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Grand Prix

Main Tour, Ranking

14-25 Oct 1998, Guild Hall, Preston, England
Previous champion: Dominic Dale (1997)
See also: Results (63)

Final
England Stephen Lee (a) 9-2 Hong Kong Marco Fu (a) Head to head

Session 1:
115-8 (50), 128-0 (128), 75-17 (75), 130-0 (66, 64), 4-82 (82), 99-33 (66), 77-0 (70), 12-85 (85)
Session 2:
107-0 (90), 93-1 (57), 106-5 (106)

Referee: John Newton

Lee's first ranking final and title.
Fu's first tournament as a professional. 377th place was the lowest ranked finalist at any ranking event.

Each frame of the final had at least one 50+ break.
Semifinals
Hong Kong Marco Fu (a) 6-1 Scotland Chris Small (a) Head to head
England Stephen Lee (a) 6-4 England Dave Harold (a) Head to head
Quarterfinals
Scotland Chris Small (a) 5-3 Scotland Jamie Burnett (a)  
Hong Kong Marco Fu (a) 5-3 England Peter Ebdon (a) Head to head
England Dave Harold (a) 5-4 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) Head to head
England Stephen Lee (a) 5-0 Australia Quinten Hann (a) Head to head
Round 3
(Last 16)
1 Scotland Jamie Burnett (a) 5-0 England Gary Wilkinson (a) Head to head
2 Scotland Chris Small (a) 5-2 England Anthony Hamilton (a) Head to head
3 England Peter Ebdon (a) 5-0 Scotland Alan McManus (a) Head to head
4 Hong Kong Marco Fu (a) 5-2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) Head to head
5 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-3 England Brian Morgan (a) Head to head
6 England Dave Harold (a) 5-0 Pakistan Shokat Ali (a)  
7 England Stephen Lee (a) 5-2 Wales Darren Morgan (a)  
8 Australia Quinten Hann (a) 5-3 England Jason Ferguson (a)  
Round 2
(Last 32)
1 England Gary Wilkinson (a) 5-3 Finland Robin Hull (a) Head to head
2 Scotland Jamie Burnett (a) 5-2 England Nigel Bond (a) Head to head
3 England Anthony Hamilton (a) 5-1 England Paul Hunter (a) Head to head
4 Scotland Chris Small (a) 5-4 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
5 England Peter Ebdon (a) 5-1 Scotland Billy Snaddon (a)  
6 Scotland Alan McManus (a) 5-3 England Joe Johnson (a)  
7 Hong Kong Marco Fu (a) 5-3 Scotland Drew Henry (a) Head to head
8 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 5-2 England Mark King (a) Head to head
9 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-0 England David Roe (a)  
10 England Brian Morgan (a) 5-2 England Rod Lawler (a) Head to head
11 England Dave Harold (a) 5-2 Scotland Euan Henderson (a)  
12 Pakistan Shokat Ali (a) 5-3 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) Head to head
13 Wales Darren Morgan (a) 5-4 Wales Mark J Williams (a)  
14 England Stephen Lee (a) 5-1 Ireland Fergal O'Brien (a) Head to head
15 England Jason Ferguson (a) 5-4 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
16 Australia Quinten Hann (a) 5-4 Scotland Alan Burnett (a)  
Round 1
(Last 64)
1 Finland Robin Hull (a) 5-0 Wales Dominic Dale (a)  
2 England Gary Wilkinson (a) 5-0 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head
3 Scotland Jamie Burnett (a) 5-1 England Steve James (a)  
4 England Nigel Bond (a) 5-2 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace (a)  
5 England Anthony Hamilton (a) 5-4 England Leigh Griffin (a)  
6 England Paul Hunter (a) 5-2 England Jimmy Michie (a) Head to head
7 Scotland Chris Small (a) 5-3 England Stuart Pettman (a) Head to head
8 England John Parrott (a) 5-4 Ireland Colm Gilcreest (a)  
9 England Peter Ebdon (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Joe Swail (a) Head to head
10 Scotland Billy Snaddon (a) 5-1 England Nick Pearce (a)  
11 England Joe Johnson (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Terry Murphy (a)  
12 Scotland Alan McManus (a) 5-2 England Dean Reynolds (a)  
13 Scotland Drew Henry (a) 5-2 Malta Tony Drago (a)  
14 Hong Kong Marco Fu (a) 5-4 England Andy Hicks (a) Head to head
15 England Mark King (a) 5-2 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene (a) Head to head
16 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 5-3 Malaysia Sam Chong (a)  
17 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-1 England Ian McCulloch (a) Head to head
18 England David Roe (a) 5-1 Wales Matthew Stevens (a)  
19 England Brian Morgan (a) 5-3 England David Gray (a) Head to head
20 England Rod Lawler (a) 5-1 Canada Alain Robidoux (a)  
21 Scotland Euan Henderson (a) 5-1 Thailand James Wattana (a)  
22 England Dave Harold (a) 5-0 Malta Alex Borg (a)  
23 Pakistan Shokat Ali (a) 5-4 England Jimmy White (a)  
24 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) 5-0 Ireland David McDonnell (a)  
25 Wales Mark J Williams (a) 5-3 Ireland Michael Judge (a) Head to head
26 Wales Darren Morgan (a) 5-4 England Robert Milkins (a)  
27 Ireland Fergal O'Brien (a) 5-1 England Mark Johnston-Allen (a)  
28 England Stephen Lee (a) 5-3 England Tony Jones (a)  
29 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-4 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head
30 England Jason Ferguson (a) 5-3 England Martin Clark (a) Head to head
31 Scotland Alan Burnett (a) 5-3 Scotland Graeme Dott (a)  
32 Australia Quinten Hann (a) 5-1 Scotland John Higgins (a)  

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