1998–99 snooker season

1998–99 snooker season
Details
DurationJune 1998–16 May 1999
Tournaments26 (9 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship John Higgins
Masters John Higgins
World Championship Stephen Hendry

The 1998–99 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between June 1998 and May 1999. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

Calendar

World Snooker Tour

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
? Jun ? Jun CHN Super Challenge Guangzhou Steve Davis Stephen Hendry [n 1] [1]
8 Sep 10 Sep CHN Champions Super League [n 2] Stephen Hendry John Higgins [n 1] [2]
29 Sep 4 Oct SCO Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 9–7 [3]
14 Oct 25 Oct ENG Grand Prix Guild Hall Preston Stephen Lee Marco Fu 9–2 [4]
1 Nov 12 Nov ENG Benson & Hedges Championship Willie Thorne Snooker Centre Malvern David Gray Dave Harold 9–6 [5]
16 Nov 29 Nov ENG UK Championship Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth John Higgins Matthew Stevens 10–6 [6]
3 Dec 6 Dec MLT Malta Grand Prix New Dolmen Hotel Qawra Stephen Hendry Ken Doherty 7–6 [7]
8 Dec 13 Dec GER German Masters Best Western Rheinhotel Bingen am Rhein John Parrott Mark Williams 6–4 [8]
15 Dec 20 Dec IRL Irish Open National Basketball Arena Tallaght Mark Williams Alan McManus 9–4 [9]
16 Jan 24 Jan ENG Nations Cup Telewest Arena Newcastle upon Tyne  Wales  Scotland 6–4 [10][11][12]
25 Jan 31 Jan WAL Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Mark Williams Stephen Hendry 9–8 [13]
7 Feb 14 Feb ENG The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London John Higgins Ken Doherty 10–8 [14][15]
15 Feb 21 Feb SCO Scottish Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Stephen Hendry Graeme Dott 9–1 [16][17]
25 Feb 28 Feb ENG Charity Challenge Assembly Rooms Derby John Higgins Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–4 [18][19]
1 Mar 7 Mar THA Thailand Masters Ambassador Hotel Bangkok Mark Williams Alan McManus 9–7 [20]
8 Mar 14 Mar CHN China International JC Mandarin Hotel Shanghai John Higgins Billy Snaddon 9–3 [21][22]
23 Mar 28 Mar IRL Irish Masters Goff's Kill Stephen Hendry Stephen Lee 9–8 [23][24]
4 Apr 11 Apr ENG British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth Fergal O'Brien Anthony Hamilton 9–7 [25][26]
17 Apr 3 May ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Stephen Hendry Mark Williams 18–11 [27]
2 Jan 16 May ENG Premier League Magnet Leisure Centre Maidenhead John Higgins Jimmy White 9–4 [28]
15 May 22 May WAL Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Jimmy White Matthew Stevens 9–5 [29]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

UK Tour

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
5 Oct 7 Oct ENG UK Tour 1 Hazel Grove Snooker Club Stockport Alfie Burden Anthony Davies 6–5 [30]
27 Oct 29 Oct ENG UK Tour 2 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Joe Swail Alfie Burden 6–1 [30]
22 Feb 24 Feb ENG UK Tour 3 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Stuart Bingham Matthew Couch 6–1 [30]
12 Apr 14 Apr ENG UK Tour 4 Hazel Grove Snooker Club Stockport James Reynolds Jason Ferguson 6–4 [30]

Other events

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
6 Dec 19 Dec THA Asian Games Land Sports Complex Bangkok Shokat Ali Sam Chong 7–6 [31]

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1998/1999

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[32][33][34]

No. Ch. Player Points 1996/1997 Points 1997/1998 Total
1 John Higgins 19587 27835 47422
2 Stephen Hendry 30457 16790 47247
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 18302 21105 39407
4 Ken Doherty 21072 15095 36167
5 Mark Williams 21420 11335 32755
6 John Parrott 16422 15335 31757
7 Peter Ebdon 15086 10340 25426
8 Alan McManus 13639 10755 24394
9 Stephen Lee 11384 12880 24264
10 Tony Drago 14504 9305 23809
11 Anthony Hamilton 11764 10760 22524
12 Alain Robidoux 16597 5790 22387
13 Nigel Bond 14106 8150 22256
14 Steve Davis 13077 9175 22252
15 James Wattana 13177 8365 21542
16 Mark King 10520 10950 21470

Points distribution

1998/1999 points distribution for world ranking events:[35]

Tournament Round → L256 L198 L166 L134 L102 L96 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W
Grand Prix Unseeded loser – 200 270 360 480 480 640 – 855 1140 1520 2025 3040 4560
Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 480 – – – – – – –
UK Championship Unseeded loser – 270 360 480 640 640 855 – 1140 1520 2025 2700 4050 6075
Seeded loser – – 270 360 480 480 640 – – – – – – –
Irish Open Unseeded loser – 200 270 360 480 480 640 855 1140 1330 1520 2025 3040 4560
Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 – 640 855 – – – – –
Welsh Open Unseeded loser – 200 270 360 480 480 640 – 855 1140 1520 2025 3040 4560
Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 480 – – – – – – –
Scottish Open Unseeded loser – 200 270 360 480 480 640 – 855 1140 1520 2025 3040 4560
Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 480 – – – – – – –
China International Unseeded loser – 200 270 360 480 480 640 855 1140 1330 1520 2025 3040 4560
Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 – 640 855 – – – – –
Thailand Masters Unseeded loser – 200 270 360 480 480 640 855 1140 1330 1520 2025 3040 4560
Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 – 640 855 – – – – –
British Open Unseeded loser – 200 270 360 480 480 640 – 855 1140 1520 2025 3040 4560
Seeded loser – – 200 270 360 360 480 – – – – – – –
World Championship Unseeded loser 270 360 480 640 855 855 1140 1520 2027 2360 2700 3600 5400 8100
Seeded loser 200 – 360 480 640 640 – 1140 1520 – – – – –

Notes

  1. ^ a b No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only.
  2. ^ The event was played at three different venues in Shenyang, Xian and Beijing.

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