : 8; Evening : 10: 69 (52), 64 : 20, 73 : 34 (51), 68 : 41, 74 : 8 (74), 108 : 0 (108) |
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| 127 | Highest break | 87 |
| 3 | Century breaks | - |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Century breaks
19 players scored 36 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. This means that the number had more than doubled from the previous year.
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- ↑ a b 1998 Welsh Open - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed December 1, 2017 .
- ↑ 1998 Welsh Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Regal Welsh Open 1998. snooker.org, accessed December 1, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Rankings - 1997-1998. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 1, 2017 .
