Scottish Masters 1997
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Scottish Masters 1997 Regal Scottish Masters 1997 
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Venue: | Civic Center, Motherwell , Scotland |
| Opening: | September 30, 1997 |
| Endgame: | October 5, 1997
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| Winner: |
 Nigel Bond
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| Finalist: |
 Alan McManus
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| Highest Break: | 140 ( Alan McManus )
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The Regal Scottish Masters 1997 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1997/98 season . The invitation tournament was held at Motherwell's Civic Center from September 30th to October 5th .
The two finalists of the previous year met in the quarter-finals. This time the defending champion Peter Ebdon lost to Alan McManus . The Scot then made it to the final as a qualifying player for the second time in a row and for the third time overall. But for the third time he missed winning the tournament. The world number eight Nigel Bond won his only Scottish Masters title with 9: 8.
Prize money
The prize money was increased by £ 5,500 compared to the previous year . Of this, £ 3,500 went to those who did not qualify the previous year. The rest was distributed to the losers of the semi-finals and finals.
| placement | Prize money |
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| winner | £ 60,000 |
| final | £ 29,000 |
| Semifinals | £ 15,000 |
| Quarter finals | £ 8,500 |
| Round 1 | £ 4,750 |
| qualification | |
| final | £ 1,000 |
| Semifinals | 750 pounds |
| Quarter finals | £ 500 |
| Highest Break (Final Round) | £ 5,000 |
| All in all | £ 180,500 |
Final round
The top 9 of the world rankings as well as Steve Davis and Jimmy White formed the invited field of participants of the tournament. With Alan McManus , number 10 in the ranking also qualified in an additional elimination tournament. He and the players placed 5th to 11th competed against each other in round 1. The top 4 were set for the quarterfinals.
| Round 1 (Best of 9) |
Quarter Finals (Best of 11) |
Semi-finals (Best of 11) |
Final (Best of 17) |
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| 1 | Peter Ebdon
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| 5 |  Mark Williams
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4th | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Alan McManus
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6th | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Alan McManus
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5 | 12 | Alan McManus
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6th | |||||||||||||
| 4th | John Higgins
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3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | John Higgins
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6th | ||||||||||||||||
| 7th | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7th | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Alain Robidoux
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1 | 12 | Alan McManus
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8th | |||||||||||||
| 8th | Nigel Bond
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9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Stephen Hendry
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5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | John Parrott
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| 6th | John Parrott
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6th | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Jimmy White
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2 | 6th | John Parrott
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3 | |||||||||||||
| 8th | Nigel Bond
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6th | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Ken Doherty
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5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8th | Nigel Bond
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| 8th | Nigel Bond
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6th | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Steve Davis
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4th | ||||||||||||||||
final
For Alan McManus it was the third Scottish Masters final, but he only got into the tournament via qualification because he had dropped out of the top 8 in the world for the first time in four years. Nigel Bond , too, fell back slightly after his high-altitude flight in 1995/96. Both players had already won three professional tournaments. In a direct comparison, the Scot was clearly 7: 1 ahead, but Bond had won the last encounter at the 1995 World Cup when he was runner-up. The final took a strange turn. McManus took the lead 2-0 and 3-1, but then he lost the thread and gave up all frames until the session break. When Bond then even increased to 6: 3 in the evening session with the only century break of the finals, it became questionable for the Scot. But now he was able to win again five frames in a row and was 8: 6 only one frame before his first Scottish Masters victory. With a 56-point break in the 15th frame he pushed the door wide open, but Nigel Bond set a 67 break against it and stole the frame. Suddenly the momentum was back on the Englishman's side and he won the next two contested frames. He had won the tournament 9: 8 and got the third title on the professional tour within a year and a half.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Civic Center, Motherwell , Scotland , 5th October 1997 |
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Alan McManus
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8: 9 |
Nigel Bond
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Afternoon : 64 : 26 (63), 102 : 17 (66), 4: 99 (51), 74 : 5 (62), 53: 84 , 0: 77 (55), 28: 78 (66), 29: 58 ; Evening : 0: 128 (128), 93 : 24 (61), 69 : 44, 112 : 12 (63), 74 : 2 (74), 90 : 12 (85), 61: 67 (56 McManus, 67 Bond ), 14:72 , 30:67 |
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| 85 | Highest break | 128 |
| - | Century breaks | 1 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 8th |
qualification
Two years earlier there had been the first opportunity to qualify for a free place in the main tournament. After a year without qualification, they made another attempt. This time, however, 6 instead of 4 players competed before the main tournament. With Alan McManus , the best-placed player in the world rankings got the free place in the final round.
qualification
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
 Tony Drago
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5 | ||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton
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4th |  Dennis Taylor
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3 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
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5 | Tony Drago
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2 | ||||||||||
| Alan McManus
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| Alan McManus
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| Darren Morgan
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5 | Darren Morgan
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| Billy Snaddon
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Century breaks
A player scored more than 100 points in one break 8 times in the entire tournament. The highest tournament break of 140 points was achieved in the semifinals by Scotsman Alan McManus , who received another £ 5,000 as an additional bonus.
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- ^ Scottish Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on December 1, 2018 (English).
- ↑ a b c d 1997 Scottish Masters - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed December 1, 2018 .
- ↑ a b 1997 Scottish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 1, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Regal Scottish Masters 1997. snooker.org, accessed December 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Rankings - 1997-1998. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 1, 2018 .