The 1996–97 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between September 1996 and May 1997. The following table outlines the results of the finals for ranking events and the invitational events.
Calendar World Snooker Tour Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. Asian Classic Riverside Montien Hotel Bangkok 9–8 24 Sep 29 Sep Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell Peter Ebdon Alan McManus 9–6 5 Oct 14 Oct JP Snooker Centre Edinburgh Brian Morgan Drew Henry 9–8 8 Oct 13 Oct Malta Grand Prix Jerma Palace Hotel Marsaskala Nigel Bond Tony Drago 7–3 16 Oct 27 Oct Grand Prix Bournemouth Mark Williams Euan Henderson 9–5 29 Oct 10 Nov World Cup Amari Watergate Hotel Bangkok 10–7 15 Nov 1 Dec UK Championship Guild Hall Preston Stephen Hendry John Higgins 10–9 9 Dec 15 Dec German Open NAAFI Osnabrück Ronnie O'Sullivan Alain Robidoux 9–7 2 Jan 5 Jan Charity Challenge International Convention Centre Birmingham Stephen Hendry 9–8 24 Jan 1 Feb Welsh Open Newport Leisure Centre Newport Stephen Hendry Mark King 9–2 2 Feb 9 Feb Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Steve Davis Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–8 13 Feb 22 Feb International Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Stephen Hendry Tony Drago 9–1 23 Feb 2 Mar European Open Valletta John Higgins John Parrott 9–5 10 Mar 16 Mar Thailand Open Century Park Hotel Bangkok Peter Ebdon Nigel Bond 9–7 18 Mar 23 Mar Irish Masters Goff's Kill Stephen Hendry Darren Morgan 9–8 27 Mar 5 Apr British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth Mark Williams Stephen Hendry 9–2 19 Apr 5 May Crucible Theatre Sheffield Ken Doherty Stephen Hendry 12 May 16 May Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Martin Clark Andy Hicks 9–7 28 Dec 18 May European League Diamond Centre Irthlingborough Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–8
Ranking event Non-ranking event
Seniors event Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 3 Mar 14 Mar Seniors Pot Black Goodwood House Chichester Joe Johnson Terry Griffiths 2–0
Official rankings
The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.
No. Ch. Name Points 1 Stephen Hendry 36911 2 John Higgins 32341 3 Peter Ebdon 28115 4 John Parrott 24339 5 Nigel Bond 22669 6 Alan McManus 21492 7 Ken Doherty 21161 8 Ronnie O'Sullivan 21007 9 Darren Morgan 19142 10 Steve Davis 18252 11 Dave Harold 18247 12 James Wattana 17641 13 Jimmy White 16620 14 Alain Robidoux 16058 15 Tony Drago 16031 16 Mark Williams 15988
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