1996 International Open

November 2019 1996 Sweater Shop International Open 1996 02 17 1996 02 24 y Link Centre Swindon England WPBSA Ranking event £321,400 £60,000 144 John Higgins SCO Rod Lawler ENG 9–3 1995 1997 The 1996 International Open (officially the 1996 Sweater Shop International Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 and 24 February 1996 at the Link Centre in Swindon, England. John Higgins defended his title by defeating Rod Lawler 9–3 in the final. This was the first time that Lawler reached the final of a ranking event. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: 70% Winner: £60,000 Runner-up: £32,000 Semi-final: £16,000 Quarter-final: £9,050 Last 16: £4,550 Last 32: £2,600 Last 64: £1,900 Last 96: £700 Stage one highest break: £1,200 Stage two highest break: £2,400 Total: £321,400 Main draw Sweater Shop International Open http://www.snooker.org/trn/9596/io_res.shtml Snooker.org 10 July 2012International Open http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=24 Snooker Scene 31 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071633/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=24 24 January 2013 Last 64Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames 1 SCO John Higgins 5 SCO Graeme Dott 0 18 NZL Dene O'Kane 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 28 ENG Neal Foulds 5 ENG Pat Horne 1 12 ENG Nigel Bond 5 ENG Karl Payne 1 9 WAL Darren Morgan 3 ENG Karl Broughton 5 25 ENG Willie Thorne 4 WAL Wayne Jones 5 26 ENG Steve James 3 SCO David McLellan 5 7 SCO Alan McManus 4 SCO Chris Small 5 5 ENG John Parrott 4 ENG Stephen Lee 5 32 NIR Dennis Taylor 5 ENG Tony Jones 3 31 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 WAL Mark Bennett 2 11 ENG Peter Ebdon 4 ENG Joe Johnson 5 14 Malta Tony Drago 5 NIR Terry Murphy 2 24 ENG Tony Knowles 4 ENG Mark Rowing 5 20 CAN Alain Robidoux 5 ENG Mike Hallett 1 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 3 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 3 ENG Steve Davis 3 NIR Jason Prince 5 21 ENG Mick Price 4 ENG Nick Pearce 5 23 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 ENG Paul Wykes 3 16 ENG David Roe 5 ENG Jim Chambers 2 13 ENG Dave Harold 5 ENG Mark Davis 2 17 ENG Andy Hicks 4 SCO Drew Henry 5 29 ENG Jason Ferguson 5 ENG Stefan Mazrocis 2 6 THA James Wattana 3 IRL Michael Judge 5 8 ENG Jimmy White 1 ENG David Finbow 5 30 NIR Dean Reynolds 0 ENG Mark King 5 27 ENG Brian Morgan 3 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 10 IRL Ken Doherty 2 ENG Gary Ponting 5 15 WAL Terry Griffiths 3 SCO Billy Snaddon 5 19 NIR Joe Swail 5 ENG Barry Pinches 2 22 ENG Martin Clark 0 ENG Rod Lawler 5 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Brian Rowswell 1 1 SCO John Higgins 5 WAL Mark Williams 2 28 ENG Neal Foulds 5 12 ENG Nigel Bond 2   ENG Karl Broughton 5 WAL Wayne Jones 4   SCO David McLellan 4 SCO Chris Small 5 ENG Stephen Lee 5 32 NIR Dennis Taylor 0 31 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Joe Johnson 4 14 Malta Tony Drago 5 ENG Mark Rowing 2 20 CAN Alain Robidoux 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 2   NIR Jason Prince 2 ENG Nick Pearce 5 24 ENG Gary Wilkinson 2 16 ENG David Roe 5 13 ENG Dave Harold 5 SCO Drew Henry 4 29 ENG Jason Ferguson 5 IRL Michael Judge 3   ENG David Finbow 5 ENG Mark King 3   SCO Marcus Campbell 3 ENG Gary Ponting 5 SCO Billy Snaddon 5 20 NIR Joe Swail 1 ENG Rod Lawler 5 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 3 1 SCO John Higgins 5 28 ENG Neal Foulds 1   ENG Karl Broughton 5 SCO Chris Small 3 ENG Stephen Lee 5 31 ENG Anthony Hamilton 2 14 Malta Tony Drago 0 20 CAN Alain Robidoux 5 ENG Nick Pearce 5 16 ENG David Roe 2 13 ENG Dave Harold 5 29 ENG Jason Ferguson 0   ENG David Finbow 5 ENG Gary Ponting 2   SCO Billy Snaddon 3 ENG Rod Lawler 5 1 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Karl Broughton 2 ENG Stephen Lee 2 20 CAN Alain Robidoux 5 ENG Nick Pearce 5 13 ENG Dave Harold 2   ENG David Finbow 1 ENG Rod Lawler 5 1 SCO John Higgins 6 20 CAN Alain Robidoux 4   ENG Nick Pearce 5 ENG Rod Lawler 6 1 SCO John Higgins 9 ENG Rod Lawler 3 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.Link Centre, Swindon, England, 24 February 1996. John Higgins 9–3 Rod Lawler 46–74(56), 79–4, 71–48, 104(104)–0, 85(76)–13, 59–23, 83(59)–20, 0–85(77), 86(55)–10, 58–69, 100(100)–17, 65(55)–28 104 Highest break 77 2 Century breaks 0 6 50+ breaks 2 Century breaks 144, 129, 104, 100 John Higgins 127, 106 Dave Harold 124 John Parrott 123 Willie Thorne 119 Ken Doherty 111 Jim Chambers 108, 103 Stephen Lee 107 Wayne Jones 102 David Finbow 102 Terry Murphy 101 Fergal O'Brien 100 Peter Ebdon References 1996 International Open International Open International Open Category:Sport in Swindon