China International 1997
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China International 1997 Catch China International 1997 
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Attendees: | 12 |
| Venue: | Beijing , People's Republic of China |
| Opening: | 17th September 1997 |
| Endgame: | September 20, 1997
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| Winner: |
 Steve Davis
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| Finalist: |
Jimmy White
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| Highest Break: | 147 ( James Wattana )
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The Catch China International 1997 was a professional snooker invitation tournament as part of the 1997-98 season . It was held from September 17th to 20th, 1997 in the Chinese capital Beijing . The winner was the Englishman Steve Davis , who defeated his compatriot Jimmy White 7: 4 in the final. The highest break of the tournament and at the same time the only century break was a maximum break by the Thai James Wattana . For Wattana it was already the third maximum, and it was also the 21st officially recognized maximum break.
Prize money
Only the winner of the tournament received prize money; Steve Davis drove home £ 10,000 more.
Tournament course
In the first round of the tournament, six Chinese players and the two top English players Steve Davis and Jimmy White competed . In addition to the four wins in the first round, four other professional players joined the quarter-finals, completing the field. While the first round was still played in the Best of 7 Frames mode, this number increased to nine in the quarterfinals, eleven in the semifinals and 13 in the finals.
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| Steve Davis
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
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4th | |||||||||||||
 Stephen Hendry
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0 | |||||||||||||
 Hasimu Tuerxun
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0 | Steve Davis
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6th | |||||||||||
| September 18, 1997 | ||||||||||||||
| James Wattana
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1 | |||||||||||||
| James Wattana
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Pang Weiguo
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Pang Weiguo
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Xu Xinjian
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1 | Steve Davis
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7th | |||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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4th | |||||||||||||
 Mark Williams
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Gao Feng
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3 | Jimmy White
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6th | |||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Guo Hua
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Guo Hua
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Da Hailin
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0 | |||||||||||||
final
On September 20, 1997, the two Englishmen Steve Davis and Jimmy White met in the final , both of whom had been in the tournament since the first round. Despite his advanced age, Davis had knocked the dominator of the 1990s, Stephen Hendry , out of the tournament with a white wash after he had already survived the first round with a white wash, and then had the final participation with a 6: 1 win over the Thai James Wattana , who had played a maximum in the previous round. White, on the other hand, fought his way to the quarterfinals with a win in the Decider , where he defeated Mark Williams from Welsh . Then he managed a rare white wash over Ronnie O'Sullivan , so that he too was in the final.
Davis - who was world champion six times in the 1980s - had the better start to the match and was able to win the first three frames with a 63 break before his opponent Jimmy White - who played six times between 1982 and 1995 The final of the World Cup stood and could not win a single time - also with the help of a 63 break and a 58 break. But Davis also countered and restored the old distance, where he still played a 50 break. White was able to shorten it to 6: 4 before Davis won the last frame with 64:41 and thus the match.
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Final: Best of 15 frames unknown , Beijing , China , September 20, 1997 |
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Steve Davis
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7 : 4 |
Jimmy White
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| 57:48 ; 65 : 41; 85 : 0 (63); 14: 74 (63); 55: 69 ; 0: 87 (58); 58:49 ; 57:25 ; 57:50 (Davis: 50); 8: 75 ; 64 : 41 | ||
| 63 | Highest break | 63 |
| - | Century breaks | - |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1997 China International. CueTracker.net, accessed February 22, 2019 .
- ^ A b Ron Florax: 1997 China International - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed February 22, 2019 .
