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.
Ken Doherty won in the final 10–2 against Jimmy White. Stephen Hendry made a maximum break in the semi-finals against Doherty. __TOC__
League phase
Ranking HIG HEN DOH WHI OSU DAV WIL FrameW-L MatchW-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 January Match Day 1 Stephen Hendry 6–2 Mark Williams Steve Davis 5–3 Jimmy White Ken Doherty 6–2 Mark Williams 4 January Match Day 2 John Higgins 7–1 Jimmy White Stephen Hendry 7–1 Steve Davis 10 January Match Day 3 John Higgins 7–1 Mark Williams Stephen Hendry 5–3 Jimmy White Ken Doherty 7–1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 11 January Match Day 4 Mark Williams 4–4 Steve Davis Jimmy White 6–2 Ken Doherty John Higgins 6–2 Ronnie O'Sullivan? 31 January? Match Day 5 Stephen Hendry 6–2 Ken Doherty Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Mark Williams 1 February? Match Day 6 Jimmy White 5–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Ken Doherty 5–3 Steve Davis Stephen Hendry 4–4 John Higgins 9 May Match Day 7 John Higgins 4–4 Ken Doherty Steve Davis 4–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan 10 May Match Day 8 Mark Williams 4–4 Jimmy White Stephen Hendry 4–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 8–0 Steve Davis
Play-offs 23–24 May (Diamond Centre, Irthlingborough, England)
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