1997 Grand Prix (snooker)

The 1997 Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament and the first of eight WPBSA ranking events in the 1997/1998 season, preceding the UK Championship. It was held from 14 to 26 October 1997 at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England.

Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Matthew Stevens. Dominic Dale won his first ranking title by defeating John Higgins 9–6 in the final.

Tournament summary

Defending champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ken Doherty seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

Round of 96 Best of 9 frames

Michael Judge 5–3 Darren Clarke

Matthew Stevens 5–3 Mark Gray

Matthew Couch 5–2 Joe Johnson

Wayne Jones 5–2 Martin Dziewialtowski

Troy Shaw 5–3 Jimmy Michie

Paul Hunter 5–2 Gary Ponting

Peter McCullagh 5–4 Nick Pearce

Drew Henry 5–3 Ian Brumby

Bradley Jones 5–2 Shokat Ali

John Read 5–3 Dean Reynolds

Paul Wykes 5–0 Karl Broughton

Euan Henderson 5–1 Sean Storey

Stephen O'Connor 5–3 Stefan Mazrocis

Craig MacGillivray 5–4 Mark Davis

Quinten Hann 5–3 Mark Bennett

Leigh Griffin 5–3 Tony Jones

Jamie Burnett 5–2 Lee Richardson

Gerard Greene 5–4 Joe Perry

Dominic Dale 5–1 Karl Burrows

Peter Lines 5–0 Tony Chappel

Paul Davies 5–2 Marcus Campbell

Dennis Taylor 5–2 Jamie Woodman

Alfie Burden 5–2 Graeme Dott

David Gray 5–4 Dave Finbow

Jonathan Birch 5–1 Steve Judd

Anthony Davies w/o–w/d Karl Payne

Ian McCulloch 5–3 Chris Scanlon

Wayne Brown 5–3 Jason Prince

Stuart Pettman 5–3 Dene O'Kane

David Roe 5–2 John Lardner

Jason Ferguson 5–3 Lee Walker

Willie Thorne 5–4 Nick Walker

Century breaks

References