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Skoda Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates	14–25 October 1998
Venue	Guild Hall
City	Preston
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£370,000
Winner's share	£60,000
Highest break	Peter Ebdon (139)
Final
Champion	Stephen Lee
Runner-up	Marco Fu
Score	9–2
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The 1998 Skoda Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14–25 October 1998 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.^[1]

Stephen Lee and Marco Fu both contested a ranking tournament final for the first time in their careers, Lee prevailing 9–2 to claim his first ranking title.

Tournament summary

Defending champion Dominic Dale was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[1]

Winner: £60,000
Runner-up: £32,000
Semi-final: £16,000
Quarter-final: £9,100
Last 16: £4,600
Last 32: £2,600
Last 64: £2,225

Stage one highest break: £1,100
Stage two highest break: £5,000
Total: £370,000

Main draw

^[1]

Last 64 Best of 9 frames			Last 32 Best of 9 frames			Last 16 Best of 9 frames			Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames			Semi-finals Best of 11 frames			Final Best of 17 frames

1	Dominic Dale	0

	Robin Hull	5
				Robin Hull	3

			18	Gary Wilkinson	5
18	Gary Wilkinson	5

	Matthew Couch	0
						18	Gary Wilkinson	0

						31	Jamie Burnett	5
31	Jamie Burnett	5

37	Steve James	1
			31	Jamie Burnett	5

			14	Nigel Bond	2
14	Nigel Bond	5

	Patrick Wallace	2
									31	Jamie Burnett	3

									25	Chris Small	5
12	Anthony Hamilton	5

	Leigh Griffin	4
			12	Anthony Hamilton	5

			24	Paul Hunter	1
24	Paul Hunter	5

	Jimmy Michie	2
						12	Anthony Hamilton	2

						25	Chris Small	5
25	Chris Small	5

	Stuart Pettman	3
			25	Chris Small	5

			7	John Parrott	4
7	John Parrott	5

	Colm Gilcreest	4
												25	Chris Small	1

													Marco Fu	6
8	Peter Ebdon	5

36	Joe Swail	3
			8	Peter Ebdon	5

			32	Billy Snaddon	1
32	Billy Snaddon	5

64	Nick Pearce	1
						8	Peter Ebdon	5

						9	Alan McManus	0
29	Terry Murphy	3

55	Joe Johnson	5
			55	Joe Johnson	3

			9	Alan McManus	5
9	Alan McManus	5

54	Dean Reynolds	2
									8	Peter Ebdon	3

										Marco Fu	5
11	Tony Drago	2

43	Drew Henry	5
			43	Drew Henry	3

				Marco Fu	5
22	Andy Hicks	4

	Marco Fu	5
							Marco Fu	5

						4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2
17	Mark King	5

59	Gerard Greene	2
			17	Mark King	2

			4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

	Sam Chong	3
																Marco Fu	2

															10	Stephen Lee	9
3	Stephen Hendry	5

60	Ian McCulloch	1
			3	Stephen Hendry	5

			48	David Roe	0
26	Matthew Stevens	1

48	David Roe	5
						3	Stephen Hendry	5

						27	Brian Morgan	3
27	Brian Morgan	5

61	David Gray	3
			27	Brian Morgan	5

			40	Rod Lawler	2
13	Alain Robidoux	1

40	Rod Lawler	5
									3	Stephen Hendry	4

									20	Dave Harold	5
16	James Wattana	1

38	Euan Henderson	5
			38	Euan Henderson	2

			20	Dave Harold	5
20	Dave Harold	5

	Alex Borg	0
						20	Dave Harold	5

						49	Shokat Ali	0
19	Jimmy White	4

49	Shokat Ali	5
			49	Shokat Ali	5

			5	Ken Doherty	3
5	Ken Doherty	5

	David McDonnell	0
												20	Dave Harold	4

												10	Stephen Lee	6
6	Mark Williams	5

58	Michael Judge	3
			6	Mark Williams	4

			23	Darren Morgan	5
23	Darren Morgan	5

	Robert Milkins	4
						23	Darren Morgan	2

						10	Stephen Lee	5
21	Fergal O'Brien	5

	Mark Johnston-Allen	1
			21	Fergal O'Brien	1

			10	Stephen Lee	5
10	Stephen Lee	5

63	Tony Jones	3
									10	Stephen Lee	5

									45	Quinten Hann	0
15	Steve Davis	4

57	Dene O'Kane	5
			57	Dene O'Kane	4

			35	Jason Ferguson	5
28	Martin Clark	3

35	Jason Ferguson	5
						35	Jason Ferguson	3

						45	Quinten Hann	5
30	Graeme Dott	3

	Alan Burnett	5
				Alan Burnett	4

			45	Quinten Hann	5
2	John Higgins	1

45	Quinten Hann	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Newton. Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, 25 October 1998.^[1]^[2]
Marco Fu Hong Kong	2–9	Stephen Lee (10) England
Afternoon: 8–115 (50), 0–128 (128), 17–75 (75), 0–130 (66, 64), 82–4 (82), 33–99 (66), 0–77 (70), 85–12 (85) Evening: 0–107 (90), 1–93 (57), 5–106 (106)
85	Highest break	128
0	Century breaks	2
2	50+ breaks	10

Century breaks

^[1]

139 Peter Ebdon
134 Ronnie O'Sullivan
129 Martin Clark
128, 126, 106, 104 Stephen Lee
123 Marco Fu
121, 111, 110 Quinten Hann
121 John Parrott

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Grand Prix 1998". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^ "1998 Grand Prix". CueTracker: Snooker results & statistics database. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

[Snooker.org-1] "Grand Prix 1998". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

[2] "1998 Grand Prix". CueTracker: Snooker results & statistics database. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

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