1997 German Open (snooker)

1997 German Open 1997 12 8 1997 12 14 y Atlantis Rheinhotel Bingen am Rhein Germany WPBSA Ranking event £280,000 £50,000 Stephen Hendry SCO (130) John Higgins SCO John Parrott ENG 9–4 1996 1998 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 the third edition of the tournament, with 16 players competing in the final stage. John Higgins won the event for the second time, defeating John Parrott 9–4 in the final. Summary Three of the four quarter-finals went to the final frame. John Higgins beat Anthony Hamilton 5–4. 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 1–3 down. John Parrott beat Stephen Hendry 5–3 in the other match. Hendry won the third frame to take a 2–1 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 6–4, with John Parrott beating Ken Doherty by the same score. In the final, Higgins led 5–3 lead after the first session, despite Parrott making a break of 102 in frame 7. Higgins then won the first three frames in the evening session to lead 8–3. Parrott won frame 12 but Higgins finished the match with a break of 105 in the next frame, winning the first prize of £50,000. Stephen Hendry won the high break prize for his break of 130 in the quarter-finals. Main draw German Open http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=20 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071707/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=20 dead 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 20 November 2017German Open 1997 http://www.snooker.org/trn/9798/go97_res.shtml Snooker.org 20 April 2012 29 November 2021 200 Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 5 12 James Wattana THA 2 11 Tony Drago MLT 5 Quinten Hann AUS 3 Jason Ferguson ENG 2 14 Anthony Hamilton ENG 5 Martin Clark ENG 2 3 John Higgins SCO 5 2 Stephen Hendry SCO 5 Jimmy White ENG 2 16 Stephen Lee ENG 3 7 John Parrott ENG 5   Gary Wilkinson ENG 4 Jamie Burnett SCO 5 Shokat Ali PAK 2 4 Ken Doherty IRL 5 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 11 MLT Tony Drago 4 14 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 3 SCO John Higgins 5 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 3 7 ENG John Parrott 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 4 4 IRL Ken Doherty 5 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 4 3 SCO John Higgins 6 7 ENG John Parrott 6 4 IRL Ken Doherty 4 3 SCO John Higgins 9 7 ENG John Parrott 4 Final Final: Best of 11 frames.Atlantis Rheinhotel, Bingen am Rhein, Germany, 14 December 1997. John Higgins 9–4 John Parrott First session: 83–28, 1–92 (86), 14–67, 69–21, 72–44, 57–27, 0–102 (102), 59–48Second session: 80–5 (80), 80–49 (54), 80–14, 53–67, 109–25 (105) 105 Highest break 102 1 Century breaks 1 3 50+ breaks 2 Qualifying Qualifying was held at the Hereford Leisure Centre in Hereford in September 1997.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89737112/the-guardian/ Snooker The Guardian 29 September 1997 Sport 11 Newspapers.com Final qualifying round Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 5–1 Graeme Dott SCOJames Wattana THA 5–4 Dave Harold ENGTony Drago MLT 5–4 Steve James ENGMark Williams WAL 3–5 Quinten Hann AUSPeter Ebdon ENG 1–5 Jason Ferguson ENGAnthony Hamilton ENG 5–3 Ian McCulloch ENGSteve Davis ENG 3–5 Martin Clark ENGJohn Higgins SCO 5–0 Brian Morgan ENG Stephen Hendry SCO 5–0 Paul Wykes ENGAlan McManus SCO 2–5 Jimmy White ENGStephen Lee ENG 5–3 Chris Small SCOJohn Parrott ENG 5–2 Lee Walker WALNigel Bond ENG 3–5 Gary Wilkinson ENGAlain Robidoux CAN 1–5 Jamie Burnett SCODarren Morgan WAL 2–5 Shokat Ali PAKKen Doherty IRL 5–3 Billy Snaddon SCO References Category:German Masters German Open German Open German Open Category:Sports competitions in Rhineland-Palatinate