1998 Super Challenge

Red Bull Super Challenge
Tournament information
DatesJune 1998
CityGuangzhou
CountryChina
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£12,000
Highest break Marco Fu (CHN), 138
Final
Champion Steve Davis (ENG)
Runner-up Stephen Hendry (SCO)
ScoreRound-Robin

The 1998 Red Bull Super Challenge was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place in June 1998 in Guangzhou, China.[1]

This one-off event was held as a six-man round robin. The players who competed were Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, James Wattana plus three local stars who had yet to establish themselves as professionals, Marco Fu, Pang Weiguo and Guo Hua. Davis and Hendry had identical records but Davis took the title as he had beaten Hendry in their individual match.[2] Fu made the highest break of the tournament, 138.[3]

Round-robin

[3]

Position Player Played Won Lost FW FW Points Prize money
Winner  Steve Davis (ENG) 5 4 1 16 9 28* £12,000
Runner-up  Stephen Hendry (SCO) 5 4 1 16 9 28 £8,000
3  James Wattana (THA) 5 3 2 12 13 21 £5,000
4 China Pang Weiguo 5 2 3 12 13 18 £750
5  Marco Fu (HKG) 5 1 4 11 14 14 £750
6  Guo Hua (CHN) 5 1 4 8 17 11 £750

* Steve Davis won the title on head to head results after beating Stephen Hendry 3–2.

References

  1. ^ "The 1998/99 Season". snooker.org. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events". Chris Turners' Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "David wins 73rd title". Snooker Scene. July 1998. pp. 14–15.