1998 German Masters

German Masters

Tournament information
Dates	8–13 December 1998
Venue	Best Western Rheinhotel
City	Bingen am Rhein
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£110,000
Winner's share	£25,000
Highest break	John Parrott (130)
Final
Champion	John Parrott
Runner-up	Mark Williams
Score	6–4
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The 1998 German Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8–13 December 1998 at the Best Western Rheinhotel in Bingen am Rhein, Germany.

John Parrott won in the final 6–4 against Mark Williams.^[1]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[2]

• Winner: £25,000
• Runner-up: £16,000
• Semi-final: £10,000
• Quarter-final: £7,000
• Last 12: £5,000
• Highest break: £1,000
• Total: £110,000

Main draw

^[2]

	Last 12 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 11 frames
							John Higgins	3
		John Parrott	5				John Parrott	5
		Jimmy White	1									John Parrott	5
												Ken Doherty	1
							Ken Doherty	5
		Stephen Lee	5				Stephen Lee	3
		Anthony Hamilton	1														John Parrott	6
																	Mark Williams	4
							Mark Williams	5
		Alan McManus	5				Alan McManus	1
		Steve Davis	1									Mark Williams	5
												Tony Drago	2
							Stephen Hendry	2
		Peter Ebdon	0				Tony Drago	5
		Tony Drago	5

Final

Final: Best of 11 frames. Best Western Rheinhotel, Bingen am Rhein, Germany, 13 December 1998.[2]
John Parrott  England	6–4	Mark Williams  Wales
0–85 (78), 64–32, 5–67 (67), 117–1 (75), 77–32, 0–106 (61), 0–95 (62), 63–39, 64–39, 79–0 (79)
79	Highest break	78
0	Century breaks	0
2	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks

^[2]

• 130, 114 John Parrott
• 123 Anthony Hamilton

References