1998 Super Challenge

Red Bull Super Challenge
Tournament information
Dates June 1998
City Guangzhou
Country China
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-ranking event
Winner's share £12,000
Final
Champion England Steve Davis
Runner-up Scotland Stephen Hendry

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 make their mark 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]

Round-robin

[3]

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1England Steve Davis 54169+74
2Scotland Stephen Hendry 54169+74
3Thailand James Wattana 531213−13
4China Pang Weiguo 521213-12
5Hong Kong Marco Fu 511114−31
6China Guo Hua 51817−91

References

  1. "The 1998/99 Season". snooker.org. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. "Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events". Chris Turners' Snooker Archive. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. Snooker Scene, July 1998, page 14
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