1998 Grand Prix (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14–25 October 1998 |
| Venue | Preston Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £370,000 |
| Winner's share | £60,000 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Stephen Lee |
| Runner-up |  Marco Fu |
| Score | 9–2 |
← 1997 1999 → | |
The 1998 Skoda Grand Prix professional ranking snooker tournament was held between 14–25 October 1998 at the Preston Guild Hall, Preston.[1]
Stephen Lee beat surprise finalist Marco Fu to win his first ever major title.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]
|
Winner: £60,000 |
Stage One High Break: £1,100 Total: £370,000 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, 25 October 1998.[3] | ||
| Marco Fu England
|
2–9 | Stephen Lee England
|
| Afternoon: 8–115 (50), 0–(128), 17–(75) 0-130 (66,64 ), (82)–4, 33-99, 0–77 (70), (85)-12, 0–107 (90), 1–93 (57), 5-(106) | ||
| 85 | Highest break | 128 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 9 |
Televised stage centuries
- 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
- 120 Tony Drago
- 115, 107 Chris Small
- 110 Dene O'Kane
- 108 Stephen Hendry
- 106 Jason Ferguson
- 104, 103 Dave Harold
- 104, 102 Mark Williams
References
- ^ a b http://snooker.org/trn/9899/gp98_res.shtml
- ^ "Skoda Grand Prix". snooker.org. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/tournaments.php?ID=380