Английская Википедия:1998 UK Championship
Шаблон:Infobox individual snooker tournament
The 1998 UK Championship (officially the 1998 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. The event started on 16 November 1998 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 21 and 29 November 1998.[1]
This was the first UK championship to be held in Bournemouth since the inaugural championship in 1977, after 20 years at Preston.[2] The Conference Centre has held snooker competitions before. It hosted the World Cup between 1985 and 1990,[3] the Mercantile Credit Classic in 1991 and 1992,[4] the International Open in 1994 and 1995,[5] and the Grand Prix in 1996 and 1997.[6]
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he withdrew before the tournament. His doctor had told him to rest after suffering from physical and nervous exhaustion.[7]
John Higgins won this year's title by defeating Matthew Stevens 10–6 in the final to go with the World Championship crown he won earlier in the year.[8] This was Higgins' 10th ranking title.
Tournament summary
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[9][10] Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2
- Winner: £75,000
- Runner-up: £39,000
- Semi-final: £19,750
- Quarter-final: £10,080
- Last 16: £5,525
- Last 32: £3,450
- Last 64: £2,950
- Last 96: £1,460
- Last 134: £235
- Stage one highest break: £1,500
- Stage two highest break: £5,000
- Total: £460,000
Main draw
[9][11][12] Шаблон:64TeamBracket
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain. Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England, 29 November 1998. | ||
| Matthew Stevens (26) Шаблон:WAL |
6–10 | John Higgins (2) Шаблон:SCO |
| Afternoon: 0–86, 36–62, 68–31 (52), 48–69, 91–0 (62), 11–68 (50), 105–10 (105), 61–60 (Higgins 60) Evening: 72–22 (66), 36–87 (73), 0–84 (84), 6–70, 0–107 (107), 76–34, 23–81, 0–90 (90) | ||
| 105 | Highest break | 107 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
- 141, 116, 107, 106, 101 Шаблон:Ndash John Higgins
- 138, 128, 127, 109 Шаблон:Ndash Gary Ponting
- 138 Шаблон:Ndash Dominic Dale
- 136, 114 Шаблон:Ndash Gerard Greene
- 135, 117, 105 Шаблон:Ndash Matthew Stevens
- 130, 127 Шаблон:Ndash Fergal O'Brien
- 126 Шаблон:Ndash Jimmy White
- 118, 111, 104 Шаблон:Ndash Andy Hicks
- 118 Шаблон:Ndash Michael Holt
- 116 Шаблон:Ndash Mark Williams
- 115, 105, 100 Шаблон:Ndash Dave Harold
- 115 Шаблон:Ndash Chris Small
- 114 Шаблон:Ndash Patrick Wallace
- 113 Шаблон:Ndash Anthony Hamilton
- 111 Шаблон:Ndash Martin Clark
- 107, 105 Шаблон:Ndash Euan Henderson
- 102 Шаблон:Ndash Lee Richardson
- 102 Шаблон:Ndash Peter Ebdon
Qualifying stage centuries
- 138 Шаблон:Ndash Joe Grech
- 128 Шаблон:Ndash Barry Pinches
- 125 Шаблон:Ndash Gary Ponting
- 124 Шаблон:Ndash Peter McCullagh
- 120 Шаблон:Ndash Michael Holt
- 119 Шаблон:Ndash Gerard Greene
- 119 Шаблон:Ndash Keith E Boon
- 116 Шаблон:Ndash Mehmet Husnu
- 114 Шаблон:Ndash John Read
- 110 Шаблон:Ndash Kristjan Helgason
- 110 Шаблон:Ndash Leo Fernandez
- 109 Шаблон:Ndash Phil Williams
- 107 Шаблон:Ndash Alfie Burden
- 105 Шаблон:Ndash Ali Carter
- 105 Шаблон:Ndash John Giles
- 104, 101 Шаблон:Ndash Lee Richardson
- 100 Шаблон:Ndash Adrian Gunnell
- 100 Шаблон:Ndash Euan Henderson
- 100 Шаблон:Ndash David Roe
References
Шаблон:UK Championship Шаблон:Snooker season 1998/1999
