1998 Charity Challenge
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The 1998 Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge was the fourth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 26 February and 1 March 1998. The tournament was played at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, and featured twelve professional players.
John Higgins won the title, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the final.
Main draw
| Round 1 Best of 9 Frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 Frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 Frames | Final Best of 17 Frames | ||||||||||||||||
| Scotland John Higgins | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England John Parrott | 5 | England John Parrott | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wales Lee Walker | 0 | Scotland John Higgins | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Steve Davis | 5 | England Steve Davis | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| England Nigel Bond | 4 | Scotland John Higgins | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| England Ronnie O'Sullivan | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wales Mark Williams | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta Tony Drago | 1 | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Scotland Stephen Hendry | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scotland Stephen Hendry | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| England Jimmy White | 5 | England Jimmy White | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| England Peter Ebdon | 4 |
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Assembly Rooms, Derby, England, 1 March 1998. | ||
| John Higgins Scotland | 9–8 | Ronnie O'Sullivan England |
| Afternoon: 79–4 (79), 85–6 (85), 21–74 (74), 70–53, 16–101 (62), 0–98 (98), 52–68, 77–16 (64) Evening: 66–26, 96–0 (79), 65–0 (57), 66–70 (66, 70), 24–64, 67–39 (54), 0–67 (67), 1–74, 84–1 (61) | ||
| 85 | Highest break | 98 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 8 | 50+ breaks | 5 |