World Snooker Championship 1998
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 April–4 May 1998 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £1,323,000 |
| Winner's share | £220,000 |
| Highest break |
 John Higgins (143) Jimmy White (143) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
John Higgins
|
| Runner-up |
 Ken Doherty
|
| Score | 18–12 |
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The 1998 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1998 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 April–4 May 1998 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
John Higgins won his first World title by defeating defending champion Ken Doherty 18–12 in the final. Doherty became another World Champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title. However, Doherty has come closer than any other first-time champion bar Joe Johnson to retaining his championship. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).
Highest break by Doherty: 112
Highest break by Higgins: 130
There were 59 century breaks in the championship, a new record which would last until 2002. John Higgins' 14 centuries in the tournament was a new record, beating the 12 made by Stephen Hendry in 1995.
The qualifying matches were held between 2 January and March 1998 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
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