Thailand Open 1997 (Snooker)
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Thailand Open 1997 Singha and Eagle Cement Thailand Open 1997 
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 416 |
| Venue: | Century Park Hotel, Bangkok , Thailand |
| Opening: | March 10, 1997 |
| Endgame: | March 16, 1997
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| Winner: |
 Peter Ebdon
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| Finalist: |
Nigel Bond
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| Highest Break: | 140 ( Anthony Hamilton )
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The Singha and Eagle Cement Thailand Open 1997 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1996/97 season , which was held from March 10th to 16th in Bangkok . The Century Park Hotel in the city center was the third hotel in four years that the tournament was held. In addition to the beer brand, which was already in the name last year, Eagle Cement was added as a second name sponsor.
The defending champion was Alan McManus from Scotland , but this time he already lost his opening game. In the final, Peter Ebdon defeated his English compatriot Nigel Bond 9: 6. For Ebdon it was the second title win this season after the Scottish Masters .
After four years, the tournament was held for the last time under the name Thailand Open . The following year they returned to the name Thailand Masters , which the tournament had already worn in its time as an invitation tournament in the 1980s.
Prize money / ranking points
The amount in the price pot changed only slightly by £ 8,000 compared to the previous year's event. Only the losing knockout rounds and the losers of the last two qualifying rounds got a little more, but the increase was under £ 100 for all.
In contrast, the value increased significantly, at least for the two finalists of the tournament. Instead of 3,600 there were almost 1,000 points more for the world rankings for the winner. In the runner-up, it was 340 points more. For the seeded in the first main round who lost their opening game, there was a little more, otherwise the point values remained unchanged.
| placement | Prize money | Points a |
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| winner | £ 40,000 | 4,560 |
| final | £ 22,500 | 3,040 |
| Semifinals | £ 11,250 | 2,025 |
| Quarter finals | £ 6,250 | 1,520 |
| Round of 16 | £ 3,180 | 1,330 |
| Last 32 | £ 2,075 | 1,140 (/ 570) |
| Last 48 | £ 1,130 | 855 (/ 570) |
| Last 64 | £ 1,000 | 640 |
| Last 96 | 665 pounds | 480 (/ 320) |
| Last 128 | - | 360 |
| Round 1-5 | - | 57-270 |
| Highest Break (Final Round) | £ 5,000 | |
| Highest Break (Qualification) | £ 1,000 | |
| All in all | £ 232,000 |
Wildcard round
After there had only been three wildcard players in the previous year , there were four again this year. The Asian Association selected the players - three from Thailand, one from Hong Kong - who were allowed to play against the four lowest-placed qualifiers in the world rankings for a place in the main round. As in the previous year, they were all unsuccessful.
The games of the wildcard round took place at the start of the tournament on March 10th. Game mode for the four games was Best of 9 .
WC = wildcard Final roundFor round 1, the 16 winners of the qualification or wildcard round were drawn from the top 16 of the world rankings . In contrast to the previous year, all games except the final were played in the best of 9 mode . In the previous year, the semi-final was decided over 6 winning frames (best of 11). As in the previous year, the final remained a best-of-17 match. finalIt was the first time that Peter Ebdon and Nigel Bond had faced each other in a final, their overall record standing 3-1 for Bond. Both had already won an invitation tournament this season, both had previously been successful in a ranking tournament, even if it had been four years for Ebdon. The match was very even. Ebdon took the lead twice and Bond equaled twice. Then Bond took a 2-frame lead, but by the end of the afternoon session Ebdon had already equalized to 4: 4. In the evening Ebdon took the lead again, this time with 2 frames, but Bond made it 6: 6 again and they also shared the next two frames. With his sixth break of more than 50 points - Bond had scored 4 at this point - Ebdon then increased to 8: 7 and this time the situation was different as he was now only one frame short of victory. Bond was unable to start a break, instead Ebdon took the final step to win the match 9: 7 with another decisive break of 65 points. It was his sixth professional title, but only his second win in a ranking tournament after the 1993 Grand Prix .
Century breaks4 players achieved 7 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. Anthony Hamilton scored his 3 century breaks all in the first round match against defending champion Alan McManus . In round 2, however, he was eliminated. For this he got £ 5,000 extra for the highest century of the main tournament. Main tournament
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