1998 Irish Open
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The 1998 Irish Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, held from 14 to 20 December 1998 at the National Basketball Arena, 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
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Len Ganley National Basketball Arena, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 20 December 1998. | ||
| Mark Williams Wales | 9–4 | Alan McManus Scotland |
| Afternoon: 62–25, 64–8, 64–20 (64), 44–36, 78–4 (64), 135–0 (135), 47–60, 49–53 Evening: 7–91 (71),68–1 (53), 75–16 (62), 0–82 (82), 107–0 (65) | ||
| 135 | Highest break | 82 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
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