The 1997 Crucible Contest

The competition has finished. A total of 292 people entered. You can now view the results. ... or you can check out how things went in the 1996 edition of the competition.

Here are some stats from the entries:

[ Winners | Match-by-match | Countries | Detailed list of entries ]

Winners

The contestants' favourites for the title

Pos	Player	# Picks
1.	Stephen Hendry (Scotland)	151
2.	Ronnie O'Sullivan	36
3.	John Higgins (Scotland)	31
4.	Steve Davis	22
5.	Jimmy White	20
6.	Peter Ebdon	15
7.	Ken Doherty (Ireland) *	5
8.	Mark J Williams (Wales)	4
9.	Alan McManus (Scotland)	2
	James Wattana (Thailand)	2
11.	Nigel Bond	1
	Stephen Lee	1
	John Parrott	1
	Alain Robidoux (Canada)	1

Match-by-match

Number of picks for each player in each match The actual winners are marked with "*".

First round

 287 Stephen Hendry (Scotland) *
   5 Andy Hicks

 236 Mark J Williams (Wales) *
  56 Terry Griffiths (Wales)

 180 Darren Morgan (Wales) *
 112 Gary Wilkinson

 288 Ronnie O'Sullivan *
   4 Mick Price

 252 Nigel Bond
  40 Stephen Lee *

 246 James Wattana (Thailand) *
  46 Graeme Dott (Scotland)

 217 Jimmy White
  75 Anthony Hamilton *

 283 John Parrott *
   9 Bradley Jones

 283 Peter Ebdon
   9 Stefan Mazrocis *

 176 Alain Robidoux (Canada) *
 116 Brian Morgan

 233 Dave Harold
  59 Lee Walker (Wales) *

 266 Alan McManus (Scotland) *
  26 Billy Snaddon (Scotland)

 257 Ken Doherty (Ireland) *
  35 Mark Davis

 284 Steve Davis *
   8 David McLellan (Scotland)

 257 Tony Drago (Malta)
  35 Dominic Dale (Wales) *

 288 John Higgins (Scotland) *
   4 Graham Horne (Scotland)

Second round

 259 Stephen Hendry (Scotland) *
  32 Mark J Williams (Wales)
   1 Terry Griffiths (Wales)

 272 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  13 Darren Morgan (Wales) *
   4 Gary Wilkinson
   3 Mick Price

 182 Nigel Bond
  78 James Wattana (Thailand *)
  25 Stephen Lee
   7 Graeme Dott (Scotland)

 155 John Parrott *
 114 Jimmy White
  20 Anthony Hamilton
   3 Bradley Jones

 252 Peter Ebdon
  25 Alain Robidoux (Canada) *
  11 Brian Morgan
   4 Stefan Mazrocis

 235 Alan McManus (Scotland)
  38 Dave Harold
  16 Billy Snaddon (Scotland)
   3 Lee Walker (Wales) *

 168 Steve Davis
 115 Ken Doherty (Ireland) *
   8 Mark Davis
   1 David McLellan (Scotland)

 254 John Higgins (Scotland) *
  34 Tony Drago (Malta)
   3 Dominic Dale (Wales)
   1 Graham Horne (Scotland)

Quarter-finals

 213 Stephen Hendry (Scotland) *
  61 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  17 Mark J Williams (Wales)
   1 Gary Wilkinson

  92 John Parrott
  79 Nigel Bond
  78 Jimmy White
  25 James Wattana (Thailand) *
   8 Stephen Lee
   7 Anthony Hamilton
   2 Bradley Jones
   1 Graeme Dott (Scotland)

 201 Peter Ebdon
  65 Alan McManus (Scotland)
  16 Alain Robidoux (Canada) *
   5 Brian Morgan
   2 Dave Harold
   2 Stefan Mazrocis
   1 Billy Snaddon (Scotland)

 170 John Higgins (Scotland)
  75 Steve Davis
  38 Ken Doherty (Ireland) *
   5 Tony Drago (Malta)
   2 Mark Davis
   1 Dominic Dale (Wales)
   1 Graham Horne (Scotland)

Semi-finals

 193 Stephen Hendry (Scotland) *
  53 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  25 Jimmy White
  11 Mark J Williams (Wales)
   3 James Wattana (Thailand)
   3 John Parrott
   2 Nigel Bond
   1 Gary Wilkinson
   1 Stephen Lee

 135 John Higgins (Scotland)
  61 Peter Ebdon
  49 Steve Davis
  21 Ken Doherty (Ireland) *
  18 Alan McManus (Scotland)
   4 Alain Robidoux (Canada)
   2 Tony Drago (Malta)
   1 Brian Morgan
   1 Graham Horne (Scotland)

Final

 151 Stephen Hendry (Scotland)
  36 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  31 John Higgins (Scotland)
  22 Steve Davis
  20 Jimmy White
  15 Peter Ebdon
   5 Ken Doherty (Ireland) *
   4 Mark J Williams (Wales)
   2 Alan McManus (Scotland)
   2 James Wattana (Thailand)
   1 Alain Robidoux (Canada)
   1 John Parrott
   1 Nigel Bond
   1 Stephen Lee

Countries

Where the contestants come from

  53 Netherlands
  47 England
  34 Canada
  17 Finland
  17 Thailand
  16 Belgium
  14 Ireland
  10 Australia
  10 Norway
   8 Germany
   6 Hong Kong
   6 Sweden
   6 United States
   4 Singapore
   4 South Africa
   4 Switzerland
   3 Egypt
   3 India
   3 Northern Ireland
   2 Austria
   2 Denmark
   2 France
   2 Iraq
   2 Malaysia
   2 Russian Federation
   2 Scotland
   1 Bahrain
   1 Brazil
   1 Cyprus
   1 Hungary
   1 Iceland
   1 Israel
   1 Kyrgyzstan
   1 Macau
   1 Morocco
   1 New Zealand
   1 Slovenia
   1 Taiwan
   1 United Arab Emirates