1998 World Badminton Grand Prix Finals
Badminton tournament
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The 1998 World Badminton Grand Prix was the 16th edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals. It was held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei from February 24 to February 28, 1999. It did not take place in December as in the years before due to the collision with the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. The prize money was USD300,000.
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| Dates | 24–28 February 1999 | ||
| Edition | 16 | ||
| Total prize money | US$300,000 | ||
| Location | Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei | ||
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The players were qualified according to the ranking on 1 December 1998. In men's singles the first 16 players were qualified, in women's singles the first 12 and in the doubles the first eight. Margit Borg, the number 13 in the women's singles rank, could participate because the Susi Susanti was pregnant.
Men's singles
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
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 Peter Gade
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 Ong Ewe Hock
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| Peter Gade
| 11 | 8 | |||||||||||
 Sun Jun
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Yong Hock Kin
| 12 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Sun Jun
| 15 | 17 | |||||||||||
Women's singles
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
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| Ye Zhaoying
| 5 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Zhang Ning
| 11 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Zhang Ning
| 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Dai Yun
| 8 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Dai Yun
| 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Gong Zhichao
| 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
Men's doubles
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Flandy Limpele Eng Hian
| 11 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto
| 11 | 15 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Denny Kantono Antonius Budi Ariantho
| 15 | 5 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Denny Kantono Antonius Budi Ariantho
| 11 | 12 | |||||||||||
Women's doubles
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Ge Fei Gu Jun
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Yang Wei Huang Nanyan
| 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Ge Fei Gu Jun
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| Marlene Thomsen Rikke Olsen
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| Ann Jorgensen Majken Vange
| 5 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Marlene Thomsen Rikke Olsen
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
Mixed doubles
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| Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen
| 9 | 15 | 11 | ||||||||||
 Simon Archer Joanne Goode
| 15 | 13 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Simon Archer Joanne Goode
| 6 | 9 | |||||||||||
 Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Trikus Heryanto Minarti Timur
| 7 | 4 | |||||||||||