1997 Grand Prix (snooker)

The 1997 Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament and the first of eight WPBSA ranking events in the 1997/1998 season, preceding the UK Championship. It was held from 14 to 26 October 1997 at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England.

Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Matthew Stevens. Dominic Dale won his first ranking title by defeating John Higgins 9–6 in the final.

Tournament summary
Defending champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ken Doherty seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Qualifying
Round of 96 Best of 9 frames

🇮🇪 Michael Judge 5–3 Darren Clarke 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Stevens 5–3 Mark Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Couch 5–2 Joe Johnson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wayne Jones 5–2 Martin Dziewialtowski

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Troy Shaw 5–3 Jimmy Michie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Hunter 5–2 Gary Ponting 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter McCullagh 5–4 Nick Pearce 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Drew Henry 5–3 Ian Brumby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bradley Jones 5–2 Shokat Ali 🇵🇰

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Read 5–3 Dean Reynolds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Wykes 5–0 Karl Broughton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Euan Henderson 5–1 Sean Storey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇮🇪 Stephen O'Connor 5–3 Stefan Mazrocis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Craig MacGillivray 5–4 Mark Davis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇦🇺 Quinten Hann 5–3 Mark Bennett 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leigh Griffin 5–3 Tony Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Jamie Burnett 5–2 Lee Richardson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Gerard Greene 5–4 Joe Perry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale 5–1 Karl Burrows 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Lines 5–0 Tony Chappel 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Paul Davies 5–2 Marcus Campbell

Dennis Taylor 5–2 Jamie Woodman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Burden 5–2 Graeme Dott

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Gray 5–4 Dave Finbow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonathan Birch 5–1 Steve Judd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Anthony Davies w/o–w/d Karl Payne 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian McCulloch 5–3 Chris Scanlon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wayne Brown 5–3 Jason Prince

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Pettman 5–3 Dene O'Kane 🇳🇿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Roe 5–2 John Lardner

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Ferguson 5–3 Lee Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Willie Thorne 5–4 Nick Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿