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 Championship Stephen Hendry
Masters Steve Davis
World Championship Ken Doherty

Calendar

World Snooker Tour
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
9 Sep 15 Sep  THA Asian Classic Riverside Montien Hotel Bangkok Ronnie O'Sullivan Brian Morgan 9–8 [1][2]
24 Sep 29 Sep  SCO Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell Peter Ebdon Alan McManus 9–6 [3]
5 Oct 14 Oct  SCO Benson & Hedges Championship JP Snooker Centre Edinburgh Brian Morgan Drew Henry 9–8 [4]
8 Oct 13 Oct  MLT Malta Grand Prix Jerma Palace Hotel Marsaskala Nigel Bond Tony Drago 7–3 [5]
16 Oct 27 Oct  ENG Grand Prix Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth Mark Williams Euan Henderson 9–5 [6]
29 Oct 10 Nov  THA World Cup Amari Watergate Hotel Bangkok  Scotland  Ireland 10–7 [7]
15 Nov 1 Dec  ENG UK Championship Guild Hall Preston Stephen Hendry John Higgins 10–9 [8]
9 Dec 15 Dec  GER German Open NAAFI Osnabrück Ronnie O'Sullivan Alain Robidoux 9–7 [9]
2 Jan 5 Jan  ENG Charity Challenge International Convention Centre Birmingham Stephen Hendry Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 [10]
24 Jan 1 Feb  WAL Welsh Open Newport Leisure Centre Newport Stephen Hendry Mark King 9–2 [11]
2 Feb 9 Feb  ENG Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Steve Davis Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–8 [12][13]
13 Feb 22 Feb  SCO International Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Stephen Hendry Tony Drago 9–1 [14][15]
23 Feb 2 Mar  MLT European Open Mediterranean Conference Centre Valletta John Higgins John Parrott 9–5 [16][17]
10 Mar 16 Mar  THA Thailand Open Century Park Hotel Bangkok Peter Ebdon Nigel Bond 9–7 [18][19][20]
18 Mar 23 Mar  IRL Irish Masters Goff's Kill Stephen Hendry Darren Morgan 9–8 [21][22]
27 Mar 5 Apr  ENG British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth Mark Williams Stephen Hendry 9–2 [23]
19 Apr 5 May  ENG World Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Ken Doherty Stephen Hendry 18–12 [24]
12 May 16 May  WAL Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Martin Clark Andy Hicks 9–7 [25]
28 Dec 18 May  ENG European League Diamond Centre Irthlingborough Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry 10–8 [26]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

Seniors event
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
3 Mar 14 Mar  ENG Seniors Pot Black Goodwood House Chichester Joe Johnson Terry Griffiths 2–0 [27]

Official rankings
Main article: Snooker world rankings 1996/1997

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. Name Points
1 Stephen Hendry 36911
2 John Higgins 32341
3 Peter Ebdon 28115
4 John Parrott 24339
5 Nigel Bond 22669
6 Alan McManus 21492
7 Ken Doherty 21161
8 Ronnie O'Sullivan 21007
9 Darren Morgan 19142
10 Steve Davis 18252
11 Dave Harold 18247
12 James Wattana 17641
13 Jimmy White 16620
14 Alain Robidoux 16058
15 Tony Drago 16031
16 Mark Williams 15988

Notes

    References
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    30. Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
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