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The 1998–99 Pro Tour season was the fourth Pro Tour season. It started on 5 September 1998 with Grand Prix Boston, and ended on 8 August 1999 with the conclusion of the 1999 World Championships .
Grand Prix (September 1998)
GP Boston
GP Lisbon
Date: 5–6 September 1998
Date: 12–13 September 1998
Format: Standard
Format: Standard
Attendance: 314
Attendance: 544
1. Template:Flagicon USA Jon Finkel
1. Template:Flagicon PRT Bruno Cardoso
2. Template:Flagicon USA Randy Buehler
2. Template:Flagicon USA Brian Hacker
3. Template:Flagicon USA Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
3. Template:Flagicon USA Randy Buehler
4. Template:Flagicon USA Zvi Mowshowitz
4. Template:Flagicon PRT Helder Coelho
5. Template:Flagicon USA Darwin Kastle
5. Template:Flagicon BEL Jean-Louis D'Hondt
6. Template:Flagicon USA Mike Bregoli
6. Template:Flagicon FRA Laurent Pagorek
7. Template:Flagicon USA Dave Beury
7. Template:Flagicon FRA Alexis Dumay
8. Template:Flagicon USA Ben Farkas
8. Template:Flagicon PRT Jorge Martins
Pro Tour Chicago
Main article: Pro Tour Chicago 1998
25–27 September 1998 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Place
Player
Prize
Pro Points
Comment
1
Template:Flagicon DEU Dirk Baberowski
$25,000
32
Pro Tour debut
2
Template:Flagicon USA Casey McCarrel
$15,000
24
Second Pro Tour Top 8
3
Template:Flagicon CAN Jeff Fung
$10,000
16
4
Template:Flagicon AUT Benedikt Klauser
$8,000
16
First Austrian in a Pro Tour Top 8
5
Template:Flagicon USA Jon Finkel
$6,500
12
Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
6
Template:Flagicon CAN Ryan Fuller
$5,500
12
7
Template:Flagicon SWE Martin Cedercrantz
$4,800
12
8
Template:Flagicon BEL Dominique Coene
$4,300
12
Grand Prix (October 1998)
GP Austin
GP Birmingham
Date: 10–11 October 1998
Date: 17–18 October 1998
Format: Standard
Format: Block Constructed
Attendance: 213
Attendance: 346
1. Template:Flagicon CAN Gary Krakower
1. Template:Flagicon ENG Craig Jones
2. Template:Flagicon USA Darwin Kastle
2. Template:Flagicon DEU Kai Budde
3. Template:Flagicon USA Heath Kennel
3. Template:Flagicon USA Darwin Kastle
4. Template:Flagicon USA Trey Van Cleave
4. Template:Flagicon ENG Neil Rigby
5. Template:Flagicon USA Jeremy Baca
5. Template:Flagicon FIN Arho Toikka
6. Template:Flagicon USA Tony Tsai
6. Template:Flagicon ENG Warren Marsh
7. Template:Flagicon USA Sid Rao
7. Template:Flagicon SWE Andreas Jonsson
8. Template:Flagicon USA Jonathan Pechon
8. Template:Flagicon BEL Jean-Louis D'Hondt
Pro Tour Rome
Main article: Pro Tour Rome 1998
13–15 November 1998 in Rome, Italy.
Place
Player
Prize
Pro Points
Comment
1
Template:Flagicon FIN Tommi Hovi
$25,000
32
Third Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
2
Template:Flagicon FRA Nicolas Labarre
$15,000
24
3
Template:Flagicon USA Mark LePine
$10,000
16
Second Pro Tour Top 8
4
Template:Flagicon ITA Federico Dato
$8,000
16
5
Template:Flagicon SWE Olle Råde
$6,500
12
Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
6
Template:Flagicon USA Justin Gary
$5,500
12
7
Template:Flagicon USA Erik Lauer
$4,800
12
8
Template:Flagicon DEU André Konstanczer
$4,300
12
Grand Prix (December 1998–February 1999)
GP Manila
GP Kyoto
GP San Francisco
GP Barcelona
Date: 12–13 December 1998
Date: 16–17 January 1999
Date: 23–24 January 1999
Date: 6–7 February 1999
Format: Limited
Format: Limited
Format: Limited
Format: Limited
Attendance: 647
Attendance: 375
Attendance: 324
Attendance: 407
1. Template:Flagicon JPN Toshiki Tsukamoto
1. Template:Flagicon JPN Yoshikazu Ishii
1. Template:Flagicon USA Trey Van Cleave
1. Template:Flagicon DEU Kai Budde
2. Template:Flagicon PHL Scion Raguindin
2. Template:Flagicon JPN Hiroshi Watanabe
2. Template:Flagicon USA Mark Schick
2. Template:Flagicon USA Alex Shvartsman
3. Template:Flagicon PHL Josua Rivera
3. Template:Flagicon JPN Masami Ibamoto
3. Template:Flagicon USA John Yoo
3. Template:Flagicon ESP Roc Herms
4. Template:Flagicon PHL Leo Gonzales
4. Template:Flagicon JPN Tsuyoshi Fujita
4. Template:Flagicon USA Alan Comer
4. Template:Flagicon FRA Raphaël Lévy
5. Template:Flagicon PHL Rozano Yu
5. Template:Flagicon JPN Tadayoshi Komiya
5. Template:Flagicon USA Mike Craig
5. Template:Flagicon ENG Daniel Nuttal
6. Template:Flagicon PHL Francis Robert Profeta
6. Template:Flagicon JPN Hirobumi Nakamura
6. Template:Flagicon USA Shawn Keller
6. Template:Flagicon NLD Matt Henstra
7. Template:Flagicon PHL GeeVee Vegara
7. Template:Flagicon JPN Hideaki Amano
7. Template:Flagicon USA Hashim Bello
7. Template:Flagicon FRA Laurent Laclavie
8. Template:Flagicon JPN Itaru Ishida
8. Template:Flagicon JPN Eisaku Sueyoshi
8. Template:Flagicon USA Shawn Roush
8. Template:Flagicon ENG Gordon Benson
Pro Tour Los Angeles
Main article: Pro Tour Los Angeles 1999
26–28 February 1999 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Place
Player
Prize
Pro Points
Comment
1
Template:Flagicon USA Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
$25,000
32
Second Pro Tour Top 8
2
Template:Flagicon USA Jon Finkel
$15,000
24
Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
3
Template:Flagicon USA Worth Wollpert
$10,000
16
4
Template:Flagicon CAN Terry Lau
$8,000
16
5
Template:Flagicon FRA Lucien Bui
$6,500
12
6
Template:Flagicon USA Patrick Chapin
$5,500
12
Second Pro Tour Top 8
7
Template:Flagicon DNK Svend Geertsen
$4,800
12
Third Pro Tour Top 8
8
Template:Flagicon USA Mike Long
$4,300
12
Second Pro Tour Top 8
Grand Prix (March–April 1999)
GP Vienna
GP Kansas City
GP Oslo
GP Taipei
Date: 13–14 March 1999
Date: 27–28 March 1999
Date: 10–11 April 1999
Date: 24–25 April 1999
Format: Extended
Format: Extended
Format: Limited
Format: Limited
Attendance: 367
Attendance: 458
Attendance: 346
Attendance: 194
1. Template:Flagicon DEU Kai Budde
1. Template:Flagicon USA Mark Gordon
1. Template:Flagicon DEU Jim Herold
1. Template:Flagicon JPN Kenichi Fujita
2. Template:Flagicon AUT Christian Gregorich
2. Template:Flagicon USA Chris Pikula
2. Template:Flagicon FIN Mikko Lintamo
2. Template:Flagicon JPN Iwao Takemasa
3. Template:Flagicon USA Jon Finkel
3. Template:Flagicon USA Bob Maher, Jr.
3. Template:Flagicon NOR Christer Ljones
3. Template:Flagicon USA Tobey Tamber
4. Template:Flagicon USA Erik Lauer
4. Template:Flagicon USA Scott Seville
4. Template:Flagicon NOR Bjørn Ove Leknes Skogseth
4. Template:Flagicon JPN Itaru Ishida
5. Template:Flagicon USA Randy Buehler
5. Template:Flagicon USA Jon Finkel
5. Template:Flagicon FIN Seppo Toikka
5. Template:Flagicon HKG Chi Fai Ng
6. Template:Flagicon CZE Jakub Slemr
6. Template:Flagicon USA Lan D. Ho
6. Template:Flagicon USA Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
6. Template:Flagicon HKG Kai Cheog Tang
7. Template:Flagicon DEU Dirk Hein
7. Template:Flagicon USA Randy Buehler
7. Template:Flagicon DEU André Konstanczer
7. Template:Flagicon USA Alex Shvartsman
8. Template:Flagicon DEU Peer Kröger
8. Template:Flagicon CAN Vincent Johnson
8. Template:Flagicon FIN Jonathan Brown
8. Template:Flagicon TWN Miller Tsai
Pro Tour New York
Main article: Pro Tour New York 1999
30 April–2 May 1999 in New York, United States.
Place
Player
Prize
Pro Points
Comment
1
Template:Flagicon USA Casey McCarrel
$25,000
32
Third Pro Tour Top 8
2
Template:Flagicon USA Shawn Keller
$15,000
24
3
Template:Flagicon USA Zvi Mowshowitz
$10,000
16
4
Template:Flagicon USA David Humpherys
$8,000
16
5
Template:Flagicon USA Rob Dougherty
$6,500
12
6
Template:Flagicon DEU Christian Lührs
$5,500
12
7
Template:Flagicon FRA Nicolas Labarre
$4,800
12
Second Pro Tour Top 8
8
Template:Flagicon CAN Terry Tsang
$4,300
12
Grand Prix (May–June 1999)
GP Amsterdam
GP Washington, D.C.
Date: 15–16 May 1999
Date: 19–20 June 1999
Format: Limited
Format: Limited
Attendance: 600
Attendance: 434
1. Template:Flagicon DEU Kai Budde
1. Template:Flagicon USA Ben Farkas
2. Template:Flagicon DEU Dirk Baberowski
2. Template:Flagicon USA Chris Pikula
3. Template:Flagicon DEU André Konstanczer
3. Template:Flagicon USA Noah Weil
4. Template:Flagicon ITA Guido Pacifici
4. Template:Flagicon USA Zvi Mowshowitz
5. Template:Flagicon NLD Bram Snepvangers
5. Template:Flagicon USA Mike Turian
6. Template:Flagicon DEU Janosch Kühn
6. Template:Flagicon USA Scott McCord
7. Template:Flagicon DEU Daniel Steinsdorfer
7. Template:Flagicon USA Mark LePine
8. Template:Flagicon BEL Vincent Gieling
8. Template:Flagicon USA Dennis Bentley
1999 World Championships 4–8 August 1999 in Tokyo, Japan.
Final standings
Place
Player
Prize
Pro Points
Comment
1
Template:Flagicon DEU Kai Budde
$34,000
32
2
Template:Flagicon USA Mark LePine
$22,000
24
Third Pro Tour Top 8
3
Template:Flagicon ITA Raffaele Lo Moro
$16,000
16
4
Template:Flagicon USA Matt Linde
$13,000
16
5
Template:Flagicon CZE Jakub Slemr
$11,000
12
Third Pro Tour Top 8
6
Template:Flagicon USA Jamie Parke
$9,500
12
7
Template:Flagicon CAN Gary Wise
$8,250
12
8
Template:Flagicon NOR Nicolai Herzog
$7,250
12
Team competition
Place
Country
Player
Prize
Pro Points
1
Template:Flagicon USA United States
Kyle Rose
$5,500
5
John Hunka
$5,500
5
Zvi Mowshowitz
$5,500
5
Charles Kornblith
$5,500
5
2
Template:Flagicon DEU Germany
Marco Blume
$3,000
4
Patrick Mello
$3,000
4
David Brucker
$3,000
4
Rosario Maij
$3,000
4
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