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1998 Masters (snooker)
Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1998
Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1998
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tournament_name | 1998 Benson & Hedges Masters |
| dates | |
| venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
| location | London |
| country | England |
| organisation | WPBSA |
| format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £535,000 |
| winners_share | £145,000 |
| highest_break | Andy Hicks (142) |
| winner | Mark Williams |
| runner_up | Stephen Hendry |
| score | 10–9 |
| previous | [1997](1997-masters-snooker) |
| next | [1999](1999-masters-snooker) |
- http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1998/02
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\bcuetracker\.net\bon the local blacklist|bot=Cyberbot II|invisible=false}} The 1998 Masters (officially the 1998 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1 and 8 February 1998 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.
The final frame of final between Mark Williams and Stephen Hendry turned into a re-spotted black for the first time since John Spencer beat Ray Reardon in the first final in 1975. Hendry had led 9–6, before Williams tied it to 9–9. Williams was then trailing 56–34 in the final frame, when he potted the brown and the remaining colours to tie the scores in the match, after Hendry missed the brown. They then played seven shots on the black in a match similar to the 1985 World Championship final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis. Hendry then missed a straight black across the nap in the middle pocket before Williams potted it on the top right pocket to claim his first Masters title.
Field
Defending champion Steve Davis was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ken Doherty seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Andy Hicks (ranked 19), and Jimmy White (ranked 21), who was the wild-card selection. Anthony Hamilton and Stephen Lee were making their debuts in the Masters.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £145,000
Runner-up: £75,000
High Break: £16,000
Total: £535,000
Wild-card round
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:
| Match | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Sunday 1 February | **Darren Morgan** (15) |
| WC2 | Monday 2 February | **Stephen Lee** (16) |
Main draw
| seed-width = | team-width = 180 | score-width = Best of 11 frames Best of 11 frames Best of 11 frames Best of 19 frames | RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=Steve Davis | RD1-score01=6 | RD1-seed02=15 | RD1-team02=Darren Morgan | RD1-score02=2 | RD1-seed03=8 | RD1-team03=Ronnie O'Sullivan | RD1-score03=6 | RD1-seed04=10 | RD1-team04=Alain Robidoux | RD1-score04=5 | RD1-seed05=5 | RD1-team05=Mark Williams | RD1-score05=6 | RD1-seed06=11 | RD1-team06=Alan McManus | RD1-score06=4 | RD1-seed07=4 | RD1-team07=John Higgins | RD1-score07=3 | RD1-seed08=14 | RD1-team08=Anthony Hamilton | RD1-score08=6 | RD1-seed09=3 | RD1-team09=Stephen Hendry | RD1-score09=6 | RD1-seed10=16 | RD1-team10=Stephen Lee | RD1-score10=1 | RD1-seed11=6 | RD1-team11=Peter Ebdon | RD1-score11=2 | RD1-seed12=9 | RD1-team12=Nigel Bond | RD1-score12=6 | RD1-seed13=7 | RD1-team13=John Parrott | RD1-score13=5 | RD1-seed14=13 | RD1-team14=James Wattana | RD1-score14=6 | RD1-seed15=2 | RD1-team15=Ken Doherty | RD1-score15=6 | RD1-seed16=12 | RD1-team16=Tony Drago | RD1-score16=4 | RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=ENG Steve Davis | RD2-score01=6 | RD2-seed02=8 | RD2-team02=ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan | RD2-score02=3 | RD2-seed03=5 | RD2-team03=WAL Mark Williams | RD2-score03=6 | RD2-seed04=14 | RD2-team04=ENG Anthony Hamilton | RD2-score04=3 | RD2-seed05=3 | RD2-team05=SCO Stephen Hendry | RD2-score05=6 | RD2-seed06=9 | RD2-team06=ENG Nigel Bond | RD2-score06=3 | RD2-seed07=13 | RD2-team07=THA James Wattana | RD2-score07=1 | RD2-seed08=2 | RD2-team08=IRL Ken Doherty | RD2-score08=6 | RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=ENG Steve Davis | RD3-score01=3 | RD3-seed02=5 | RD3-team02=WAL Mark Williams | RD3-score02=6 | RD3-seed03=3 | RD3-team03=SCO Stephen Hendry | RD3-score03=6 | RD3-seed04=2 | RD3-team04=IRL Ken Doherty | RD3-score04=5 | RD4-seed01=5 | RD4-team01=WAL Mark Williams | RD4-score01=10 | RD4-seed02=3 | RD4-team02=SCO Stephen Hendry | RD4-score02=9
Final
| 3 | 50+ breaks | **7** |
|---|
Qualifying
Andy Hicks won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1997 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.
Century breaks
Total: 20
- 142 Andy Hicks
- 133, 113, 100 James Wattana
- 133 John Higgins
- 131, 122, 120, 110 Stephen Hendry
- 126 Alain Robidoux
- 124 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 119, 112 Nigel Bond
- 114 Stephen Lee
- 106 Darren Morgan
- 104, 100 Steve Davis
- 104 Darren Morgan
- 100, 100 Mark Williams
Andy Hicks, Stephen Lee and Darren Morgan scored their century breaks in the wild-card round.
References
References
- Turner, Chris. "On this Week: White becomes Brown". [[Eurosport.
- "Benson & Hedges Masters 1998". Snooker.org.
- "The Masters". Snooker Scene.
- Turner, Chris. "Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
- "1998 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database.
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