The 1998 Irish Open was a professional ranking
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tournament, held from 14 to 20 December 1998 at the
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,
Tallaght,
Republic of Ireland, of which only one edition was held.
Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating
Alan McManus 9–4 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
*Winner:
£50,000
*Runner-up: £26,000
*Semi-final: £13,000
*Quarter-final: £7,555
*Last 16: £3,750
*Last 32: £3,100
*Last 48: £1,800
*Last 64: £1,250
*Last 96: £890
*Overseas play-off round: £890
*Last 134: £205
*Televised highest break: £3,000
*Qualifying highest break: £1,000
*Total: £305,000
Main draw
Final
Century breaks
* 139, 133, 118, 103, 101
Mark Williams
* 120
Alan McManus
* 118, 102
Bradley Jones
* 117
James Wattana
* 109, 100
Ken Doherty
* 106
Tony Drago
* 104
Anthony Hamilton
* 104, 100
Stephen Hendry
References
{{Snooker season 1998/1999
European Masters (snooker)
Irish Open
Open
Irish Open
Snooker competitions in Ireland
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