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Plymouth Pavillions, Plymouth, England (Mar 27 - Apr 5, 1997)
Ranking tournament (No.9 of 10)

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Mark J Williams stormed to a 9-2 victory over world No.1 Stephen Hendry to claim the �60,000 first prize and his third ranking title. This was Hendry's first loss in 11 final appearances and his worst result ever in a major final. His previous heaviest defeats were the 10-4 losses for Jimmy White in the 1991 Mercantile Credit Classic and for Steve Davisat the 1993 European Open.

From 2-1 down, Williams stormed to a 5-2 lead after the first session and then never looked back as he snatched the last 4 frames after the interval. This victory was a major boost for the young Welshman as he is seeded to run into Hendry again in the last 16 of the World Championship.

Last year's results and a list of previous finals are also available.

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(© Eric Whitehead)

Results

(Players are English unless stated)

Final

Mark J Williams (Wales) 9-2 Stephen Hendry (Scotland)

66-61, 7-64, 8-60, 87-0, 75-31, 69-20, 73-48, 75-16, 75-8, 61-44, 61-21

Semi-finals

Mark J Williams (Wales) 6-5 Peter Ebdon Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 6-2 Steve Davis

Quarter-finals

Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-1 Tony Drago (Malta) Peter Ebdon 5-3 Michael Judge (Ireland) Steve Davis 5-2 Alan McManus (Scotland) Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 5-3 Dave Harold

Third round

Tony Drago (Malta) 5-1 Nigel Bond Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-3 Gary Wilkinson Michael Judge (Ireland) 5-3 Dominic Dale (Wales)
Peter Ebdon 5-1 Anthony Hamilton Steve Davis 5-4 Martin Clark Alan McManus (Scotland) 5-2 Willie Thorne Dave Harold 5-4 Paul Sweeny Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 5-4 Paul McPhillips (Scotland)

Second round

Nigel Bond 5-4 Andy Hicks Tony Drago (Malta) 5-0 Ian McCulloch Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-0 Nick Pearce Gary Wilkinson 5-1 Drew Henry (Scotland) Michael Judge (Ireland) 5-4 Nick Walker Dominic Dale (Wales) 5-2 Steve James
Anthony Hamilton 5-1 Alain Robidoux (Canada) Peter Ebdon 5-2 Jimmy Michie Martin Clark 5-3 Antony Bolsover Steve Davis 5-0 Mark Davis Willie Thorne 5-4 Darren Morgan (Wales) Alan McManus (Scotland) 5-1 Mark King Paul Sweeny 5-2 Gerard Greene (N.Ireland) Dave Harold 5-2 Dennis Taylor (N.Ireland)
Paul McPhillips (Scotland) 5-2 Jason Ferguson
Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 5-1 Paul Wykes

First round

Nigel Bond 5-0 Tony Knowles Andy Hicks 5-2 Robert Milkins Tony Drago (Malta) 5-3 Wayne Jones (Wales) Ian McCulloch 5-2 Stephen Lee Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-4 Jason Prince (N.Ireland) Nick Pearce 5-4 Chris Small (Scotland) Drew Henry (Scotland) 5-3 John Parrott Gary Wilkinson 5-3 Terry Murphy (N.Ireland) Michael Judge (Ireland) 5-3 Ken Doherty (Ireland) Nick Walker w/o Rod Lawler Dominic Dale (Wales) 5-3 Jimmy White
Steve James 5-3 Tony Chappel (Wales) Alain Robidoux (Canada) 5-3 Joe Perry Anthony Hamilton 5-2 Lee Richardson Peter Ebdon 5-2 Fergal O'Brien (Ireland) Jimmy Michie 5-4 Joe Swail (N.Ireland) Antony Bolsover 5-4 John Higgins (Scotland) Martin Clark 5-3 Graeme Dott (Scotland) Steve Davis 5-1 Marcus Campbell (Scotland) Mark Davis 5-2 Dene O'Kane (New Zealand) Darren Morgan (Wales) 5-3 Sean Storey Willie Thorne 5-4 Shokat Ali (Pakistan) Alan McManus (Scotland) 5-2 Tony Jones Mark King 5-2 Dave Finbow Gerard Greene (N.Ireland) 5-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan Paul Sweeney 5-4 Mick Price Dave Harold 5-4 Billy Snaddon (Scotland) Dennis Taylor (N.Ireland) 5-2 Stephen Murphy (Ireland) Paul McPhillips (Scotland) 5-4 James Wattana (Thailand) Jason Ferguson 5-2 Steve Judd Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 5-3 Karl Broughton Paul Wykes 5-3 Neal Foulds

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