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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

World Snooker Tour

StartFinishCountryTournament nameVenueCityWinnerRunner-upScoreRef.
9 Sep15 Sep  THAAsian ClassicRiverside Montien HotelBangkok Ronnie O'Sullivan Brian Morgan9–8[1][2]
24 Sep29 Sep  SCOScottish MastersCivic CentreMotherwell Peter Ebdon Alan McManus9–6[3]
5 Oct14 Oct  SCOBenson & Hedges ChampionshipJP Snooker CentreEdinburgh Brian Morgan Drew Henry9–8[4]
8 Oct13 Oct  MLTMalta Grand PrixJerma Palace HotelMarsaskala Nigel Bond Tony Drago7–3[5]
16 Oct27 Oct  ENGGrand PrixBournemouth International CentreBournemouth Mark Williams Euan Henderson9–5[6]
29 Oct10 Nov  THAWorld CupAmari Watergate HotelBangkok  Scotland  Ireland10–7[7]
15 Nov1 Dec  ENGUK ChampionshipGuild HallPreston Stephen Hendry John Higgins10–9[8]
9 Dec15 Dec  GERGerman OpenNAAFIOsnabrück Ronnie O'Sullivan Alain Robidoux9–7[9]
2 Jan5 Jan  ENGCharity ChallengeInternational Convention CentreBirmingham Stephen Hendry Ronnie O'Sullivan9–8[10]
24 Jan1 Feb  WALWelsh OpenNewport Leisure CentreNewport Stephen Hendry Mark King9–2[11]
2 Feb9 Feb  ENGMastersWembley Conference CentreLondon Steve Davis Ronnie O'Sullivan10–8[12][13]
13 Feb22 Feb  SCOInternational OpenA.E.C.C.Aberdeen Stephen Hendry Tony Drago9–1[14][15]
23 Feb2 Mar  MLTEuropean OpenMediterranean Conference CentreValletta John Higgins John Parrott9–5[16][17]
10 Mar16 Mar  THAThailand OpenCentury Park HotelBangkok Peter Ebdon Nigel Bond9–7[18][19][20]
18 Mar23 Mar  IRLIrish MastersGoff'sKill Stephen Hendry Darren Morgan9–8[21][22]
27 Mar5 Apr  ENGBritish OpenPlymouth PavilionsPlymouth Mark Williams Stephen Hendry9–2[23]
19 Apr5 May  ENGWorld ChampionshipCrucible TheatreSheffield Ken Doherty Stephen Hendry18–12[24]
12 May16 May  WALPontins ProfessionalPontinsPrestatyn Martin Clark Andy Hicks9–7[25]
28 Dec18 May  ENGEuropean LeagueDiamond CentreIrthlingborough Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry10–8[26]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

Seniors event

StartFinishCountryTournament nameVenueCityWinnerRunner-upScoreRef.
3 Mar14 Mar  ENGSeniors Pot BlackGoodwood HouseChichester Joe Johnson Terry Griffiths2–0[27]

Official rankings

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.NamePoints
1 Stephen Hendry36911
2 John Higgins32341
3 Peter Ebdon28115
4 John Parrott24339
5 Nigel Bond22669
6 Alan McManus21492
7 Ken Doherty21161
8 Ronnie O'Sullivan21007
9 Darren Morgan19142
10 Steve Davis18252
11 Dave Harold18247
12 James Wattana17641
13 Jimmy White16620
14 Alain Robidoux16058
15 Tony Drago16031
16 Mark Williams15988

Notes

References

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