1997–98 snooker season

1997–98 snooker season
Details
Duration14 August 1997 – 17 May 1998 (1997-08-14 – 1998-05-17)
Tournaments18 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan
Masters Mark Williams
World Championship John Higgins

The 1997–98 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1997 and May 1998. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events. This was the first season since 1987–88 that Stephen Hendry failed to win at least one Triple Crown title, although he did reach two of the three Triple Crown finals.

Calendar

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
14 Aug 16 Aug CHN Superstar International Guangdong Hotel Guangzhou Ronnie O'Sullivan Jimmy White 5–3 [1]
17 Sep 20 Sep CHN China International Beijing Steve Davis Jimmy White 7–4 [2]
30 Sep 5 Oct SCO Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell Nigel Bond Alan McManus 9–8 [3]
14 Oct 26 Oct ENG Grand Prix Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth Dominic Dale John Higgins 9–6 [4]
27 Oct 8 Nov ENG Benson & Hedges Championship Willie Thorne Snooker Centre Malvern Andy Hicks Paul Davies 9–6 [5]
30 Oct 2 Nov MLT Malta Grand Prix Jerma Palace Hotel Marsaskala Ken Doherty John Higgins 7–5 [6][7]
12 Nov 30 Nov ENG UK Championship Guild Hall Preston Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry 10–6 [8]
8 Dec 14 Dec GER German Open Atlantis Rheinhotel Bingen am Rhein John Higgins John Parrott 9–4 [9]
16 Jan 25 Jan WAL Welsh Open Newport Leisure Centre Newport Paul Hunter John Higgins 9–5 [10][11]
1 Feb 8 Feb ENG The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Mark Williams Stephen Hendry 10–9 [12][13]
12 Feb 22 Feb SCO Scottish Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 9–5 [14][15]
26 Feb 1 Mar ENG Charity Challenge Assembly Rooms Derby John Higgins Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 [16][17]
7 Mar 15 Mar THA Thailand Masters Imperial Queens Park Hotel Bangkok Stephen Hendry John Parrott 9–6 [18][19]
24 Mar 29 Mar IRL Irish Masters Goff's Kill Ken Doherty Ronnie O'Sullivan Disqualified[n 1] [20]
2 Apr 12 Apr ENG British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth John Higgins Stephen Hendry 9–8 [21][22]
18 Apr 4 May ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield John Higgins Ken Doherty 18–12 [23]
16 May 23 May WAL Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Mark Williams Martin Clark 9–6 [24]
3 Jan 24 May ENG Premier League Diamond Centre Irthlingborough Ken Doherty Jimmy White 10–2 [25]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1997/1998

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.[26][27][28]

No. Ch. Name Points
1 Stephen Hendry 43127
2 John Higgins 30867
3 Ken Doherty 28601
4 Mark Williams 27485
5 Peter Ebdon 25282
6 John Parrott 25082
7 Ronnie O'Sullivan 24217
8 Nigel Bond 22182
9 Alain Robidoux 21994
10 Alan McManus 20995
11 Tony Drago 19959
12 James Wattana 18822
13 Steve Davis 18654
14 Anthony Hamilton 17004
15 Darren Morgan 16423
16 Stephen Lee 16079

Notes

  1. ^ Having won 9–3, Ronnie O'Sullivan was subsequently stripped of his title and disqualified from the tournament, after failing a drugs test. The title was subsequently awarded to the runner-up, Ken Doherty.

References

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  23. ^ "Embassy World Championship 1998". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  24. ^ "1998 Pontins Professional". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
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  27. ^ "World Rankings 1997/98". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  28. ^ 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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