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Tournaments: 1996/97: Results | Diary

German Open

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 9-15 Dec 1996; Venue: Roberts Barracks, Osnabruck, Germany; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: John Higgins; Notes: See also results (15)
Final
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 9-7 Canada Alain Robidoux (a) Head to head

Session 1:
72-40, 40-70, 56-65, 55-46, 83-0, 75-20 (67), 0-145 (145), 113-0 (59)

Session 2:
92-34 (65), 115-5 (109), 0-82 (51), 60-61, 16-91 (75), 5-75, 71-45, 146-0 (108)

Referee: Jan Verhaas

Semifinals
Canada Alain Robidoux (a) 6-4 Scotland John Higgins (a) Head to head
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 6-1 England Nigel Bond (a) Head to head
Quarterfinals
Scotland John Higgins (a) 5-1 Wales Mark J Williams (a) Head to head
Canada Alain Robidoux (a) 5-4 England Dave Harold (a) Head to head
England Nigel Bond (a) 5-1 England Mark Davis (a) Head to head
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 5-2 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) Head to head
Round 1
1 Scotland John Higgins (a) 5-3 Malta Tony Drago (a) Head to head
2 Wales Mark J Williams (a) 5-2 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) Head to head
3 Canada Alain Robidoux (a) 5-1 England Jason Ferguson (a)  
4 England Dave Harold (a) 5-2 England David Gray (a) Head to head
5 England Mark Davis (a) 5-1 England Martin Clark (a)  
6 England Nigel Bond (a) 5-3 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head
7 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-1 Wales Darren Morgan (a) Head to head
8 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 5-1 England Andy Hicks (a) Head to head