German Open 1996 (Snooker)
German Open 1996
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Osnabrück |
| Opening: | December 9, 1996 |
| Endgame: | December 15, 1996
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| Winner: |
 Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| Finalist: |
 Alain Robidoux
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| Highest Break: | 145 ( Alain Robidoux )
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The German Open 1996 was a snooker tournament that was held from December 9th to 15th in the NAAFI snooker club on the British Army grounds in Osnabrück . It was the second edition of this tournament after 1995 and as a world ranking tournament it was part of the 1996/97 snooker season . The tournament winner was Ronnie O'Sullivan , who defeated the Canadian Alain Robidoux 9: 7.
Prize money
The prize money remained almost unchanged compared to the first tournament.
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| winner | £ 40,000 |
| finalist | £ 22,500 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 11,250 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 6,250 |
| Round of 16 | £ 3,180 |
| Highest final round break | £ 5000 |
| All in all | € 230,000 |
Main round
The main tournament began with the round of 16.
| Round of 16 Best of 9 frames |
Quarterfinals Best of 9 frames |
Semi-finals Best of 11 frames |
Final Best of 17 frames |
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 John Higgins
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 Tony Drago
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| John Higgins
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 Mark Williams
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| Mark Williams
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 Ken Doherty
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| John Higgins
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Alain Robidoux
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Alain Robidoux
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| Jason Ferguson
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| Alain Robidoux
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| Dave Harold
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Dave Harold
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| David Gray
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| Alain Robidoux
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| Mark Davis
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Martin Clark
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| Mark Davis
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| Nigel Bond
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| Nigel Bond
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| Steve Davis
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| Nigel Bond
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
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| Darren Morgan
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| Stephen Hendry
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| Andy Hicks
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final
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his third Main Tour title a few months ago and was in a final for the second time of the season. For the Canadian Robidoux it was the first and only final in a world ranking tournament in his career. Although he was able to make the match evenly at the beginning, in the second half of the first session, despite the highest tournament break of 145 points, he could not prevent the Englishman from going into the break with a 5: 3 lead. In the evening O'Sullivan was able to extend the lead to 4 frames before Robidoux started a series and equalized to 7: 7. Then it was the Englishman's turn again and won the next contested frame and made the victory perfect with a century break in the 16th frame.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Jan Verhaas NAAFI-Snookerclub, Osnabrück , Germany , December 15, 1996 |
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Alain Robidoux
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7: 9 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan
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Afternoon session: 40: 72 , 70 : 40, 65 : 56, 46: 55 , 0: 83 , 20: 75 (67), 145 : 0 (145), 0: 113 (59) Evening session: 34: 92 (65) , 5: 115 (109), 82 : 0 (51), 61 : 60, 91 : 16 (75), 75 : 5, 45: 71 , 0: 146 (108) |
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| 145 | Highest break | 109 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Century Breaks
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- ↑ 1996 German Open - Finishes at CueTracker, accessed on October 10, 2015.
- ^ German Open 1996 at snooker.org
- ↑ 1996 German Open at CueTracker
