1997 UK Snooker Championship
- 1997 UK Snooker Championship
The 1997 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship took place at the Guildhall, Preston starting on 12 November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 22 and 30 November 1997.
Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Stephen Hendry 10-6 in the final, ending Hendry's run of three successive UK championship wins. O'Sullivan had been the last player other than Hendry to win the event, as a 17-year-old in 1993.
This was to be the last UK championship to be held in Preston which had held the contest since 1978. The following year's competition would be held in Bournemouth.
Prize Money
Winner £75,000
Runner-up ???
Losing semi-finalists ???
Losing quarter-finalists ???
Last 16 ???
Last 32 ???
Last 64 ???
Maximum break ???
High break £5,000
Total £440,000
Highest Break
137 Stephen Lee (TV)
The Contest
1st Round Best of 11 frames
2nd Round Best of 17 frames
3rd Round Best of 17 frames
Round16
|flagicon|Scotland Stephen Hendry|9|flagicon|England Anthony Hamilton|8
|flagicon|Scotland Alan McManus|9|flagicon|Northern Ireland Jason Prince|5
|flagicon|Scotland Martin Dziewialtowski|9|flagicon|England Dean Reynolds|7
|flagicon|Wales Matthew Stevens|9|flagicon|Wales Mark Williams|1
|flagicon|Northern Ireland Gerard Greene|9"'|flagicon|England Gary Ponting|6
|flagicon|England Ronnie O'Sullivan|9|flagicon|England Gary Wilkinson|4
|flagicon|England Mark King|9|flagicon|Wales Darren Morgan|5
|flagicon|England Stephen Lee|9|flagicon|England Neal Foulds|2
|flagicon|Scotland Stephen Hendry|9|flagicon|Scotland Alan McManus|5
|flagicon|Wales Matthew Stevens|9|flagicon|Scotland Martin Dziewialtowski|1
|flagicon|England Ronnie O'Sullivan|9|flagicon|Northern Ireland Gerard Greene|6
|flagicon|England Stephen Lee|9|flagicon|England Mark King|2
|flagicon|Scotland Stephen Hendry|9|flagicon|Wales Matthew Stevens|5
|flagicon|England Ronnie O'Sullivan|9|flagicon|England Stephen Lee|4
|flagicon|England Ronnie O'Sullivan|10|flagicon|Scotland Stephen Hendry|6
3rdplace=no
External links
* http://www.snooker.org/
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