1997 China International

Catch China InternationalTournament information

Dates| 17–20 September 1997 (1997-09-17 – 1997-09-20)
City| Beijing
Country| China
Organisation| WPBSA
Format| Non-ranking event
Winner's share| £10,000
Highest break|  James Wattana (147)
Final
Champion|  Steve Davis
Runner-up|  Jimmy White
Score| 7–4

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The 1997 Catch China International was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 17 to 20 September 1997 in Beijing, China. The tournament was the inaugural staging of the event as a non-ranking tournament, and was the first major international snooker tournament held in China. It featured a mixture of top sixteen stars and local Chinese players.[1]

Steve Davis won the tournament by defeating Jimmy White 7–4 in the final.[2]

## Main draw

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| Round 1
Best of 7 frames | | | Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames | | | Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames | | | Final
Best of 13 frames |

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| | | |  Stephen Hendry | 0 | | |
|  Steve Davis | 4 | | |  Steve Davis | 5 |
|  Hasimu Tuerxun | 0 | | | | | |  Steve Davis | 6 |
| | | | | |  James Wattana | 1 |
| | | |  James Wattana | 5 | | | |
|  Pang Weiguo | 4 | | |  Pang Weiguo | 4 |
|  Xu Xinjian | 1 | | | |  Steve Davis | 7 |
| | | | | | |  Jimmy White | 4 |
| | | |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 | | | |
|  Guo Hua | 4 | | |  Guo Hua | 1 |
|  Da Hailin | 0 | | | | | |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 0 |
| | | | | |  Jimmy White | 6 |
| | | |  Mark Williams | 3 | |
|  Jimmy White | 4 | | |  Jimmy White | 5 |
|  Gao Feng | 3 | |

## References

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1. ^ "China International, China Open, Shanghai Masters, Jiangsu / Wuxi Classic". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
2. ^ a b Layton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 172.

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