1998 Grand Prix (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 14–25 October 1998 | 
| Venue | Guild Hall | 
| City | Preston | 
| Country | England | 
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA | 
| Format | Ranking event | 
| Total prize fund | £370,000 | 
| Winner's share | £60,000 | 
| Final | |
| Champion |  Stephen Lee | 
| Runner-up |  Marco Fu | 
| Score | 9–2 | 
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The 1998 Skoda Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14–25 October 1998 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.[1]
Stephen Lee defeated finalist Marco Fu to win his first ranking title.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
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Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, 25 October 1998.[1][2] | ||
| Marco Fu  Hong Kong | 2–9 | Stephen Lee  England | 
| Afternoon: 8–115 (50), 0–128 (128), 17–75 (75), 0–130 (66, 64 ), 82–4 (82), 33–99, 0–77 (70), 85–12 (85) Evening: 0–107 (90), 1–93 (57), 5–106 (106) | ||
| 85 | Highest break | 128 | 
| 0 | Century breaks | 2 | 
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 9 | 
Century breaks
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References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Grand Prix 1998". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "1998 Grand Prix". CueTracker: Snooker results & statistics database. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
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