1995 UK Championship

The 1995 Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.[1] The event started on 17 November 1995 and the televised stages were shown on the BBC between 25 November and 3 December 1995.

Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates17 November – 3 December 1995
VenueGuild Hall
CityPreston
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Winner's share£60,000
Highest break Stephen Hendry (147)
Final
Champion Stephen Hendry
Runner-up Peter Ebdon
Score10–3
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Stephen Hendry won his fourth UK title by defeating Peter Ebdon 10–3. Hendry also made the first maximum break in the televised stage of the UK Championship, against Gary Wilkinson. Willie Thorne had made one in 1987, and Ebdon himself made one in the qualifying stage in 1992, but neither were televised.[1][2] Hendry also cleared a 146 in the last frame of the final to win 10–3 against Ebdon.[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]

  • Winner: £60,000
  • Runner-up: £32,000
  • Semi-final: £16,000
  • Quarter-finalists: £9,050
  • Last 16: £4,550
  • Last 32: £2,600
  • Last 64: £1,900

Main draw

[3][5]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Stephen Hendry9
 
 
 
 Gary Wilkinson2
 
 Stephen Hendry9
 
 
 
 Ken Doherty3
 
 Ken Doherty9
 
 
 
 Dennis Taylor1
 
 Stephen Hendry9
 
 
 
 John Higgins1
 
 Mark Williams9
 
 
 
 John Parrott6
 
 Mark Williams6
 
 
 
 John Higgins9
 
 John Higgins9
 
 
 
 Jimmy White6
 
 Stephen Hendry10
 
 
 
 Peter Ebdon3
 
 Peter Ebdon9
 
 
 
 Stephen Lee5
 
 Peter Ebdon9
 
 
 
 Nigel Bond7
 
 Nigel Bond9
 
 
 
 Wayne Jones2
 
 Peter Ebdon9
 
 
 
 Andy Hicks1
 
 Andy Hicks9
 
 
 
 James Wattana8
 
 Andy Hicks9
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan7
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan9
 
 
 Chris Small2
 

Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Harrison
The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 3 December 1995.
Stephen Hendry
 Scotland		 10–3 Peter Ebdon
 England
First session: 118–0 (118), 83–21, 78–56 (Ebdon 56), 109–32 (79), 12–76 (76), 69–49 (66), 81–51 (Hendry 69), 69–45 (52), 27–57
Second session: 2–109 (96), 69–27 (59), 77–41, 146–0 (146)
146 Highest break 96
2 Century breaks 0
7 50+ breaks 2

Century breaks

Breaks shown in bold were made on the television stages.

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. "Maximum Breaks". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  3. "Royal Liver Assurance UK Open". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  4. "1995 UK Championship Player Prize Money". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  5. "1995 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
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