1996 UK Championship

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.

1996 UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates15 November – 1 December 1996
VenueGuild Hall
CityPreston
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Winner's share£70,000
Highest break Ken Doherty /
Andy Hicks (141)
Final
Champion Stephen Hendry
Runner-up John Higgins
Score10–9
← 1995
1997 →

Stephen Hendry won his third UK Championship in a row and fifth overall by defeating John Higgins 10–9 in the final.[1] Hendry also made the highest break of the tournament with 140.

Tony Drago made the fastest century break in a ranking event with a time of 3 minutes 31 seconds.[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

  • Winner £70,000
  • Runner-up £37,000
  • Highest break £5,000

Main draw

[3][4]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Stephen Hendry9
 
 
 
 Anthony Hamilton1
 
 Stephen Hendry9
 
 
 
 Paul Hunter5
 
 Paul Hunter9
 
 
 
 Terry Murphy7
 
 Stephen Hendry9
 
 
 
 Alan McManus1
 
 Alan McManus9
 
 
 
 Billy Snaddon5
 
 Alan McManus9
 
 
 
 John Parrott8
 
 John Parrott9
 
 
 
 Joe Johnson6
 
 Stephen Hendry10
 
 
 
 John Higgins9
 
 Alain Robidoux9
 
 
 
 Karl Broughton8
 
 Alain Robidoux3
 
 
 
 Ken Doherty9
 
 Ken Doherty9
 
 
 
 Steve Davis5
 
 Ken Doherty3
 
 
 
 John Higgins9
 
 Mark Williams9
 
 
 
 Nigel Bond4
 
 Mark Williams6
 
 
 
 John Higgins9
 
 John Higgins9
 
 
 Tony Drago8
 

Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Len Ganley
The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 1 December 1996.
Stephen Hendry
 Scotland		 10–9 John Higgins
 Scotland
First session: 32–72 (79), 78–32, 105–14 (74), 16–65 (64), 80–28, 108–8 (102), 115–14 (115), 36–70, 4–94
Second session: 73–4 (74), 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
gollark: Why? Because GREEK ALPHABET.
gollark: 4π = σ (sigma)
gollark: Yes, yes, whatever.
gollark: * pi x 4
gollark: PotatOS... Tau x 4?

References
  1. Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  2. Turner, Chris. "Various Snooker Records". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  3. "UK Championship 1996". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
  4. "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
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