1998–99 snooker season

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.

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

Calendar
Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score[1] Reference
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 UK 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
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
1 John Higgins 195872783547422
2 Stephen Hendry 304571679047247
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 183022110539407
4 Ken Doherty 210721509536167
5 Mark Williams 214201133532755
6 John Parrott 164221533531757
7 Peter Ebdon 150861034025426
8 Alan McManus 136391075524394
9 Stephen Lee 113841288024264
10 Tony Drago 14504930523809
11 Anthony Hamilton 117641076022524
12 Alain Robidoux 16597579022387
13 Nigel Bond 14106815022256
14 Steve Davis 13077917522252
15 James Wattana 13177836521542
16 Mark King 105201095021470

Points distribution

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
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. Dates use the month day format
  2. 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.

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