1998 Premier League Snooker

The 1998 Doc Martens Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 3 January to 17 May 1998.

Doc Martens Premier League
Tournament information
Dates3 January–17 May 1998
CountryUnited Kingdom
Organisation(s)Matchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£60,000
Highest break Stephen Hendry (147)
Final
Champion Ken Doherty
Runner-up Jimmy White
Score10–2
← 1997
1999 →

Ken Doherty won in the final 10–2 against Jimmy White.[1] Stephen Hendry made a maximum break in the semi-finals against John Higgins.[2]

League phase
Ranking
HIG
HEN
DOH
WHI
OSU
DAV
WIL		Frame
W-L		Match
W-D-L		Pld-Pts
1 John Higgins x447687 36–124–2–06–10
2 Stephen Hendry 4x65476 32–164–2–06–10
3 Ken Doherty 42x2756 26–223–1–26–7
4 Jimmy White 136x534 22–262–1–36–5
5 Ronnie O'Sullivan 2413x45 19–481–2–36–4
6 Steve Davis 01354x4 17–481–2–36–4
7 Mark Williams 122434x 16–480–2–46–2

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher.[3]

  • Match Day 1
    • Ken Doherty 6–2 Mark Williams
    • John Higgins 7–1 Jimmy White
    • Stephen Hendry 7–1 Steve Davis
  • Match Day 2
    • Stephen Hendry 6–2 Mark Williams
    • Steve Davis 5–3 Jimmy White
    • John Higgins 6–2 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • Match Day 3
    • Mark Williams 4–4 Steve Davis
    • Jimmy White 6–2 Ken Doherty
  • Match Day 4
    • Ken Doherty 7–1 Ronnie O'Sullivan
    • John Higgins 7–1 Mark Williams
    • Stephen Hendry 5–3 Jimmy White
  • Match Day 5
    • Jimmy White 5–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
    • Ken Doherty 5–3 Steve Davis
    • Stephen Hendry 4–4 John Higgins
  • Match Day 6
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Mark Williams
    • Stephen Hendry 6–2 Ken Doherty
  • Match Day 7
    • Mark Williams 4–4 Jimmy White
    • John Higgins 8–0 Steve Davis
    • Stephen Hendry 4–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • Match Day 8
    • John Higgins 4–4 Ken Doherty
    • Steve Davis 4–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Play-offs

16–17 May (Diamond Centre, Irthlingborough, England)[3]

Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
      
1 John Higgins 3
4 Jimmy White 6
4 Jimmy White 2
3 Ken Doherty 10
2 Stephen Hendry 5
3 Ken Doherty 6
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References
  1. "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. "Doc Martens Premier League". snooker.org. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 174.
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