The 1995 UK Championship (officially the 1995 Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.[1] The event started on 17 November 1995 and the televised stages were shown on the BBC between 25 November and 3 December 1995.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17 November – 3 December 1995 |
| Venue | Preston Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £60,000 |
| Highest break |  Stephen Hendry (SCO) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| Runner-up |  Peter Ebdon (ENG) |
| Score | 10–3 |
← 1994 1996 → | |
Stephen Hendry won his fourth UK title by defeating Peter Ebdon 10–3. Hendry also made the first maximum break in the televised stage of the UK Championship, against Gary Wilkinson. Willie Thorne had made one in 1987, and Ebdon himself made one in the qualifying stage in 1992, but neither were televised.[1][2] Hendry also cleared a 146 in the last frame of the final to win 10–3 against Ebdon.[3]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
- Winner: £60,000
- Runner-up: £32,000
- Semi-final: £16,000
- Quarter-finalists: £9,050
- Last 16: £4,550
- Last 32: £2,600
- Last 64: £1,900
Main draw
editTop half
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Bottom half
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Final
edit| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Harrison The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 3 December 1995. | ||
| Stephen Hendry Scotland
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10–3 | Peter Ebdon England
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| First session: 118–0 (118), 83–21, 78–56 (Ebdon 56), 109–32 (79), 12–76 (76), 69–49 (66), 81–51 (69), 69–45 (52), 27–57 Second session: 2–109 (96), 69–27 (59), 77–41, 146–0 (146) | ||
| 146 | Highest break | 96 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Century breaks
editBreaks shown in bold were made on the television stages.[citation needed]
- 147, 146, 133, 130, 128, 118, 105, 104, 100 – Stephen Hendry
- 144, 106 – Tony Drago
- 143, 109, 106 – Matthew Stevens
- 143 – Darren Guest
- 137, 126, 102, 100 – Andy Hicks
- 135, 108 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 135 – John Parrott
- 133 – Barry Pinches
- 129, 108 – Anthony Hamilton
- 127 – Alan McManus
- 126, 123, 108, 101 – John Higgins
- 126, 100 – Stuart Pettman
- 125, 112 – Paul Hunter
- 125 – James Wattana
- 122 – Darren Morgan
- 121 – Neal Foulds
- 118 – Mick Price
- 115 – Jimmy White
- 113 – Ken Doherty
- 112, 105 – Nick Pearce
- 111 – Mark Flowerdew
- 107, 103 – Peter Ebdon
- 106, 101 – Chris Small
- 105 – Steve James
- 104, 103 – Drew Henry
- 104 – Tai Pichit
- 102 – Brian Morgan
- 101 – Martin Clark
References
edit- ^ a b Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Maximum Breaks". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Royal Liver Assurance UK Open". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "1995 UK Championship Player Prize Money". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ "1995 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.