1998–99 Pro Tour Season

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

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

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

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

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