1998–99 snooker season

1998–99 snooker seasonDetails

Duration| June 1998–16 May 1999
Tournaments| 26 (9 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship|  John Higgins
Masters|  John Higgins
World Championship|  Stephen Hendry

<- 1997–98

1999–2000 ->

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.

## Contents

* 1 Calendar
* 2 Official rankings
* 3 Points distribution
* 4 Notes
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Calendar[edit]

Date[n 1] |  | Rank  | Tournament name  | Venue  | City  | Winner  | Runner-up  | Score[1] | Reference

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06–??  | 06–??  |  CHN | NR  | Super Challenge |  | Guangzhou |  Steve Davis |  Stephen Hendry | [n 2] | [2]
09–08  | 09–10  |  CHN | NR  | Champions Super League |  | [n 3] |  Stephen Hendry |  John Higgins | [n 2] | [3]
09–29  | 10–04  |  SCO | NR  | Scottish Masters | Civic Centre | Motherwell |  Ronnie O'Sullivan |  John Higgins | 9–7  | [4]
10–05  | 10–07  |  ENG | UT  | UK Tour 1  | Hazel Grove Snooker Club | Stockport |  Alfie Burden |  Anthony Davies | 6–5  | [5]
10–14 | 10–25 |  ENG | WR  | Grand Prix | Guild Hall | Preston |  Stephen Lee |  Marco Fu | 9–2  | [6]
10–27  | 10–29  |  ENG | UT  | UK Tour 2  | Jesters Snooker Club | Swindon |  Joe Swail |  Alfie Burden | 6–1  | [5]
11–01  | 11–12  |  ENG | NR  | Benson & Hedges Championship | Willie Thorne Snooker Centre | Malvern |  David Gray |  Dave Harold | 9–6  | [7]
11–16  | 11–29  |  ENG | WR  | UK Championship | Bournemouth International Centre | Bournemouth |  John Higgins |  Matthew Stevens | 10–6  | [8]
12–03  | 12–06  |  MLT | NR  | Malta Grand Prix | New Dolmen Hotel | Qawra |  Stephen Hendry |  Ken Doherty | 7–6  | [9]
12–06  | 12–19  |  THA | P/A  | Asian Games | Land Sports Complex | Bangkok |  Shokat Ali |  Sam Chong  | 7–6  | [10]
12–15  | 12–20  |  GER | NR  | German Masters | Best Western Rheinhotel | Bingen am Rhein |  John Parrott |  Mark Williams | 6–4  | [11]
12–15  | 12–20  |  IRL | WR  | Irish Open | National Basketball Arena | Tallaght |  Mark Williams |  Alan McManus | 9–4  | [12]
01–16  | 01–24  |  ENG | TE  | Nations Cup | Telewest Arena | Newcastle upon Tyne |  Wales |  Scotland | 6–4  | [13][14][15]
01–25  | 01–31  |  WAL | WR  | Welsh Open | Cardiff International Arena | Cardiff |  Mark Williams |  Stephen Hendry | 9–8  | [16]
02–07  | 02–14  |  ENG | NR  | The Masters | Wembley Conference Centre | London |  John Higgins |  Ken Doherty | 10–8  | [17][18]
02–15  | 02–21  |  SCO | WR  | Scottish Open | A.E.C.C. | Aberdeen |  Stephen Hendry |  Graeme Dott | 9–1  | [19][20]
02–22  | 02–24  |  ENG | UT  | UK Tour 3  | Jesters Snooker Club | Swindon |  Stuart Bingham |  Matthew Couch | 6–1  | [5]
02–25  | 02–28  |  ENG | NR  | Charity Challenge | Assembly Rooms | Derby |  John Higgins |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9–4  | [21][22]
03–01  | 03–07  |  THA | WR  | Thailand Masters | Ambassador Hotel | Bangkok |  Mark Williams |  Alan McManus | 9–7  | [23]
03–08  | 03–14  |  CHN | WR  | China International | JC Mandarin Hotel | Shanghai |  John Higgins |  Billy Snaddon | 9–3  | [24][25]
03–21  | 03–28  |  IRL | NR  | Irish Masters | Goff's | Kill |  Stephen Hendry |  Stephen Lee | 9–8  | [26][27]
04–04  | 04–11  |  ENG | WR  | British Open | Plymouth Pavilions | Plymouth |  Fergal O'Brien |  Anthony Hamilton | 9–7  | [28][29]
04–12  | 04–14  |  ENG | UT  | UK Tour 4  | Hazel Grove Snooker Club | Stockport |  James Reynolds |  Jason Ferguson | 6–4  | [5]
04–17  | 05–03  |  ENG | WR  | World Snooker Championship | Crucible Theatre | Sheffield |  Stephen Hendry |  Mark Williams | 18–11  | [30]
01–02  | 05–16  |  ENG | NR  | Premier League | Magnet Leisure Centre | Maidenhead |  John Higgins |  Jimmy White | 9–4  | [31]
05–15  | 05–22  |  WAL | NR  | Pontins Professional | Pontins | Prestatyn |  Jimmy White |  Matthew Stevens | 9–5  | [32]
WR = World ranking event

UT = UK Tour event
NR = Non-ranking event
P/A = Pro–am event
TE = Team event

## Official rankings[edit]

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.[33][34][35]

No.  | Ch.  | Player  | Points 1996/1997  | Points 1997/1998  | Total

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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[edit]

1998/1999 points distribution for world ranking events:[36]

Tournament  | Round →  | L256 | L198 | L166 | L134 | L102 | L96 | L64 | L48 | L32 | L16 | QF | SF | F | W

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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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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32. ^ Turner, Chris. "Pontins Open, Pontins Professional, Pontins World Pro-Am Series". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
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35. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
36. ^ "1998/1999 season points system". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.

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