German Open 1995 (Snooker)

German Open 1995
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	messefrankfurt
Opening:	3rd December 1995
Endgame:	December 10, 1995
Winner:	John Higgins
Finalist:	Ken Doherty
Highest Break:	139 ( John Higgins )
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The German Open 1995 was a snooker tournament that was held from December 3rd to 10th in the exhibition halls in Frankfurt am Main . It was the first world ranking tournament on German soil and was part of the 1995/96 snooker season . Tournament winner was the Scot John Higgins , who won 9: 3 against the Irish Ken Doherty .

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	£ 40,000
finalist	£ 22,500
Semi-finalist	£ 11,250
Quarter finalist	£ 6,250
Round of 16	3125 pounds
Highest final round break	£ 5000
All in all	€ 228,000

Wildcard round

The first edition of the German tournament featured a unique wildcard round, in which four nominated players played against four qualifiers from Germany and Belgium for entry into the main tournament. The game mode was best-of-9 .

game	Qualifier (place to sit)	Result	Wildcard player
WC1	Dave Finbow	5 : 1	Yvan Van Velthoven
WC2	Mark King	5 : 0	Dieter Johns
WC3	Yasin Merchant	5 : 0	Peter Wagner
WC4	Chris Small	5 : 0	Thomas Schweser

Main round

The top 16 in the world rankings all competed in Frankfurt and were set for the first round. 16 other players had previously qualified and four of them also survived the wildcard round.

	Last 32 best of 9 frames				Round of 16 Best of 9 frames				Quarterfinals Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 17 frames
	Stephen Hendry	5
	Joe Swail	2
					Stephen Hendry	5
					Tony Drago	3
	Tony Drago	5
	Mick Price	1
									Stephen Hendry	5
									Rod Lawler	3
	Rod Lawler	5
	Terry Griffiths	0
					Rod Lawler	5
					James Wattana	2
	James Wattana	5
	Gary Wilkinson	3
													Stephen Hendry	3
													Ken Doherty	6th
	Steve James	5
	Jimmy White	3
					Steve James	3
					Mark Bennett	5
	Mark Bennett	5
	Dave Harold	1
									Mark Bennett	2
									Ken Doherty	5
	Ken Doherty	5
	Dean Reynolds	3
					Ken Doherty	5
					John Parrott	4th
	John Parrott	5
	Martin Clark	2
																	Ken Doherty	3
																	John Higgins	9
	Mark King	5
	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
					Mark King	3
					John Higgins	5
	John Higgins	5
	Chris Small	2
									John Higgins	5
									Darren Morgan	4th
	Nigel Bond	5
	Willie Thorne	0
					Nigel Bond	1
					Darren Morgan	5
	Darren Morgan	5
	Billy Snaddon	4th
													John Higgins	6th
													Alan McManus	5
	Alan McManus	5
	Mark Williams	1
					Alan McManus	5
					Peter Ebdon	4th
	Peter Ebdon	5
	Yasin Merchant	2
									Alan McManus	5
									David Roe	3
	David Roe	5
	Neal Foulds	3
					David Roe	5
					Steve Davis	3
	Steve Davis	5
	Dave Finbow	2

final

This season, John Higgins had already lost two finals, and Doherty was in the final for the first time this year. The Irishman was able to keep up until the 3: 3, then Higgins played a 5: 3 lead until the break. In the evening session he didn't give Doherty a chance, he won four frames in a row and scored the highest break of the tournament with 139 points. It was Higgins' fifth Main Tour title in his fourth year as a professional.

Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Lawrie Annandale Messe ,  Frankfurt , Germany , December 10, 1995
Ken Doherty	3: 9	John Higgins
Afternoon session: 106 : 16 (105), 0: 112 (70), 0: 97 (97), 50: 64 (50 Doherty), 55 : 8, 80 : 45 (80), 0: 66 , 19: 73 ( 50) Evening session: 42: 77 , 39: 90 (50), 0: 143 (139), 55: 82
105	Highest break	139
1	Century breaks	1
3	50+ breaks	5

Century Breaks

John Higgins 139 Gary Wilkinson 135 Tony Drago 134 Stephen Hendry 132, 126 Ken Doherty 127, 105 Darren Morgan 119, 117, 103 (2 ×)

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1. ↑ 1995 German Open - Finishes , CueTracker, accessed on October 10, 2015
2. ↑ ^{a b} German Open 1995 at snooker.org
3. ↑ ^{a b} 1995 German Open at CueTracker