1995 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1995 February 2020 1995 Benson & Hedges Masters 1995 02 5 1995 02 12 y Wembley Conference Centre London England WPBSA Non-ranking event £120,000 Stephen Hendry SCO (141) Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG John Higgins SCO 9–3 1994 1996 The 1995 Masters (officially the 1995 Benson & Hedges Masters) is a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5 and 12 February 1995 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The wild-card players were John Higgins, who had won the 1994 Grand Prix, and Mark Williams, who won the 1994 Benson & Hedges Championship. Both of them were 19 years old. Higgins went on to reach the final. Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Higgins 9–3 in the final to become the youngest ever Masters champion aged 19 years and 69 days.Turner Chris On this Week: White becomes Brown http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/08022010/58/week-white-becomes-brown.html Eurosport UK 24 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120918231307/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/08022010/58/week-white-becomes-brown.html 18 September 2012 live This still remains a record. Stephen Hendry meanwhile failed to make the final for the first time in his Masters career, losing to Peter Ebdon 4–5 in the quarter-finals.Turner Chris The Masters http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masters.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120107160419/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masters.html 7 January 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 1 March 2011 Overview The Masters is an invitational snooker tournament that was first held in 1975,The Dafabet Masters http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/masters/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20150418171435/http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/masters/ 18 April 2015 4 September 2016 World Snooker with the top-16 players from the snooker world rankings as well as the winner of the Benson & Hedges Championship and a wild card entrant invited to participate for the 1995 competition.Everton Clive 25 October 1994 Final success deals Higgins strong hand for a wild card 22 The Guardian https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97474020/1995-masters-format-the-guardian-25/ 12 March 2022 Newspapers.com It is one of the three Triple Crown events in the game of snooker; the others being the World Snooker Championship and the UK Championship. As an invitational event, it carried no world ranking points.Yates Phil 4 February 1995 Davis sets his sights on Masters success 36 The Times 65182 https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502112813/TTDA?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=c55cb881 subscription 12 March 2022 The Times Digital Archive The 1995 Masters was the 21st holding of the event,Yates Phil 12 February 1995 White: Played badly, said Higgins; Higgins on a high 5 The Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97476163/higgins-1995-bh-sf-the-observer-12/ 12 March 2022 Newspapers.com and took place at the Wembley Conference Centre from 5 to 12 February 1995.5 January 1995 1995 sporting calendar 18 Reading Evening Post https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97476321/1995-sporting-calendar-reading-evening/ 12 March 2022 Newspapers.com Sponsored by the tobacco company Benson & Hedges, the total prize fund was £435,000 with £120,000 being awarded to the winner. The tournament was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Television.Henderson Jon 5 February 1995 Critics have their say but Inverdale keeps his shirt on 7 The Observer https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97477556/the-observer-tv-watch-the-observer-5/ 12 March 2022 Newspapers.com Every match was played as best-of-nine frame frames, before the semi-finals were played as best-of-11 frames, and the final was the best-of-17 frames. Scottish player and World Champion Stephen Hendry was installed as the favourite to win the tournament. Field Defending champion Alan McManus was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Mark Williams (ranked 58), and John Higgins (ranked 51), who was the wild-card selection. Tony Drago, John Higgins, Joe Swail and Mark Williams were making their debuts in the Masters. Wild-card round In the preliminary round the wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:1995 Benson & Hedges Masters http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res04_5/05MASTERS1995.htm Global Snooker Centre 21 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20051119185257/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res04_5/05MASTERS1995.htm 19 November 2005The Masters http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 8 August 2012 Match Date Score WC1 Monday 6 February Willie Thorne ENG (15) 0–5 Mark Williams WAL WC2 Sunday 5 February Tony Drago MLT (16) 3–5 John Higgins SCO Main draw 1995 Benson & Hedges Masters http://www.snooker.org/trn/bh_res.shtml Snooker.org 23 October 20101995 Masters Results Grid http://snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=77 Snooker Database 28 October 2010 27 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110827123714/http://snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=77 dead 180 Last 16 Best of 9 frames Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames Semi-finals Best of 11 frames Final Best of 17 frames 1 Alan McManus SCO 5 13 David Roe ENG 3 8 Darren Morgan WAL 2 John Higgins SCO 5 5 Jimmy White ENG 5 12 Joe Swail NIR 2 4 James Wattana THA 5 Mark Williams WAL 4 3 Steve Davis ENG 3 14 Terry Griffiths WAL 5 6 John Parrott ENG 4 9 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 5 7 Ken Doherty IRL 3 10 Peter Ebdon ENG 5 2 Stephen Hendry SCO 5 11 Nigel Bond ENG 1 1 SCO Alan McManus 2 SCO John Higgins 5 5 ENG Jimmy White 5 4 THA James Wattana 3 14 WAL Terry Griffiths 2 9 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 10 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 4 SCO John Higgins 6 5 ENG Jimmy White 1 9 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 10 ENG Peter Ebdon 4 SCO John Higgins 3 9 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 9 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 12 February 1995. John Higgins 3–9 Ronnie O'Sullivan (9) Afternoon: 64–52, 50–63, 9–74 (68), 5–67, 36–65 (53), 0–82 (82), 117–4 (73), 0–82 (55) Evening: 7–88, 91–0 (91), 47–84, 19–73 (57)The Times 13 February 1995 25 O'Sullivan wins battle of young masters 91 Highest break 82 0 Century breaks 0 2 50+ breaks 5 Qualifying Mark Williams won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1994 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.Turner Chris Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155348/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 23 December 2010 Century breaks There were a total of 13 century breaks made by a total of 8 players during the tournament's main stage.Dee John 6 February 1995 Higgins douses early Drago fire S4 The Daily Telegraph https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94934023/higgins-vs-drago-1995-masters-snooker/ 14 February 2022 Newspapers.com 141, 112 Stephen Hendry 132 Tony Drago 131, 129, 103 Peter Ebdon 125 Terry Griffiths 111, 106, 104 John Higgins 104 Darren Morgan 104 Alan McManus 102 Ronnie O'Sullivan Tony Drago's century and John Higgins's 106 were scored in the wild-card round. 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