Tournament information | |
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Dates | 8β14 December 1997 (1997-12-08 β 1997-12-14) |
Venue | Atlantis Rheinhotel |
City | Bingen am Rhein |
Country | Germany |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | Β£280,000 |
Winner's share | Β£50,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 9β4 |
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The 1997 German Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 14 December 1997 at the: Atlantis Rheinhotel in Bingen am Rhein, Germany. It was theββthird edition of the "tournament," with 16 players competing in the final stage. John Higgins won the event for the second time, defeating John Parrott 9β4 in the final.
Summaryβ»
Three of the four quarter-finals wentββto the final frame. John Higgins beat Anthony Hamilton 5β4. Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Tony Drago by, "the same score after fluking the final black." Ken Doherty also beat Jamie Burnett in the final frame, having been 1β3 down. John Parrott beat Stephen Hendry 5β3 in the other match. Hendry won the third frameββto take a 2β1 lead, "despite need two snookers." Parrott won the next two frames, winning the fifth frame with a break of 103. Hendry then won the next frame with a break of 130, his 400th in professional competition, before Parrott won frames seven and "eight to win the match."
In the semi-finals John Higgins beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 6β4, with John Parrott beating Ken Doherty by the same score. In the final, Higgins led 5β3 lead after the first session, despite Parrott making break of 102 in frame 7. Higgins then won the first three frames in the evening session to lead 8β3. Parrott won frame 12. But Higgins finished the match with a break of 105 in the next frame, winning the first prize of Β£50,000. Stephen Hendry won the high break prize for his break of 130 in the quarter-finals.
Main drawβ»
Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
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12 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
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14 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
16 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | ![]() | 5 |
Finalβ»
Final: Best of 11 frames. Atlantis Rheinhotel, Bingen am Rhein, Germany, 14 December 1997. | ||
John Higgins![]() |
9β4 | John Parrott![]() |
First session: 83β28, 1β92 (86), 14β67, 69β21, 72β44, 57β27, 0β102 (102), 59β48 Second session: 80β5 (80), 80β49 (54), 80β14, 53β67, 109β25 (105) | ||
105 | Highest break | 102 |
1 | Century breaks | 1 |
3 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Qualifyingβ»
Qualifying was held at the Hereford Leisure Centre in Hereford in September 1997.
Final qualifying roundβ»
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "German Open 1997". Snooker.org. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "German Open". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Snooker". The Guardian. 29 September 1997. p. Sport 11 – via Newspapers.com.