1996 UK Championship

1996 UK Championship 1996 11 15 1996 12 1 y Preston Guild Hall Preston England WPBSA Ranking event £70,000 Ken Doherty IRLAndy Hicks ENG (141) Stephen Hendry SCO John Higgins SCO 10–9 1995 1997 The 1996 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 15 November 1996 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 23 November and 1 December 1996. Stephen Hendry won his third UK Championship in a row and fifth overall by defeating John Higgins 10–9 in the final. Hendry led 8–4, fell behind 8–9 after Higgins won 5 frames in a row, and then breaks of 82 and 77 in the last two frames was enough for Hendry to get the victory.Turner Chris UK Championship http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160153/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 1 March 2011 Ken Doherty made the highest break of the tournament with 141. Tony Drago made the fastest century break in a ranking event with a time of 3 minutes 31 seconds.Turner Chris Various Snooker Records http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Records.html cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 28 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130210111343/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Records.html 10 February 2013 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner £70,000 Runner-up £37,000 Semi-final: £18,500 Highest break £5,000 Main draw UK Championship 1996 http://www.snooker.org/TRN/9697/uk_res.shtml Snooker.org 17 October 2010UK Championship http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071813/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 5 February 2013 Top half main 5 200 high yes Round 1 (Last 64)Best of 17 frames Round 2 (Last 32)Best of 17 frames Round 3 (Last 16)Best of 17 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 17 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames no Scotland Stephen Hendry 9 Wales Dominic Dale 6 England Neal Foulds 3 England Robert Milkins 9 England Dave Harold 6 England David Gray 9 England Anthony Hamilton 9 Australia Quinten Hann 3 England Willie Thorne 0 England Paul Hunter 9 Thailand James Wattana 9 England Jon Birch 3 England Mick Price 9 England Eddie Manning 6 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 7 Northern Ireland Terry Murphy 9 Scotland Alan McManus 9 Wales Ian Sargeant 6 England Gary Wilkinson 9 England Brian Morgan 2 Wales Darren Morgan 6 Scotland Billy Snaddon 9 England Rod Lawler 9 England Darren Clarke 5 New Zealand Dene O'Kane 8 England Joe Johnson 9 England Jimmy White 7 Thailand Tai Pichit 9 England Martin Clark 9 England Tony Jones 6 England John Parrott 9 Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn 4 Scotland Stephen Hendry 9 England Robert Milkins 5 England David Gray 8 England Anthony Hamilton 9 England Paul Hunter 9 Thailand James Wattana 5 England Mick Price 6 Northern Ireland Terry Murphy 9 Scotland Alan McManus 9 England Gary Wilkinson 7 Scotland Billy Snaddon 9 England Rod Lawler 7 England Joe Johnson 9 Thailand Tai Pichit 6 England Martin Clark 8 England John Parrott 9 Scotland Stephen Hendry 9 England Anthony Hamilton 1 England Paul Hunter 9 Northern Ireland Terry Murphy 7 Scotland Alan McManus 9 Scotland Billy Snaddon 5 England Joe Johnson 6 England John Parrott 9 Scotland Stephen Hendry 9 England Paul Hunter 5 Scotland Alan McManus 9 England John Parrott 8 Scotland Stephen Hendry 9 Scotland Alan McManus 1 Bottom half main 5 200 high yes Round 1 (Last 64)Best of 17 frames Round 2 (Last 32)Best of 17 frames Round 3 (Last 16)Best of 17 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 17 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames no England Peter Ebdon 8 England Karl Broughton 9 Scotland Chris Small 9 England David Roe 4 Canada Alain Robidoux 9 England Jason Weston 7 England Stephen Lee 9 Northern Ireland Jason Prince 3 England Jason Ferguson 4 Pakistan Shokat Ali 9 England Steve Davis 9 Scotland Jamie Burnett 5 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9 England Peter Lines 5 Ireland Ken Doherty 9 England Nick Pearce 2 England Nigel Bond 9 England Paul Wykes 0 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 9 England Mark King 8 Wales Mark Williams 9 Wales Tony Chappel 3 England David Finbow 5 India Yasin Merchant 9 England Andy Hicks 9 England Nick Terry 4 Malta Tony Drago 9 Scotland Alan Burnett 4 England Steve James 6 Scotland Marcus Campbell 9 Scotland John Higgins 9 Wales Steve Newbury 8 England Karl Broughton 9 Scotland Chris Small 6 Canada Alain Robidoux 9 England Stephen Lee 6 Pakistan Shokat Ali 7 England Steve Davis 9 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 4 Ireland Ken Doherty 9 England Nigel Bond 9 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 6 Wales Mark Williams 9 India Yasin Merchant 3 England Andy Hicks 5 Malta Tony Drago 9 Scotland Marcus Campbell 5 Scotland John Higgins 9 England Karl Broughton 8 Canada Alain Robidoux 9 England Steve Davis 5 Ireland Ken Doherty 9 England Nigel Bond 4 Wales Mark Williams 9 Malta Tony Drago 8 Scotland John Higgins 9 Canada Alain Robidoux 3 Ireland Ken Doherty 9 Wales Mark Williams 6 Scotland John Higgins 9 Ireland Ken Doherty 3 Scotland John Higgins 9 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Len GanleyThe Guild Hall, Preston, England, 1 December 1996. Stephen Hendry 10–9 John Higgins First session: 32–72 (69), 78–32, 105–14 (74), 16–65 (64), 80–28, 108–8 (102), 115–14 (115), 36–70, 4–93Second session: 73–4 (73), 61–33, 108–0 (108), 59–66, 39–68, 32–96, 29–62 (54), 12–62, 82–0 (82), 77–0 (77)115 Highest break 69 3 Century breaks 0 7 50+ breaks 3 Century breaks 141, 140 Ken Doherty 141, 133, 122, 106, 106, 104 Andy Hicks 140, 115, 108, 108, 104, 103, 102 Stephen Hendry 138 Darren Clarke 136, 118, 105, 100, 100 Paul Hunter 135, 132, 109 James Wattana 135, 109 John Higgins 135, 106 Jason Weston 132, 113 Nigel Bond 131 Shokat Ali 130 Tony Chappel 130 Steve Newbury 124, 119, 106, 104 Mark Williams 122, 103 Tony Drago 122, 102 Marcus Campbell 116 Karl Broughton 115 Tai Pichit 111, 100 Anthony Hamilton 110 Peter Ebdon 110 Ronnie O'Sullivan 109, 107 David Gray 109, 101 John Parrott 109 Stephen Lee 108 Jonathan Birch 105 Joe Johnson 104 Gary Wilkinson 102, 102, 100 Terry Murphy 102 Tony Jones 102 Billy Snaddon 101 Quinten Hann References Category:UK Championship (snooker) UK Championship UK Championship UK Championship UK Championship