1998–99 Pro Tour Season

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1998–99 Pro Tour Season
Player of the Year DEU flag Kai Budde
Rookie of the Year DEU flag Dirk Baberowski
World Champion DEU flag Kai Budde
Team Champion USA flag United States
PTs 5
Grand Prix 14
Previous season:
1997–98
Next season:
1999–00

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

Date: 5–6 September 1998
Format: Standard
Attendance: 314

1. USA flag Jon Finkel
2. USA flag Randy Buehler
3. USA flag Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
4. USA flag Zvi Mowshowitz
5. USA flag Darwin Kastle
6. USA flag Mike Bregoli
7. USA flag Dave Beury
8. USA flag Ben Farkas

GP Lisbon

Date: 12–13 September 1998
Format: Standard
Attendance: 544

1. PRT flag Bruno Cardoso
2. USA flag Brian Hacker
3. USA flag Randy Buehler
4. PRT flag Helder Coelho
5. BEL flag Jean-Louis D'Hondt
6. FRA flag Laurent Pagorek
7. FRA flag Alexis Dumay
8. PRT flag Jorge Martins

Pro Tour Chicago

25–27 September 1998 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 DEU flag Dirk Baberowski $25,000 32 Pro Tour debut
2 USA flag Casey McCarrel $15,000 24 Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 CAN flag Jeff Fung $10,000 16
4 AUT flag Benedikt Klauser $8,000 16 First Austrian in a Pro Tour Top 8
5 USA flag Jon Finkel $6,500 12 Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
6 CAN flag Ryan Fuller $5,500 12
7 SWE flag Martin Cedercrantz $4,800 12
8 BEL flag Dominique Coene $4,300 12

Grand Prix (October 1998)

GP Austin

Date: 10–11 October 1998
Format: Standard
Attendance: 213

1. CAN flag Gary Krakower
2. USA flag Darwin Kastle
3. USA flag Heath Kennel
4. USA flag Trey Van Cleave
5. USA flag Jeremy Baca
6. USA flag Tony Tsai
7. USA flag Sid Rao
8. USA flag Jonathan Pechon

GP Birmingham

Date: 17–18 October 1998
Format: Block Constructed
Attendance: 346

1. GB-ENG flag Craig Jones
2. DEU flag Kai Budde
3. USA flag Darwin Kastle
4. GB-ENG flag Neil Rigby
5. FIN flag Arho Toikka
6. GB-ENG flag Warren Marsh
7. SWE flag Andreas Jonsson
8. BEL flag Jean-Louis D'Hondt

Pro Tour Rome

13–15 November 1998 in Rome, Italy.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 FIN flag Tommi Hovi $25,000 32 Third Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
2 FRA flag Nicolas Labarre $15,000 24
3 USA flag Mark LePine $10,000 16 Second Pro Tour Top 8
4 ITA flag Federico Dato $8,000 16
5 SWE flag Olle Råde $6,500 12 Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
6 USA flag Justin Gary $5,500 12
7 USA flag Erik Lauer $4,800 12
8 DEU flag André Konstanczer $4,300 12

Grand Prix (December 1998–February 1999)

GP Manila

Date: 12–13 December 1998
Format: Limited
Attendance: 647

1. JPN flag Toshiki Tsukamoto
2. PHL flag Scion Raguindin
3. PHL flag Josua Rivera
4. PHL flag Leo Gonzales
5. PHL flag Rozano Yu
6. PHL flag Francis Robert Profeta
7. PHL flag GeeVee Vegara
8. JPN flag Itaru Ishida

GP Kyoto

Date: 16–17 January 1999
Format: Limited
Attendance: 375

1. JPN flag Yoshikazu Ishii
2. JPN flag Hiroshi Watanabe
3. JPN flag Masami Ibamoto
4. JPN flag Tsuyoshi Fujita
5. JPN flag Tadayoshi Komiya
6. JPN flag Hirobumi Nakamura
7. JPN flag Hideaki Amano
8. JPN flag Eisaku Sueyoshi

GP San Francisco

Date: 23–24 January 1999
Format: Limited
Attendance: 324

1. USA flag Trey Van Cleave
2. USA flag Mark Schick
3. USA flag John Yoo
4. USA flag Alan Comer
5. USA flag Mike Craig
6. USA flag Shawn Keller
7. USA flag Hashim Bello
8. USA flag Shawn Roush

GP Barcelona

Date: 6–7 February 1999
Format: Limited
Attendance: 407

1. DEU flag Kai Budde
2. USA flag Alex Shvartsman
3. ESP flag Roc Herms
4. FRA flag Raphaël Lévy
5. GB-ENG flag Daniel Nuttal
6. NLD flag Matt Henstra
7. FRA flag Laurent Laclavie
8. GB-ENG flag Gordon Benson

Pro Tour Los Angeles

26–28 February 1999 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 USA flag Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz $25,000 32 Second Pro Tour Top 8
2 USA flag Jon Finkel $15,000 24 Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
3 USA flag Worth Wollpert $10,000 16
4 CAN flag Terry Lau $8,000 16
5 FRA flag Lucien Bui $6,500 12
6 USA flag Patrick Chapin $5,500 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8
7 DNK flag Svend Geertsen $4,800 12 Third Pro Tour Top 8
8 USA flag Mike Long $4,300 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8

Grand Prix (March–April 1999)

GP Vienna

Date: 13–14 March 1999
Format: Extended
Attendance: 367

1. DEU flag Kai Budde
2. AUT flag Christian Gregorich
3. USA flag Jon Finkel
4. USA flag Erik Lauer
5. USA flag Randy Buehler
6. CZE flag Jakub Slemr
7. DEU flag Dirk Hein
8. DEU flag Peer Kröger

GP Kansas City

Date: 27–28 March 1999
Format: Extended
Attendance: 458

1. USA flag Mark Gordon
2. USA flag Chris Pikula
3. USA flag Bob Maher, Jr.
4. USA flag Scott Seville
5. USA flag Jon Finkel
6. USA flag Lan D. Ho
7. USA flag Randy Buehler
8. CAN flag Vincent Johnson

GP Oslo

Date: 10–11 April 1999
Format: Limited
Attendance: 346

1. DEU flag Jim Herold
2. FIN flag Mikko Lintamo
3. NOR flag Christer Ljones
4. NOR flag Bjørn Ove Leknes Skogseth
5. FIN flag Seppo Toikka
6. USA flag Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
7. DEU flag André Konstanczer
8. FIN flag Jonathan Brown

GP Taipei

Date: 24–25 April 1999
Format: Limited
Attendance: 194

1. JPN flag Kenichi Fujita
2. JPN flag Iwao Takemasa
3. USA flag Tobey Tamber
4. JPN flag Itaru Ishida
5. HKG flag Chi Fai Ng
6. HKG flag Kai Cheog Tang
7. USA flag Alex Shvartsman
8. TWN flag Miller Tsai

Pro Tour New York

30 April–2 May 1999 in New York, United States.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 USA flag Casey McCarrel $25,000 32 Third Pro Tour Top 8
2 USA flag Shawn Keller $15,000 24
3 USA flag Zvi Mowshowitz $10,000 16
4 USA flag David Humpherys $8,000 16
5 USA flag Rob Dougherty $6,500 12
6 DEU flag Christian Lührs $5,500 12
7 FRA flag Nicolas Labarre $4,800 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8
8 CAN flag Terry Tsang $4,300 12

Grand Prix (May–June 1999)

GP Amsterdam

Date: 15–16 May 1999
Format: Limited
Attendance: 600

1. DEU flag Kai Budde
2. DEU flag Dirk Baberowski
3. DEU flag André Konstanczer
4. ITA flag Guido Pacifici
5. NLD flag Bram Snepvangers
6. DEU flag Janosch Kühn
7. DEU flag Daniel Steinsdorfer
8. BEL flag Vincent Gieling

GP Washington, D.C.

Date: 19–20 June 1999
Format: Limited
Attendance: 434

1. USA flag Ben Farkas
2. USA flag Chris Pikula
3. USA flag Noah Weil
4. USA flag Zvi Mowshowitz
5. USA flag Mike Turian
6. USA flag Scott McCord
7. USA flag Mark LePine
8. USA flag Dennis Bentley

1999 World Championships

4–8 August 1999 in Tokyo, Japan.

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 DEU flag Kai Budde $34,000 32
2 USA flag Mark LePine $22,000 24 Third Pro Tour Top 8
3 ITA flag Raffaele Lo Moro $16,000 16
4 USA flag Matt Linde $13,000 16
5 CZE flag Jakub Slemr $11,000 12 Third Pro Tour Top 8
6 USA flag Jamie Parke $9,500 12
7 CAN flag Gary Wise $8,250 12
8 NOR flag Nicolai Herzog $7,250 12

Team competition

Place Country Player Prize Pro Points
1 USA flag United States Kyle Rose $5,500 5
John Hunka $5,500 5
Zvi Mowshowitz $5,500 5
Charles Kornblith $5,500 5
2 DEU flag Germany Marco Blume $3,000 4
Patrick Mello $3,000 4
David Brucker $3,000 4
Rosario Maij $3,000 4