1998 Charity Challenge
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 February – 1 March 1998 |
| Venue | Assembly Rooms |
| City | Derby |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £130,000 |
| Winner's share | £30,000 |
| Highest break |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (141) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  John Higgins |
| Runner-up | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Score | 9–8 |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Higgins
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 5 | John Parrott
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Lee Walker
| 0 | John Higgins
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Ken Doherty
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 5 | Steve Davis
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond
| 4 | John Higgins
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Williams
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 5 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Tony Drago
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 5 | Jimmy White
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
References
- ↑ Yeomans, Ray (11 August 1997). "Judd is in with big boys". Evening Post. Nottingham. p. 24.
- ↑ Dee, John (2 March 1998). "Higgins no longer a bridesmaid". The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 45.
- ↑ Yates, Phil (2 March 1998). "Charity smiles on Higgins". The Times. London. p. 27.
- 1 2 3 "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge 1998". snooker.org. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 175.