1998 Premier League Snooker

The 1998 Doc Martens Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 3 January to 24 May 1998. All matches including the play-offs were played at the Diamond Centre at Irthlingborough.

Doc Martens Premier League

Tournament information
Dates	3 January – 24 May 1998 (1998-01-03 – 1998-05-24)
Venue	Diamond Centre
City	Irthlingborough
Country	England
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£60,000
Highest break	Stephen Hendry (147)
Final
Champion	Ken Doherty
Runner-up	Jimmy White
Score	10–2
← 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 Doherty.^[2]

League phase

Ranking		HIG	HEN	DOH	WHI	OSU	DAV	WIL	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	John Higgins	x	4	4	7	6	8	7	36–12	4–2–0	6–10
2	Stephen Hendry	4	x	6	5	4	7	6	32–16	4–2–0	6–10
3	Ken Doherty	4	2	x	2	7	5	6	26–22	3–1–2	6–7
4	Jimmy White	1	3	6	x	5	3	4	22–26	2–1–3	6–5
5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2	4	1	3	x	4	5	19–48	1–2–3	6–4
6	Steve Davis	0	1	3	5	4	x	4	17–48	1–2–3	6–4
7	Mark Williams	1	2	2	4	3	4	x	16–48	0–2–4	6–2

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]

• 4th January Match Day 1
  • Ken Doherty 6–2 Mark Williams
  • John Higgins 7–1 Jimmy White
  • Stephen Hendry 7–1 Steve Davis
• 3rd January 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

23–24 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

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.