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1996–97 snooker season

The 1996–97 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between September 1996 and May 1997. The following table outlines the results of the finals for ranking events and the invitational events.

1996–97 snooker season
Details
Duration9 September 1996 – 18 May 1997 (1996-09-09 – 1997-05-18)
Tournaments20 (10 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipScotland Stephen Hendry
MastersEngland Steve Davis
World ChampionshipRepublic of Ireland Ken Doherty

Calendar edit

World Snooker Tour edit

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
9 Sep 15 Sep   THA Asian Classic Riverside Montien Hotel Bangkok   Ronnie O'Sullivan   Brian Morgan 9–8 [1][2]
24 Sep 29 Sep   SCO Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell   Peter Ebdon   Alan McManus 9–6 [3]
5 Oct 14 Oct   SCO Benson & Hedges Championship JP Snooker Centre Edinburgh   Brian Morgan   Drew Henry 9–8 [4]
8 Oct 13 Oct   MLT Malta Grand Prix Jerma Palace Hotel Marsaskala   Nigel Bond   Tony Drago 7–3 [5]
16 Oct 27 Oct   ENG Grand Prix Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth   Mark Williams   Euan Henderson 9–5 [6]
29 Oct 10 Nov   THA World Cup Amari Watergate Hotel Bangkok   Scotland   Ireland 10–7 [7]
15 Nov 1 Dec   ENG UK Championship Guild Hall Preston   Stephen Hendry   John Higgins 10–9 [8]
9 Dec 15 Dec   GER German Open NAAFI Osnabrück   Ronnie O'Sullivan   Alain Robidoux 9–7 [9]
2 Jan 5 Jan   ENG Charity Challenge International Convention Centre Birmingham   Stephen Hendry   Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 [10]
24 Jan 1 Feb   WAL Welsh Open Newport Leisure Centre Newport   Stephen Hendry   Mark King 9–2 [11]
2 Feb 9 Feb   ENG Masters Wembley Conference Centre London   Steve Davis   Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–8 [12][13]
13 Feb 22 Feb   SCO International Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen   Stephen Hendry   Tony Drago 9–1 [14][15]
23 Feb 2 Mar   MLT European Open Mediterranean Conference Centre Valletta   John Higgins   John Parrott 9–5 [16][17]
10 Mar 16 Mar   THA Thailand Open Century Park Hotel Bangkok   Peter Ebdon   Nigel Bond 9–7 [18][19][20]
18 Mar 23 Mar   IRL Irish Masters Goff's Kill   Stephen Hendry   Darren Morgan 9–8 [21][22]
27 Mar 5 Apr   ENG British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth   Mark Williams   Stephen Hendry 9–2 [23]
19 Apr 5 May   ENG World Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield   Ken Doherty   Stephen Hendry 18–12 [24]
12 May 16 May   WAL Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn   Martin Clark   Andy Hicks 9–7 [25]
28 Dec 18 May   ENG European League Diamond Centre Irthlingborough   Ronnie O'Sullivan   Stephen Hendry 10–8 [26]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

Seniors event edit

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
3 Mar 14 Mar   ENG Seniors Pot Black Goodwood House Chichester   Joe Johnson   Terry Griffiths 2–0 [27]

Official rankings edit

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1996/1997

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[28][29][30]

No. Ch. Name Points
1     Stephen Hendry 36911
2     John Higgins 32341
3     Peter Ebdon 28115
4     John Parrott 24339
5     Nigel Bond 22669
6     Alan McManus 21492
7     Ken Doherty 21161
8     Ronnie O'Sullivan 21007
9     Darren Morgan 19142
10     Steve Davis 18252
11     Dave Harold 18247
12     James Wattana 17641
13     Jimmy White 16620
14     Alain Robidoux 16058
15     Tony Drago 16031
16     Mark Williams 15988

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Suntory Asian Classic 1996". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  2. ^ Turner, Chris. "Asian Open, Asian Classic, Hong Kong Open". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Regal Masters 1996". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Benson & Hedges Championship 1996". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Rothmans Malta Grand Prix 1996". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Grand Prix 1996". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Castrol-Honda World Cup 1996". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  8. ^ "UK Championship 1996". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  9. ^ "German Open 1996". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  11. ^ "Regal Welsh 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  12. ^ "Benson & Hedges Masters 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  13. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: White becomes Brown". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  14. ^ "International Open 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  15. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Ranking first for Carter". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  16. ^ "European Open 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  17. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: British success for the Whirlwind". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  18. ^ "Singha and Eagle Cement Thailand Open 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  19. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Birth of the Hurricane". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  20. ^ Turner, Chris. "Thailan Open, Thailand Classic, Thailand Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  21. ^ "Benson & Hedges Irish Masters 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  22. ^ "On this Week: Irish hat-trick success". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  23. ^ "British Open 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  24. ^ "Embassy World Championship 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  25. ^ Turner, Chris. "Pontins Open, Pontins Professional, Pontins World Pro-Am Series". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  26. ^ "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
  27. ^ "BBC Television – 14 March 1997 – Seniors Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  28. ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1990/91 to 2004/05". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  29. ^ "World Rankings 1996/97". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  30. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.

External links edit

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