Liverpool Victoria UK Championship 1997 (original) (raw)

Guild Hall,Preston, England (Nov 12-30, 1997)
WPBSA ranking tournament #2
�440,000 purse, �75,000 first prize

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Report

World No.7 Ronnie O'Sullivan upset the world's No.1, Stephen Hendry 10-6 in a repeat of the 1993 final to win his first tournament of the season, his second UK title and fifth ranking title. The victory earned him �75,000.

The match was decided when Ronnie went from 5-5 to 9-5 with scintillating snooker. Hendry didn't pot a single ball as O'Sullivan scored 356 points without reply, assisted by breaks of 89, 32, 40, 54, 44 and 31.

Ronnie has now won 7 of their 15 meetings and must surely now be one of the strongest favourites for the World Championship.

The victory also ended Hendry's 23-match unbeaten run at the UK Championship. It was also Ronnie that beat him the last time, in the 1993 final.

Stephen Lee won the prize of �5,000 for the highest televised break with a magnificent 137 total clearance in the semi-finals. Matthew Stevens won the pre-television high break prize of �1,500 for a 143 in his third round encounter withTony Drago.

Other stories of the championship include Mark King's 12 successive misses in the fifth frame of his 9-2 quarter-final loss toStephen Lee, and thereby conceded 48 points. He failed to hit any of the 14 reds available. Lee eventually halted the bizarre line of events by stepping in with a 32-break after the twelfth miss. This is the most successive misses ever called in a televised world ranking match. Only one other match has involved more successive misses. That happened in a qualifying round of the 1992 Asian open between Sean Storey and Graham Cripsey. At that occasion Storey was called for 13 successive misses.

Stephen Hendry came back from 8-5 behind in his fourth round victory overAnthony Hamilton.

Pictures

Here are some pictures from the championship. Click the thumbnails to see the full-size versions.

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Ronnie with the trophy

Ronnie has a laugh in the final

Stephen in final action

Jason Prince

Martin Dziewialtowski and Dean Reynolds in their fourth round clash

Results

(Players are English unless stated)

Final

Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-6 Stephen Hendry (Scotland)

29-103 (89), 37-75, 78-13(78), 115-10 (78), 44-63 (57), 16-88 (67), 67-28, 21-73 (68), 98-33 (98), 75-23, 89-0(89), 72-0, 79-0 (54), 82-0, 1-80, 70-17

Semi-finals

Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 9-5 Matthew Stevens (Wales)

86-1 (85), 82-0 (81), 69-13 (68), 63-26 (62), 96-0 (96), 65-53, 1-90 (83), 27-98 (97), 15-66, 0-101 (62), 77-14, 6-83 (83), 94-34 (88), 72-62 (72,62)

Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-4 Stephen Lee

91-0 (90), 0-137 (137), 77-50 (68/50), 0-68 (68), 0-119 (119), 78-1, 86-26 (65), 66-37, 15-121 (121), 84-7 (84), 124-0 (124), 89-26, 68-12 (67)

Quarter-finals

Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 9-5 Alan McManus (Scotland) Matthew Stevens (Wales) 9-1 Martin Dziewialtowski (Scotland) Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-6 Gerard Greene (N.Ireland) Stephen Lee 9-2 Mark King

Fourth round

Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 9-8 Anthony Hamilton Alan McManus (Scotland) 9-5 Jason Prince (N.Ireland) Martin Dziewialtowski (Scotland) 9-7 Dean Reynolds Matthew Stevens (Wales) 9-1 Mark J Williams (Wales) Gerard Greene (N.Ireland) 9-6 Gary Ponting Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-4 Gary Wilkinson
Mark King 9-5 Darren Morgan (Wales) Stephen Lee 9-2 Neal Foulds

Third round

Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 9-7 Sean Storey Anthony Hamilton 9-3 Jamie Burnett (Scotland) Alan McManus (Scotland) 9-3 Jimmy White Jason Prince (N.Ireland) 9-5 Peter Ebdon Martin Dziewialtowski (Scotland) 9-6 Quinten Hann (Australia) Dean Reynolds 9-6 Shokat Ali (Pakistan) Matthew Stevens (Wales) 9-8 Tony Drago (Malta) Mark J Williams (Wales) 9-3 Dennis Taylor (N.Ireland) Gary Ponting 9-5 Dene O'Kane (New Zealand) Gerard Greene (N.Ireland) 9-6 Andy Hicks Gary Wilkinson 9-8 James Wattana (Thailand) Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-5 Terry Murphy (N.Ireland) Mark King 9-6 John Parrott Darren Morgan (Wales) 9-6 Bradley Jones Stephen Lee 9-4 Chris Small (Scotland) Neal Foulds 9-4 Ken Doherty (Ireland)

Second round

Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 9-2 John Read Sean Storey 9-5 Martin Clark Anthony Hamilton 9-2 Troy Shaw Jamie Burnett (Scotland) 9-6 Mick Price Alan McManus (Scotland) 9-7 Tony Jones Jimmy White 9-2 Paul Davies (Wales) Peter Ebdon 9-6 David Gray Jason Prince (N.Ireland) 9-6 Dave Harold Quinten Hann (Australia) 9-6 Nigel Bond Martin Dziewialtowski (Scotland) 9-5 Joe Swail (N.Ireland) Shokat Ali (Pakistan) 9-3 Alain Robidoux (Canada) Dean Reynolds 9-7 Brian Morgan Tony Drago (Malta) 9-7 Ian McCulloch Matthew Stevens (Wales) 9-7 Rod Lawler Mark J Williams (Wales) 9-6 Jonathan Birch Dennis Taylor (N.Ireland) 9-5 Steve James Gary Ponting 9-4 John Higgins (Scotland) Dene O'Kane (New Zealand) 9-6 Billy Snaddon (Scotland) Gerard Greene (N.Ireland) 9-2 Steve Davis Andy Hicks 9-8 Lee Richardson James Wattana (Thailand) 9-6 Wayne Jones (Wales) Gary Wilkinson 9-7 Willie Thorne Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-6 Marcus Campbell (Scotland) Terry Murphy (N.Ireland) 9-8 Chris Scanlon John Parrott 9-1 Paul Wykes Mark King 9-4 Peter Lines Darren Morgan (Wales) 9-2 Dominic Dale (Wales) Bradley Jones 9-2 Fergal O'Brien (Ireland) Stephen Lee 9-8 Paul Hunter Chris Small (Scotland) 9-5 Mark Bennett (Wales) Ken Doherty (Ireland) 9-3 Karl Broughton Neal Foulds 9-6 Karl Burrows

First round

John Read 6-3 Michael Judge (Ireland) Sean Storey 6-1 Euan Henderson (Scotland) Troy Shaw 6-4 Dave Finbow Jamie Burnett (Scotland) 6-1 Craig MacGillivray Tony Jones 6-3 John Lardner (Scotland) Paul Davies (Wales) 6-4 Steve Judd David Gray 6-5 Graeme Dott (Scotland) Jason Prince (N.Ireland) 6-4 Matthew Couch Quinten Hann (Australia) 6-3 Joe Johnson Martin Dziewialtowski (Scotland) 6-3 Anthony Davies (Wales) Shokat Ali (Pakistan) 6-4 Karl Payne Dean Reynolds 6-3 Stephen O'Connor (Ireland) Ian McCulloch 6-5 Jason Ferguson Matthew Stevens (Wales) 6-3 Jamie Woodman Jonathan Birch 6-0 Mark Gray Dennis Taylor (N.Ireland) 6-2 Waye Brown Gary Ponting 6-4 Nick Pearce Dene O'Kane (New Zealand) 6-2 Stuart Pettman Gerard Greene (N.Ireland) 6-5 Ian Brumby Lee Richardson 6-5 Stefan Mazrocis Wayne Jones (Wales) 6-4 Leigh Griffin Willie Thorne 6-2 Peter McCullagh Marcus Campbell (Scotland) 6-5 Tony Chappel (Wales) Chris Scanlon 6-4 Joe Perry Paul Wykes 6-5 Mark Davis Peter Lines 6-5 Jimmy Michie Dominic Dale (Wales) 6-5 Alfie Burden Bradley Jones 6-5 Drew Henry (Scotland) Paul Hunter 6-3 Nick Walker Mark Bennett (Wales) 6-4 Darren Clarke Karl Broughton 6-2 Lee Walker (Wales) Karl Burrows 6-4 David Roe