1996 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1996 April 2022 http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1996/02 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false 1996 Benson & Hedges Masters 1996 02 4 1996 02 11 y Wembley Conference Centre London England WPBSA Non-ranking event £125,000 Stephen Hendry SCO (144) Stephen Hendry SCO Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 10–5 1995 1997 The 1996 Masters (officially the 1996 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 11 February 1996 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The last 16 and quarter-final rounds were extended from 9 to 11 frames while the final was extended from 17 to 19 frames, which has remained the match format ever since. Stephen Hendry won his sixth Masters title by defeating defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–5 in the final. Hendry won £125,000 and £10,000 for the highest break of the tournament (144). During his quarter-final match Hendry also set the record of scoring 487 points without reply against Jimmy White.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 Field Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 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, Matthew Stevens (ranked 236), and Andy Hicks (ranked 17), who was the wild-card selection. Dave Harold, Andy Hicks and Matthew Stevens were making their debuts in the Masters. Wild-card round In the preliminary round, the qualifier and wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds: Match Date Score WC1 Sunday 4 February Terry Griffiths WAL (15) 3–5 Matthew Stevens WAL WC2 Monday 5 February David Roe ENG (16) 2–5 Andy Hicks ENG Main draw Benson & Hedges Masters http://www.snooker.org/trn/9596/bh_res.shtml Snooker.org 4 April 2011The 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 180 Last 16 Best of 11 frames Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames Semi-finals Best of 11 frames Final Best of 19 frames 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 6 12 Nigel Bond ENG 5 8 Darren Morgan WAL 6 10 Peter Ebdon ENG 5 5 James Wattana THA 4 Andy Hicks ENG 6 4 John Parrott ENG 6 14 Tony Drago MLT 5 3 Steve Davis ENG 6 9 Ken Doherty IRL 0 6 Alan McManus SCO 6 Matthew Stevens WAL 5 7 Jimmy White ENG 6 13 Dave Harold ENG 5 2 Stephen Hendry SCO 6 11 John Higgins SCO 4 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 8 WAL Darren Morgan 4 ENG Andy Hicks 6 4 ENG John Parrott 3 3 ENG Steve Davis 4 6 SCO Alan McManus 6 7 ENG Jimmy White 0 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 6 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 ENG Andy Hicks 1 6 SCO Alan McManus 4 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 6 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 10 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 11 February 1996. Stephen Hendry (2) 10–5 Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) Afternoon: 108–0 (71), 12–73 (62), 69–90 (Hendry 54), 78–48 (77), 74–49, 61–17 (50), 71–5, 74–1 (62) Evening: 0–109 (109), 122–0 (87), 126–8 (125), 9–62 (61), 80–1 (80), 0–138 (106), 103–0 (97) 125 Highest break 109 1 Century breaks 2 9 50+ breaks 4 Qualifying Matthew Stevens won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1995 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 Total: 211996 Masters http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1996/02 CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database 19 January 2015 144, 134, 127, 125, 121, 105 Stephen Hendry 131, 100 Alan McManus 128, 109, 109, 106 Ronnie O'Sullivan 125, 118, 103, 102 Andy Hicks 117 John Parrott 110 Nigel Bond 104 Steve Davis 101 John Higgins 100 Dave Harold Andy Hicks's 125, 103 and 102 were scored in the wild-card round. References Category:Masters (snooker) Category:Wembley Category:Sport in the London Borough of Brent Masters Snooker Masters Snooker Category:February 1996 sports events in the United Kingdom