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)

**Date:** 5–6 September 1998
**Format:** Standard
 1.  Jon Finkel
2.  Randy Buehler
3.  Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
4.  Zvi Mowshowitz
5.  Darwin Kastle
6.  Mike Bregoli
7.  Dave Beury
8.  Ben Farkas

**Date:** 12–13 September 1998
**Format:** Standard
 1.  Bruno Cardoso
2.  Brian Hacker
3.  Randy Buehler
4.  Helder Coelho
5.  Jean-Louis D'Hondt
6.  Laurent Pagorek
7.  Alexis Dumay
8.  Jorge Martins

## Pro Tour Chicago

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

## Grand Prix (October 1998)

**Date:** 10–11 October 1998
**Format:** Standard
 1.  Gary Krakower
2.  Darwin Kastle
3.  Heath Kennel
4.  Trey Van Cleave
5.  Jeremy Baca
6.  Tony Tsai
7.  Sid Rao
8.  Jonathan Pechon

**Date:** 17–18 October 1998
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Craig Jones
2.  Kai Budde
3.  Darwin Kastle
4.  Neil Rigby
5.  Arho Toikka
6.  Warren Marsh
7.  Andreas Jonsson
8.  Jean-Louis D'Hondt

## Grand Prix (December 1998–February 1999)

**Date:** 12–13 December 1998
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Toshiki Tsukamoto
2.  Scion Raguindin
3.  Josua Rivera
4.  Leo Gonzales
5.  Rozano Yu
6.  Francis Robert Profeta
7.  GeeVee Vegara
8.  Itaru Ishida

**Date:** 16–17 January 1999
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Yoshikazu Ishii
2.  Hiroshi Watanabe
3.  Masami Ibamoto
4.  Tsuyoshi Fujita
5.  Tadayoshi Komiya
6.  Hirobumi Nakamura
7.  Hideaki Amano
8.  Eisaku Sueyoshi

**Date:** 23–24 January 1999
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Trey Van Cleave
2.  Mark Schick
3.  John Yoo
4.  Alan Comer
5.  Mike Craig
6.  Shawn Keller
7.  Hashim Bello
8.  Shawn Roush

**Date:** 6–7 February 1999
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Kai Budde
2.  Alex Shvartsman
3.  Roc Herms
4.  Raphaël Lévy
5.  Daniel Nuttal
6.  Matt Henstra
7.  Laurent Laclavie
8.  Gordon Benson

## Pro Tour Los Angeles

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

## Grand Prix (March–April 1999)

**Date:** 13–14 March 1999
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Kai Budde
2.  Christian Gregorich
3.  Jon Finkel
4.  Erik Lauer
5.  Randy Buehler
6.  Jakub Slemr
7.  Dirk Hein
8.  Peer Kröger

**Date:** 27–28 March 1999
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Mark Gordon
2.  Chris Pikula
3.  Bob Maher, Jr.
4.  Scott Seville
5.  Jon Finkel
6.  Lan D. Ho
7.  Randy Buehler
8.  Vincent Johnson

**Date:** 10–11 April 1999
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Jim Herold
2.  Mikko Lintamo
3.  Christer Ljones
4.  Bjørn Ove Leknes Skogseth
5.  Seppo Toikka
6.  Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
7.  André Konstanczer
8.  Jonathan Brown

**Date:** 24–25 April 1999
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Kenichi Fujita
2.  Iwao Takemasa
3.  Tobey Tamber
4.  Itaru Ishida
5.  Chi Fai Ng
6.  Kai Cheog Tang
7.  Alex Shvartsman
8.  Miller Tsai

## Pro Tour New York

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

## Grand Prix (May–June 1999)

**Date:** 15–16 May 1999
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Kai Budde
2.  Dirk Baberowski
3.  André Konstanczer
4.  Guido Pacifici
5.  Bram Snepvangers
6.  Janosch Kühn
7.  Daniel Steinsdorfer
8.  Vincent Gieling

**Date:** 19–20 June 1999
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Ben Farkas
2.  Chris Pikula
3.  Noah Weil
4.  Zvi Mowshowitz
5.  Mike Turian
6.  Scott McCord
7.  Mark LePine
8.  Dennis Bentley

## 1999 World Championships

*Main article: 1999 World Championships*
4–8 August 1999 in Tokyo, Japan.