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.
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| Dates | 15 November – 1 December 1996 |
| Venue | Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £70,000 |
| Highest break |   |
| Final | |
| Champion |  |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | 10–9 |
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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
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Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 1 December 1996. | ||
| Stephen Hendry |
10–9 | John Higgins |
| 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- "UK Championship 1996". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.