The 1998 German Masters was a professional non-
ranking
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snooker
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tournament that took place between 8–13 December 1998 at the Best Western Rheinhotel in
Bingen am Rhein, Germany.
Twelve players competed, 10 of the leading 11 in the
world rankings
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, together with
Steve Davis and
Jimmy White
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.
Ronnie O'Sullivan, ranked 3 in the world, did not compete. Matches were over 9 frames, except for the final which the best-of-11. Prize money was £110,000 with all players guaranteed a minimum of £5,000 for competing.
Tony Drago beat
Stephen Hendry in the quarter-finals, his first win over Hendry in 13 attempts.
John Parrott
John Stephen Parrott, (born 11 May 1964) is an English former professional snooker player and television personality. He was a familiar face on the professional snooker circuit during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, and remained within ...
beat world number one,
John Higgins, at the same stage. Parrott beat
Mark Williams 6–4 in the final. Williams led 4–3 but Parrott won the next three to win the match. It was Parrott's first win since the
European Open in March 1996.
Parrott also won the £1,000 high break prize for a break of 130 in his semi-final match.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
*Winner:
£25,000
*Runner-up: £16,000
*Semi-final: £10,000
*Quarter-final: £7,000
*Last 12: £5,000
*Highest break: £1,000
*Total: £110,000
Main draw
Final
Century breaks
*130, 114
John Parrott
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*123
Anthony Hamilton
References
{{Snooker season 1998/1999
1998
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German Masters
The German Masters is a professional ranking snooker tournament held at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany since 2011. The 2021 event was held at Milton Keynes in England because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zhao Xintong is the reigning champion, h ...
Masters
German Masters
The German Masters is a professional ranking snooker tournament held at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany since 2011. The 2021 event was held at Milton Keynes in England because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zhao Xintong is the reigning champion, h ...
Snooker non-ranking competitions
Sports competitions in Rhineland-Palatinate