1997 World Snooker Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 April–5 May 1997 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £1,260,000 |
| Winner's share | £210,000 |
| Highest break |
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Ken Doherty |
| Runner-up |
 Stephen Hendry |
| Score | 18–12 |
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← 1996 1998 → | |
The 1997 Embassy World Snooker Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 April – 5 May 1997 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
Ken Doherty won his first World title by defeating defending champion Stephen Hendry 18–12 in the final. Doherty also became the first snooker player to win the World Championship at junior, amateur and professional level.[1]
Tournament summary
- The semi-final matches were best of 33 for the first time, having previously been best of 31.[2]
- Ronnie O'Sullivan made the quickest maximum break in history with a time of 5 minutes and 20 seconds,[3] and the fourth in the history of the tournament.[4]
- Terry Griffiths' first round encounter against Mark Williams was his last ever professional match.[5]
- Stephen Hendry's five-year run as World Champion came to an end after losing to Ken Doherty 12–18. It was Hendry's first defeat at the World Championship since 1991,[6] spanning 29 matches, a Crucible record.[7]
- Doherty became only the second player from outside the United Kingdom to win the world title in the modern era, following Cliff Thorburn in 1980.[4][8]
- Alan Chamberlain would referee his first and only World Championship final. He was the first referee since Jim Thorpe in 1984 to officiate a debut final. All finals up to this year were officiated by either John Williams, Len Ganley or John Street. The next four years would also have referees debuting the final: Laurie Annandale in 1998, Colin Brinded in 1999, John Newton in 2000 and Eirian Williams in 2001, before John Williams did his 10th final in 2002.[9]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[10][11]
- Winner: £210,000
- Runner-up: £126,000
- Semi-finalist: £63,000
- Quarter-finalist: £31,500
- Last 16: £16,800
- Last 32: £9,450
- Highest break: £18,000
- Maximum break: £147,000
- Total £1,260,000
Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[10][12]
| First round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | |||||||||||
| Best of 19 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 33 frames | |||||||||||
| 19 April | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (1) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 25 & 26 April | ||||||||||||||
| Andy Hicks |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (1) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
 Mark Williams (16) |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Williams (16) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 29 & 30 April | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (1) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
| Darren Morgan (9) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Darren Morgan (9) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 24, 25 & 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Darren Morgan (9) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (8) |
12 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (8) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 1, 2 & 3 May | ||||||||||||||
| Mick Price |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (1) |
17 | |||||||||||||
| 22 April | ||||||||||||||
 James Wattana (12) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond (5) |
8 | |||||||||||||
| 27 & 28 April | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Lee |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Lee |
7 | |||||||||||||
| 23 & 24 April | ||||||||||||||
| James Wattana (12) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| James Wattana (12) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 29 & 30 April | ||||||||||||||
| Graeme Dott |
9 | |||||||||||||
| James Wattana (12) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 23 April | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott (4) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White (13) |
9 | |||||||||||||
| 26, 27 & 28 April | ||||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton |
11 | |||||||||||||
| 21 & 22 April | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott (4) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott (4) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Bradley Jones |
9 | |||||||||||||
| 19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon (3) |
3 | |||||||||||||
| 25 & 26 April | ||||||||||||||
| Stefan Mazrocis |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Stefan Mazrocis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| 22 & 23 April | ||||||||||||||
 Alain Robidoux (14) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Alain Robidoux (14) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 29 & 30 April | ||||||||||||||
| Brian Morgan |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Alain Robidoux (14) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
| Lee Walker |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Harold (11) |
7 | |||||||||||||
| 24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
| Lee Walker |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Walker |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 21 & 22 April | ||||||||||||||
| Alan McManus (6) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus (6) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 1 & 2 May | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Snaddon |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Alain Robidoux (14) |
7 | |||||||||||||
| 19 & 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty (7) |
17 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty (7) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 26 & 27 April | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Davis |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty (7) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 21 April | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (10) |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (10) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 29 & 30 April | ||||||||||||||
| David McLellan |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty (7) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 23 & 24 April | ||||||||||||||
| John Higgins (2) |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Tony Drago (15) |
9 | |||||||||||||
| 27 & 28 April | ||||||||||||||
| Dominic Dale |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Dominic Dale |
5 | |||||||||||||
| 22 & 23 April | ||||||||||||||
| John Higgins (2) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins (2) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Horne |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 4 & 5 May 1997. Referee: Alan Chamberlain[9] | ||
| Stephen Hendry (1) Scotland |
12 – 18 | Ken Doherty (7) Ireland |
| 7–67, 117–5, 106–0, 13–77, 9–78, 51–75, 11–69, 122–0, 76–12, 32–89, 55–62, 43–57, 13–65, 50–85, 74–47, 28–60, 70–23, 24–71, 110–4, 0–86, 16–85, 45–59, 137–0, 75–12, 61–30, 114–0, 61–57, 23–82, 19–69, 49–71 | Century breaks: 5 (Hendry 5) Highest break by Hendry: 137 |
7–67, 117–5, 106–0, 13–77, 9–78, 51–75, 11–69, 122–0, 76–12, 32–89, 55–62, 43–57, 13–65, 50–85, 74–47, 28–60, 70–23, 24–71, 110–4, 0–86, 16–85, 45–59, 137–0, 75–12, 61–30, 114–0, 61–57, 23–82, 19–69, 49–71 |
| Ken Doherty wins the 1997 Embassy World Snooker Championship | ||
Century breaks
There were 39 century breaks in this year's championship.[10][13][14]
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References
- ↑ "Ken Doherty". Riley England. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 76.
- ↑ Turner, Chris. "Various Snooker Records". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- 1 2 Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ↑ "Terry Griffiths profile". Snooker Database. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ↑ "Stephen Hendry at the World Championships". Snooker Database. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ↑ Everton, Clive. "Snooker: Doherty ready to fulfil rich promise". The Independent on HighBeam Research. Retrieved 11 May 2012. (subscription required)
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 125.
- 1 2 Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 143.
- 1 2 3 "Embassy World Championship 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 130.
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. pp. 44–45.
- ↑ "Crucible Centuries". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 149.
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