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German Masters 1998

Best Western Rheinhotel, Bingen am Rhein, Germany (Tel: 0049 821 426182)
Dec 8-13 (Eurosport Dec 9-13)
Invitational tournament
Purse: �110,000

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Experienced campaigner John Parrott won his 15th title by beating Welshman Mark J Williams 6-4 in the final.

In addition to the first prize of �25,000 he also wins the �1,000 high break award with the 130 total clearance he made in the semi-finals. Williams pockets �16,000 for his runner-up position.

The momentum swung throughout the match but it was Parrott who made the fewest mistakes and deservably clinched the title with a solid 79 in the last frame.

Results

(Players are English unless stated)

Final

John Parrott 6-4 Mark J 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)

Semi-finals

John Parrott 5-1 Ken Doherty (Ireland)

130-0 (130) 106-0 (86) 71-5 (54) 67-22 24-69 (54) 79-0 (75)

Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-2 Tony Drago (Malta)

69-27 93-12 9-76 (67) 62-79 (71) 79-11 (73) 78-48 82-0 (82)

Quarter-finals

John Parrott 5-3 John Higgins (Scotland)

66-49 0-100 (53) 73-5 0-88 (76) 110-0 (71) 114-8 (80) 29-67 (54) 61-22

Ken Doherty (Ireland) 5-3 Stephen Lee

... 60-67 (57D) 67-42 (51) 128-0 (75)

Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-1 Alan McManus (Scotland)

64-55 108-6 (90) 55-79 65-1 (59) 71-46 49-39

Tony Drago (Malta) 5-2 Stephen Hendry (Scotland)

74-40 (56) 65-1 (56) 9-70 (70) 68-30 (68) 16-79 (59) 98-1 (69) 71-9 (63)

First round

John Parrott 5-1 Jimmy White

33-63 124-5 (114) 75-20 (71) ...

Stephen Lee 5-1 Anthony Hamilton

98-1 (77) 91-7 (75) 0-129 (123) 64-30 (53) 96-31 (64) 78-56

Alan McManus (Scotland) 5-0 Steve Davis

56-40 62-26 (62) 53-52 59-16 56-22

Tony Drago (Malta) 5-0 Peter Ebdon

94-29 (70) 91-31 (50) 64-7 79-4 (50) 77-19 (62)

Breaks

John Parrott 130
Anthony Hamilton 123
John Parrott 114

Prize Money

Winner 1 * 25,000   25,000
Runner Up 1 * 16,000   16,000
Losing Semi-finalist 2 * 10,000   20,000
Losing Quarter-finalist 4 * 7,000   28,000
First round losers 4 * 5,000   20,000
High Break 1 * 1,000   1,000

Total 110,000

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