1998 Scottish Masters

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Scottish Masters
Tournament information
Dates29 September – 4 October 1998 (1998-09-29 1998-10-04)
Venue Motherwell Civic Centre
City Motherwell
Country Scotland
Organisation WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund £175,400
Winner's share£61,000
Highest break Flag of England.svg Jimmy White (132)
Final
Champion Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins
Score9–7
1997
1999

The 1998 Regal Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 September and 4 October 1998 at the Motherwell Civic Centre in Motherwell, Scotland.

Contents

Prize Fund

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

Main draw

[2] [3]

Round 1
Best of 9 Frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 Frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 Frames
Final
Best of 17 Frames
Flag of England.svg Nigel Bond 6
Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 5 Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 4
Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty 4 Flag of England.svg Nigel Bond 5
Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 5 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 5
Flag of England.svg Steve Davis 4 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 9
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 7
Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 6
Flag of England.svg Peter Ebdon 5 Flag of England.svg Peter Ebdon 5
Flag of England.svg Paul Hunter 1 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 5
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 6
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 6
Flag of England.svg John Parrott 5 Flag of England.svg John Parrott 1
Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus 4

Preliminary qualifying

The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament were for four highest-ranked Scottish players who were not invited to the main event and took place on 9 September 1998 at the Spencer's Snooker Centre in Stirling. [4] Jamie Burnett won the four-man playoff and earned the final spot for the main qualifying event. [5] All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners. [3]

Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Round 2
Best of 9 frames
      
Flag of Scotland.svg Chris Small 0
Flag of Scotland.svg Billy Snaddon 5
Flag of Scotland.svg Billy Snaddon 2
Flag of Scotland.svg Jamie Burnett 5
Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 4
Flag of Scotland.svg Jamie Burnett 5

Qualifying Event

Qualifying for the tournament took place at the Spencer's Snooker Centre in Stirling from 10 to 12 September 1998. [4] [5] Paul Hunter defeated Matthew Stevens, Stephen Lee and Jamie Burnett to secure a place at the main draw. [6] All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners. [3]

Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
Flag of England.svg Paul Hunter 5
Flag of England.svg Paul Hunter 5 Flag of England.svg Stephen Lee 4
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Matthew Stevens 3 Flag of England.svg Paul Hunter 5
Flag of Scotland.svg Jamie Burnett 1
Flag of Malta.svg Tony Drago 2
Flag of Scotland.svg Jamie Burnett 5 Flag of Scotland.svg Jamie Burnett 5
Flag of England.svg Anthony Hamilton 4

Century breaks

[7]

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