World Snooker Championship 1997

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World Snooker Championship 1997
Embassy World Snooker Championship

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Attendees: 32
Venue: Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening: April 19, 1997
Endgame: 4th / 5th May 1997

Winner: IrelandIreland Ken Doherty
Finalist: ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
Highest Break: 147 ( Ronnie O'Sullivan ) EnglandEngland
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The 1997 World Snooker Championship took place from April 19 to May 5, 1997 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and marked the end of the 1996/97 snooker season .

Defending champion was Stephen Hendry from Scotland , who made it to the final again this time. There he had to admit defeat to Ken Doherty with 12:18. With Doherty, a player from the Republic of Ireland won the World Snooker Championship for the first and so far only time .

Prize money

Prize money
winner £ 210,000
finalist £ 126,000
Semi-finalist £ 63,000
Quarter finalist £ 31,500
Round of 16 £ 16,800
Last 32 £ 9,450
Highest break £ 18,000
Maximum break (main round) £ 147,000
All in all £ 1,260,000

Main round

  Round 1
Best of 19 Frames
2 Sessions; Frames 9-10 		Round of 16
Best of 25 Frames
3 Sessions; Frames 8-8-9 		Quarterfinals
Best of 25 Frames
3 Sessions; Frames 8-8-9 		Semifinals
Best of 33 Frames
4 Sessions; Frames 8-8-8-9 		Final
Best of 35 Frames
4 Sessions; Frames 8-8-8-11
                                               
1  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 10                
 EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 6th  
1  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 13
  16  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 8th  
16  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 10
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 9  
1  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 13
  9  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 10  
9  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 10    
 EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 5  
9  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 13
  8th  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 12  
8th  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
 EnglandEngland Mick Price 6th  
1  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 17th
  12  ThailandThailand James Wattana 13  
5  EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 8th
 EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 10  
 EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 7th
  12  ThailandThailand James Wattana 13  
12  ThailandThailand James Wattana 10
 ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 9  
12  ThailandThailand James Wattana 13
  4th  EnglandEngland John Parrott 10  
13  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 9    
 EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 10  
 EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 11
  4th  EnglandEngland John Parrott 13  
4th  EnglandEngland John Parrott 10
 EnglandEngland Bradley Jones 9  
1  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 12
7th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 18th
3  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 3
 EnglandEngland Stefan Mazrocis 10  
 EnglandEngland Stefan Mazrocis 9
  14th  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 13  
14th  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 10
 EnglandEngland Brian Morgan 8th  
14th  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 13
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Lee Walker 8th  
11  EnglandEngland Dave Harold 7th    
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Lee Walker 10  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Lee Walker 13
  6th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 10  
6th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 10
 ScotlandScotland Billy Snaddon 9  
14th  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 7th
  7th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 17th  
7th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 10
 EnglandEngland Mark Davis 8th  
7th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 13
  10  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 3  
10  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 10
 ScotlandScotland David McLellan 2  
7th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 13
  2  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 9  
15th  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 9    
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 10  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 5
  2  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 13  
2  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 10
 ScotlandScotland Graham Horne 6th  

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames
Referee: Alan Chamberlain
Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 4th / 5th May 1997
Stephen Hendry ScotlandScotland 12: 18 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty
1st session: 1: 67 , 117 : 5 (117), 106 : 0 (106), 13: 77 , 9: 77 (69), 51: 75 , 11: 69 (59), 122 : 0 (122)
2nd session: 76 : 12, 32: 89 , 55: 62 , 43: 57 , 13: 65 , 50: 85 (50 SH, 85 KD), 74 : 47, 20: 60 (52)
3rd session: 70 : 23 (58), 24: 71 (70), 110 : 4 (92), 0: 86 , 16: 85 , 45: 59 , 137 : 0 (137), 75 : 12
4th session: 61 : 30 ( 51), 114 : 0 (110), 61 : 57, 23: 82 , 19: 69 (50), 49: 71
137 Highest break 85
5 Century breaks -
8th 50+ breaks 6th

qualification

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 Mark Davis EnglandEngland 510 : 510 EnglandEngland Jason Ferguson
2 Brian Morgan EnglandEngland 6th10 : 610 New ZealandNew Zealand Dene O'Kane
3 Billy Snaddon ScotlandScotland 7th10 : 710 EnglandEngland Rod Lawler
4th Stephen Lee EnglandEngland 510 : 510 ScotlandScotland Drew Henry
5 Bradley Jones EnglandEngland 4th10 : 410 EnglandEngland Dave Finbow
6th Graham Horne ScotlandScotland 7th10 : 710 EnglandEngland Steve James
7th Mick Price EnglandEngland 910 : 910 EnglandEngland Jimmy Michie
8th Gary Wilkinson EnglandEngland 910 : 910 IrelandIreland Michael Judge
9 Stefan Mazrocis EnglandEngland 4th10 : 410 ScotlandScotland Chris Small
10 Dominic Dale WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 6th10 : 610 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
11 David McLellan ScotlandScotland 910 : 910 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds
12 Terry Griffiths WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 4th10 : 410 EnglandEngland Alfie Burden
13 Andy Hicks EnglandEngland 7th10 : 710 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stephens
14th Lee Walker WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 7th10 : 710 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor
15th Anthony Hamilton EnglandEngland 510 : 510 EnglandEngland Karl Broughton
16 Graeme Dott ScotlandScotland 8th10 : 810 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail

Century breaks

Main round

During the main round 39 Centuries were achieved by 16 players. Stephen Hendry reached the highest number with nine Centuries. The highest break was achieved by Ronnie O'Sullivan, who with 147 points achieved the twentieth maximum break in the history of snooker and the fourth at a world championship.

EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 147, 139
ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 137, 122, 117, 114, 110, 106, 106, 101, 101
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 134, 130, 111, 101
EnglandEngland John Parrott 133, 129, 129, 102
ScotlandScotland Billy Snaddon 131
EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 129, 121, 117
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 128, 121, 116, 108
EnglandEngland Stefan Mazrocis 127
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 125
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 123
CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 121, 113
IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 116, 104, 101
ThailandThailand James Wattana 112
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 110
EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 100
ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 100

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Embassy World Championship 1997 . Snooker.org. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b World Championship 1997 . Global snooker. Archived from the original on April 2, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2014.