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Tournaments: 1997/98: Results | Diary

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2‑12 Apr 1998, Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England
Previous champion: Mark J Williams (1997)
See also: Results (63)

Final
Scotland John Higgins (a) 9-8 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) Head to head

Afternoon:
1-91, 19-64 (51), 68-29 (68), 61-63 (JH 61), 70-1 (63), 63-48, 22-79 (79), 52-7

Evening:
0-99 (99), 87-0 (51), 64-73, 128-0 (61), 67-69 (JH 59), 104-1 (72), 1-84 (58), 109-14 (102), 85-0 (85)

Referee: Alan Chamberlain
Semifinals
Scotland John Higgins (a) 6-4 Wales Mark J Williams (a) Head to head
Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 6-4 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) Head to head
Quarterfinals
Wales Mark J Williams (a) 5-4 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) Head to head
Scotland John Higgins (a) 5-4 England Gary Ponting (a)  
Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-1 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Ireland Ken Doherty (a) 5-1 England Neal Foulds (a)  
Round 3
(Last 16)
1 Wales Mark J Williams (a) 5-4 England Gary Wilkinson (a) Head to head
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 5-1 England Stephen Lee (a) Head to head
3 England Gary Ponting (a) 5-2 England Mark King (a)  
4 Scotland John Higgins (a) 5-1 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head
5 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-3 England Dave Harold (a) Head to head
6 England John Parrott (a) 5-0 England Rod Lawler (a) Head to head
7 England Neal Foulds (a) 5-4 Wales Dominic Dale (a)  
8 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) 5-0 England Karl Burrows (a)  
Round 2
(Last 32)
1 Wales Mark J Williams (a) 5-1 Northern Ireland Joe Swail (a) Head to head
2 England Gary Wilkinson (a) 5-2 England Anthony Hamilton (a) Head to head
3 England Stephen Lee (a) 5-3 Wales Paul Davies (a) Head to head
4 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 5-4 England Brian Morgan (a) Head to head
5 England Mark King (a) 5-4 Wales Matthew Stevens (a) Head to head
6 England Gary Ponting (a) 5-4 England John Read (a)  
7 England Steve Davis (a) 5-2 Ireland Mick Price (a)  
8 Scotland John Higgins (a) 5-1 England Martin Clark (a) Head to head
9 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-0 England Andy Hicks (a) Head to head
10 England Dave Harold (a) 5-4 Scotland Alan McManus (a) Head to head
11 England Rod Lawler (a) 5-4 Thailand James Wattana (a) Head to head
12 England John Parrott (a) 5-4 Scotland Chris Small (a) Head to head
13 Wales Dominic Dale (a) 5-3 England Mark Gray (a)  
14 England Neal Foulds (a) 5-4 Malta Tony Drago (a)  
15 England Karl Burrows (a) 5-2 England Joe Johnson (a)  
16 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) 5-1 Scotland Billy Snaddon (a) Head to head
Round 1
(Last 64)
1 Wales Mark J Williams (a) 5-2 England David Gray (a) Head to head
2 Northern Ireland Joe Swail (a) 5-0 England Willie Thorne (a)  
3 England Anthony Hamilton (a) 5-2 England Mark Davis (a) Head to head
4 England Gary Wilkinson (a) 5-0 Scotland Graeme Dott (a)  
5 England Stephen Lee (a) 5-1 Scotland Craig MacGillivray (a)  
6 Wales Paul Davies (a) 5-1 Northern Ireland Terry Murphy (a) Head to head
7 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 5-1 England Bradley Jones (a) Head to head
8 England Brian Morgan (a) 5-3 England Mark Bennett (a)  
9 Wales Matthew Stevens (a) 5-3 England Nigel Bond (a) Head to head
10 England Mark King (a) 5-4 Wales Lee Walker (a) Head to head
11 England John Read (a) 5-2 Wales Darren Morgan (a)  
12 England Gary Ponting (a) 5-3 Ireland Fergal O'Brien (a)  
13 England Steve Davis (a) 5-3 Pakistan Shokat Ali (a)  
14 Ireland Mick Price (a) 5-4 England Dean Reynolds (a) Head to head
15 Scotland John Higgins (a) 5-0 Northern Ireland Jason Prince (a)  
16 England Martin Clark (a) 5-4 Ireland Michael Judge (a)  
17 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-0 England David Finbow (a)  
18 England Andy Hicks (a) 5-4 England Matthew Couch (a)  
19 Scotland Alan McManus (a) 5-3 England Nick Pearce (a)  
20 England Dave Harold (a) 5-3 Scotland Jamie Burnett (a) Head to head
21 Thailand James Wattana (a) 5-1 England Stefan Mazrocis (a)  
22 England Rod Lawler (a) 5-1 England Nick Walker (a) Head to head
23 England John Parrott (a) 5-3 England Joe Perry (a) Head to head
24 Scotland Chris Small (a) 5-3 Scotland Drew Henry (a) Head to head
25 Wales Dominic Dale (a) 5-4 England Peter Ebdon (a) Head to head
26 England Mark Gray (a) 5-4 England Jimmy White (a)  
27 Malta Tony Drago (a) 5-4 England Chris Scanlon (a)  
28 England Neal Foulds (a) 5-2 Wales Anthony Davies (a) Head to head
29 England Karl Burrows (a) 5-3 Canada Alain Robidoux (a)  
30 England Joe Johnson (a) 5-2 England Steve James (a) Head to head
31 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) 5-0 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
32 Scotland Billy Snaddon (a) 5-4 Australia Peter McCullagh (a)