1996 British Open

1996 British Open 1996 04 1 1996 04 8 y Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth England WPBSA Ranking event £321,400 £60,000 John Higgins SCOAndy Hicks ENG(139) Nigel Bond ENG John Higgins SCO 9–8 1995 1997 The 1996 British Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament which was held from 1–8 April 1996 at the Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England. Nigel Bond won the tournament, his first ranking title, by defeating the defending champion John Higgins 9–8 in the final.British Open http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/brit.html Chris Turner's Snooker Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155129/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/brit.html 5 January 2018 2012-02-16 Main draw snooker.org: British Open 1996 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 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 ENG Oliver King 2 ENG Willie Thorne 4 SCO Graeme Dott 5 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Barry Pinches 1 ENG Chris Scanlon 1 ENG Andy Hicks 5 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG David Roe 4 India Yasin Merchant 4 ENG Neal Foulds 5 THA James Wattana 5 ENG Karl Broughton 2 ENG Jimmy Michie 3 ENG Tony Knowles 5 ENG John Parrott 5 ENG Mark Rowing 3 IRL David McDonnell 4 ENG Dean Reynolds 5 WAL Mark Bennett 5 Malta Tony Drago 0 ENG Stuart Pettman 2 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 ENG Jason Ferguson 5 WAL Steve Newbury 0 SCO John Higgins 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 1 ENG Brian Morgan 2 ENG Mike Hallett 5 ENG Stephen Lee 5 WAL Terry Griffiths 2 ENG Steve Davis 2 ENG Mark Johnston-Allen 5 ENG Karl Payne 2 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 WAL Anthony Davies 2 ENG Mick Price 5 ENG Dave Harold 5 ENG Antony Bolsover 2 ENG Jimmy White 5 WAL Matthew Stevens 3 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 CAN Alain Robidoux 1 ENG Martin Clark 5 ENG Joe Johnson 4 Netherlands Stefan Mazrocis 1 WAL Darren Morgan 5 ENG Steve James 5 ENG Mark Flowerdew 1 ENG Steve Meakin 3 SCO Alan McManus 5 ENG Rod Lawler 0 NIR Dennis Taylor 5 ENG Pat Horne 3 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 NIR Terry Murphy 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 SCO Billy Snaddon 2 NIR Joe Swail 5 New Zealand Dene O'Kane 5 ENG Matthew Couch 2 SCO Paul McPhillips 0 ENG Nigel Bond 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 SCO Graeme Dott 1 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Andy Hicks 4 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG Neal Foulds 1 THA James Wattana 4 ENG Tony Knowles 5 ENG John Parrott 5 ENG Dean Reynolds 3 WAL Mark Bennett 0 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 ENG Jason Ferguson 4 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Mike Hallett 3 ENG Stephen Lee 5 ENG Mark Johnston-Allen 5 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 ENG Mick Price 2 ENG Dave Harold 5 ENG Jimmy White 3 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 ENG Martin Clark 4 WAL Darren Morgan 5 ENG Steve James 4 SCO Alan McManus 5 NIR Dennis Taylor 4 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 NIR Joe Swail 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane 1 ENG Nigel Bond 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 IRL Ken Doherty 3 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG Tony Knowles 0 ENG John Parrott 5 ENG Gary Wilkinson 2 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Stephen Lee 3 ENG Mark Johnston-Allen 2 ENG Dave Harold 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 1 WAL Darren Morgan 5 SCO Alan McManus 1 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 SCO Stephen Hendry 4 ENG Nigel Bond 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 WAL Mark Williams 3 ENG John Parrott 3 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Dave Harold 5 WAL Darren Morgan 1 ENG Peter Ebdon 3 ENG Nigel Bond 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 4 SCO John Higgins 6 ENG Dave Harold 5 ENG Nigel Bond 6 SCO John Higgins 8 ENG Nigel Bond 9 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Len Ganley Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England. 8 April 1996. Nigel Bond 9–8 John Higgins Afternoon: 71–56, 96–4 (61), 65–64, 53–64 (56), 79–47 (79), 18–72, 17–102 (66), 0–91 (91) Evening: 89–0 (89), 30–60, 99–30 (50), 55–56, 72–0, 0–97 (97), 122–6 (122), 8–128 (75), 71–69 122 Highest break 97 1 Century breaks 0 5 50+ breaks 5 References Category:British Open (snooker) British Open Open (snooker) British Open