1998 UK Snooker Championship

 

The 1998 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship took place at the Bournemouth International Centre starting on 16 November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 21 and 29 November 1998.

This was to be the first UK championship to be held in Bournemouth since the inaugural championship in 1977 after 20 years at Preston. The Conference Centre has held snooker competitions before (They have hosted the World Cup during the 1980's and the International Open in 1994 and 1995).

John Higgins wins this year's title beating Matthew Stevens to go with the World Championship crown he won earlier in the year. Defending UK Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan pulled out due to exhaustion. His doctor had told him to rest after suffering from physical and nervous exhaustion.

Prize Money

Winner £75,000

Runner-up £39,000

Losing semi-finalists £19,750

Losing quarter-finalists £10,080

Last 16 £5,525

Last 32 £3,450

Last 64 £2,950

Maximum break  ???

High break £5,000

Total £460,000

Highest break

141 John Higgins (TV)

The contest

1st Round Best of 17 frames

 England John Read w/o Ronnie O'Sullivan  England

 England Rod Lawler 9-4 Jamie Burnett  Scotland

 England Stephen Lee 9-4 Steve Judd  England

 Wales Matthew Stevens 9-7 Bradley Jones  England

 England Matthew Couch 9-3 James Wattana  Thailand

 Hong Kong Marco Fu 9-4 Gary Wilkinson  England

 England Michael Holt 9-7 Alan McManus  Scotland

 Scotland Graeme Dott 9-3 Gerard Greene  Northern Ireland

 Wales Mark J Williams 9-3 Jimmy Michie  England

 Wales Dominic Dale 9-4 David Gray  England

 England Nigel Bond 9-6 Peter Lines  England

 England Dave Harold 9-6 Dene O'Kane  New Zealand

 England Anthony Hamilton 9-4 Tony Chappel  Wales

 Ireland Fergal O'Brien 9-2 Paul Wykes  England

 Ireland Ken Doherty 9-0 John Lardner  Scotland

 England Martin Clark 9-8 Joe Perry  England

 Scotland Marcus Campbell 9-0 Stephen Hendry  Scotland

 Australia Quinten Hann 9-3 Billy Snaddon  Scotland

 England Steve Davis 9-4 Graham Horne  Scotland

 England Andy Hicks 9-6 John Whitty  England

 Ireland Joe Swail 9-8 Mark King  England

 England Paul Hunter 9-3 Lee Walker  Wales

 Wales Paul Davies 9-4 Peter Ebdon  England

 England Jimmy White 9-7 Jonathan Birch  England

 England John Parrott 9-8 Euan Henderson  Scotland

 England Steve James 9-7 Darren Morgan  Wales

 England Gary Ponting 9-8 Tony Drago  Malta

 Ireland Patrick Wallace 9-7 Chris Small  Scotland

 England] Lee Richardson 9-8 Alain Robidoux  Canada

 Northern Ireland Terry Murphy 9-3 Neal Foulds  England]

 Scotland John Higgins 9-1 David Roe  England

 England Brian Morgan 9-4 Tony Jones  England

2nd Round Best of 17 frames

 England Rod Lawler 9-5 John Read  England

 Wales Matthew Stevens 9-6 Stephen Lee  England

 England Matthew Couch 9-6 Marco Fu  Hong Kong

 England] Michael Holt 9-1 Graeme Dott  Scotland

 Wales Mark J Williams 9-4 Dominic Dale  England

 England Dave Harold 9-5 Nigel Bond  England

 Ireland Fergal O'Brien 9-8 Anthony Hamilton  England

 Ireland Ken Doherty 9-7 Martin Clark  England

 Scotland Marcus Campbell 9-5 Quinten Hann  Australia

 England Steve Davis 9-2 Andy Hicks  England

 England Paul Hunter 9-6 Joe Swail  Northern Ireland

 England Jimmy White 9-4 Paul Davies  Wales

 England John Parrott 9-3 Steve James  England

 England Gary Ponting 9-8 Patrick Wallace  Northern Ireland

 Northern Ireland Terry Murphy 9-3 Lee Richardson  England

 Scotland John Higgins 9-4 Brian Morgan  England

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	WAL Matthew Stevens	9
	ENG Rod Lawler	5
					WAL Matthew Stevens	9
					ENG Matthew Couch	5
	ENG Matthew Couch	9
	ENG Michael Holt	5
									WAL Matthew Stevens	9
									ENG Dave Harold	7
	ENG Dave Harold	9
	WAL} Mark J Williams	4
					ENG Dave Harold	9
					IRL Fergal O'Brien	4
	IRL Fergal O'Brien	9
	IRL Ken Doherty	7
													SCO John Higgins	10
													WAL Matthew Stevens	6
	ENG Steve Davis	9
	SCO} Marcus Campbell	7
					ENG Paul Hunter	9
					ENG Steve Davis	4
	ENG Paul Hunter	9
	ENG Jimmy White	2
									SCO John Higgins	9
									ENG Paul Hunter	4
	ENG John Parrott	9
	ENG Gary Ponting	6
					SCO John Higgins	9
					ENG} John Parrott	6
	SCO John Higgins	9
	NIR Terry Murphy	4

External links

WWW Snooker [1]

UK Snooker Championship
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Winners and statistics
List of winners from 1977 to present

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