snooker.org: International Open 1997 (original) (raw)

Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, Scotland (Feb 13-22, 1997)
Ranking tournament (No.6 of 10)

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Stephen Hendry won a record-equalling 28th ranking title by beatingTony Drago 9-1. He and Steve Davis now have the same number of wins. This was Hendry's 63rd career major title, just eight shy of Davis' record 71. It was also his third ranking title of the season. It was only his second International Open win though. His previous title came in the 1992/93 season. He pocketed £60,000 for the victory. Ronnie O'Sullivan got the high break prize with a 142.

The match was over after less than two hours as Drago only managed to win one frame in the final - the second. He must be pleased with his work this week though. Before this tournament he had never passed the quarter-final stage of any ranking event. This effort took him to ninth spot in theprovisional rankings which Hendry still dominates.

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(© Eric Whitehead)

Results

(Players are English unless stated)

Final

Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 9-1 Tony Drago (Malta)

90-31, 23-69, 128-6 (128), 72-59, 69-55, 69-14, 71-23, 78-7, 116-0, 91-29

Semi-finals

Tony Drago (Malta) 6-5 John Higgins (Scotland) Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 6-3 Peter Ebdon

Quarter-finals

John Higgins (Scotland) 5-3 Alan McManus (Scotland) Tony Drago (Malta) 5-3 John Parrott
Peter Ebdon 5-1 Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 5-2 Jimmy White

Third round

John Higgins (Scotland) 5-1 Paul Wykes
Alan McManus (Scotland) 5-1 Stuart Parnell Tony Drago (Malta) 5-3 Joe Swail (N.Ireland) John Parrott 5-2 Dave Harold Peter Ebdon 5-4 Mark J Williams (Wales) Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-2 Dene O'Kane (New Zealand) Jimmy White 5-3 Nigel Bond Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 5-2 Chris Small (Scotland)

Second round

John Higgins (Scotland) 5-1 Dennis Taylor (N.Ireland)
Paul Wykes 5-1 Bradley Jones Stuart Parnell 5-1 Adrian Rosa
Alan McManus (Scotland) 5-4 Stephen Lee
Joe Swail (N.Ireland) 5-3 Ken Doherty (Ireland)
Tony Drago (Malta) 5-4 Shokat Ali (Pakistan)
Dave Harold 5-0 Steve James
John Parrott 5-2 Joe Johnson
Peter Ebdon 5-0 David McLellan (Scotland) Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-3 Andy Hicks
Dene O'Kane (New Zealand) 5-2 James Wattana (Thailand)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-3 Stuart Pettman
Nigel Bond 5-2 David Roe
Jimmy White 5-1 Dave Finbow
Chris Small (Scotland) 5-3 Steve Davis
Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 5-3 Gary Wilkinson

First round

John Higgins (Scotland) 5-4 Graeme Dott (Scotland) Dennis Taylor (N.Ireland) 5-4 Paul McPhillips (Scotland) Bradley Jones 5-4 Alain Robidoux (Canada) Paul Wykes 5-2 Rod Lawler Stuart Parnell 5-2 Darren Morgan (Wales) Adrian Rosa 5-3 Jason Ferguson Alan McManus (Scotland) 5-3 Matt Wilson Stephen Lee 5-2 Nick Walker Ken Doherty (Ireland) 5-0 Mark Rowing Joe Swail (N.Ireland) 5-1 Mehmet Husnu (Cyprus) Tony Drago (Malta) 5-1 Jason Prince (N.Ireland) Shokat Ali (Pakistan) 5-2 Willie Thorne Dave Harold 5-3 Brian Morgan Steve James 5-3 Jamie Woodman John Parrott 5-2 Jamie Burnett (Scotland) Joe Johnson 5-1 Martin Clark Peter Ebdon 5-2 Mark Johnston-Allen David McLellan (Scotland) 5-1 Mick Price Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-2 Tony Chappel (Wales) Andy Hicks 5-2 Alan Burnett (Scotland) James Wattana (Thailand) 5-1 Terry Murphy (N.Ireland) Dene O'Kane (New Zealand) 5-0 Jon Birch Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-1 Mark Fenton (Wales) Stuart Pettman 5-1 Neal Foulds Nigel Bond 5-3 Wayne Brown David Roe 5-2 Anthony Hamilton Jimmy White 5-1 Michael Judge (Ireland) Dave Finbow 5-3 Leigh Griffin Steve Davis 5-1 Oliver King Chris Small (Scotland) 5-4 Billy Snaddon (Scotland) Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 5-4 Euan Henderson (Scotland) Gary Wilkinson 5-1 James Weston

Final qualifying round*

Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool, England (Jan 16, 1997)

Graeme Dott (Scotland) 5-0 Quinten Hann (Australia) Paul McPhillips (Scotland) 5-4 Chris Scanlon Bradley Jones 5-1 Nick Terry Paul Wykes 5-3 Mark Davis Stuart Parnell 5-4 Mark Bennett (Wales) Adrian Rosa 5-2 Dean Reynolds Matt Wilson 5-2 Anthony Davies (Wales) Nick Walker 5-0 Karl Broughton Mark Rowing 5-2 Mike Hallett Mehmet Husnu (Cyprus) 5-3 Tony Jones Jason Prince (N.Ireland) 5-3 P Williams (Wales) Shokat Ali (Pakistan) 5-4 Wayne Jones (Wales) Brian Morgan 5-1 Dominic Dale (Wales) Jamie Woodman 5-3 Fergal O'Brien (Ireland) Jamie Burnett (Scotland) 5-2 Stephen O'Connor (Ireland) Joe Johnson 5-3 A Carter David McLellan (Scotland) 5-0 Doug Mountjoy (Wales) Mark Johnston-Allen 5-4 Nigel Gilbert Tony Chappel (Wales) 5-4 Yasin Merchant (India) Alan Burnett (Scotland) 5-4 Drew Henry (Scotland) Terry Murphy (N.Ireland) 5-3 Robert Milkins Jon Birch 5-3 John Lardner (Scotland) Mark Fenton (Wales) 5-3 Mark King Stuart Pettman 5-2 Tony Knowles Wayne Brown 5-2 Stephen Murphy (Ireland) David Roe 5-2 Gerard Greene (N.Ireland) Michael Judge (Ireland) 5-3 Paul Davies (Wales) Leigh Griffin 5-4 Mark Flowerdew Ollie King 5-0 Karl Payne

* Three matches missing (Small, Henderson and Weston the winners)

David McLellan, of Glasgow, was responsible for the fastest best-of-nine-frame victory in a world ranking tournament when he required only 34min 19sec to defeat Doug Mountjoy 5-0. McLellan, the world No 107, totally dominated and allowed Mountjoy to aggregate only 31 points.

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