1997 UK Championship
The 1997 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 12 November 1997 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 22 and 30 November 1997. This was the last UK championship to be held in Preston, where the event was held since 1978. The following year's competition was held in Bournemouth.
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 12–30 November 1997 |
| Venue | Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £440,000 |
| Winner's share | £75,000 |
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| Champion |  |
| Runner-up |  |
| Score | 10–6 |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Stephen Hendry 10–6 in the final, ending Hendry's run of three successive UK championship wins. O'Sullivan had been the last player other than Hendry to win the event, as a 17-year-old in 1993.[1] The highest TV break of the competition was 137 made by Stephen Lee and it was worth £5,000.
Main draw
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Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: John Williams The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 30 November 1997. | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan |
10–6 | Stephen Hendry |
| First session: 29–103 (89), 37–75, 78–13 (78), 115–10 (78), 44–63 (57), 16–88 (67), 67–28, 21–73 (68), 98–33 (98) Second session: 75–23, 89–0 (89), 72–0, 79–0 (54), 82–0, 1–80, 70–17 (70) | ||
| 98 | Highest break | 89 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
Qualifying
1st Round Best of 11 frames
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Century breaks
- 143, 121, 120, 105, 100 Matthew Stevens
- 138, 129, 119, 115 Anthony Hamilton
- 137, 121, 119, 115 Stephen Lee
- 136 Jamie Burnett
- 134, 115 Peter Ebdon
- 131 David Gray
- 130, 126, 113, 107 Alan McManus
- 130, 100, 100 Quinten Hann
- 130 Dean Reynolds
- 124, 113, 105 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 124 Mark Bennett
- 122 Peter Lines
- 119, 116, 110, 108 Darren Morgan
- 119 Andy Hicks
- 116, 114 Bradley Jones
- 116 Stuart Pettman
- 115 Mark Williams
- 113, 100 Ian McCulloch
- 112, 111 Karl Burrows
- 108, 106, 105, 101 Martin Dziewialtowski
- 108 Tony Chappel
- 107 Rod Lawler
- 106 Drew Henry
- 105 Stephen Hendry
- 104 Jason Prince
- 103 Shokat Ali
- 103 Stephen O'Connor
- 102 John Higgins
- 102 Gary Wilkinson
- 100 Mick Price
- 100 Marcus Campbell
- 100 Dene O'Kane
References
- Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- "Liverpool Victoria UK Championship 1997". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 April 2011.