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

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