Grand Prix 1995

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Grand Prix 1995
Škoda Grand Prix 1995
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Tournament type: World ranking tournament
Attendees: 459
Venue: Crowtree Center,
Sunderland , England
Opening: October 16, 1995
Endgame: October 29, 1995

Winner: ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
Finalist: ScotlandScotland John Higgins
Highest Break: 138 ( Stephen Hendry ) ScotlandScotland
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The 1995 Škoda Grand Prix was a snooker tournament from the 1995/96 season that was held from October 16 to 29, 1995 in the Crowtree Center in Sunderland in the north-east of England. Having been firmly established in Reading for 10 years until 1993, the Grand Prix had now moved for the second time.

Defending champion John Higgins made it to the final again this year. This time he met the world champion and world number one Stephen Hendry . The dominant player of the Main Tour retained the upper hand in this final and won 9: 5. It was the fourth Grand Prix title for Hendry in nine years.

Final round

64 players competed in the main tournament in Preston . The top 32 of the world rankings were set. The 32 players who had prevailed in the qualification were drawn to them.

  First round
best of 9 frames
Second round
best of 9 frames
Round of 16
best of 9 frames
Quarterfinals
Best of 9 Frames
Semi-final
best of 17 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
                                                         
1  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5                    
59  EnglandEngland Mark Davis 1  
1  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
  28  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 1  
28  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 5
34  EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 4th  
1  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
  20th  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 4th  
20th  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 5    
78  EnglandEngland Karl Broughton 2  
20th  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 5
  12  EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 2  
12  EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 5
39  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 1  
1  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
  8th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 2  
15th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 1
60  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Steve Newbury 5  
60  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Steve Newbury 3
  55  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jason Prince 5  
21st  EnglandEngland Mick Price 3
55  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jason Prince 5  
55  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jason Prince 0
  8th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5  
22nd  EnglandEngland Martin Clark 5    
45  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Anthony Davies 4th  
22nd  EnglandEngland Martin Clark 3
  8th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5  
8th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5
174  MaltaMalta Alex Borg 0  
1  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 9
  7th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 7th  
4th  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 2
169  EnglandEngland Michael Duffy 5  
169  EnglandEngland Michael Duffy 1
  19th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 5  
19th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 5
114  EnglandEngland Jeff Cundy 3  
19th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 5
  11  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 3  
17th  EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 5    
40  EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 3  
17th  EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 2
  11  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 5  
11  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 5
246  EnglandEngland Steve Ventham 2  
19th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 3
  7th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 5  
10  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 5
134  EnglandEngland Matt Wilson 0  
10  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 5
  54  EnglandEngland Mark Flowerdew 3  
30th  EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 3
54  EnglandEngland Mark Flowerdew 5  
10  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 1
  7th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 5  
27  EnglandEngland Brian Morgan 4th    
101  EnglandEngland Andrew Cairns 5  
101  EnglandEngland Andrew Cairns 1
  7th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 5  
7th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 5
86  EnglandEngland Chris Scanlon 0  
1  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 9
3  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5
84  EnglandEngland Lee Richardson 2  
3  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5
  29  EnglandEngland Jason Ferguson 4th  
29  EnglandEngland Jason Ferguson 5
131  EnglandEngland Stuart Reardon 3  
3  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5
  236  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 2  
32  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 2    
56  EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 5  
56  EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 1
  236  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 5  
13  EnglandEngland Dave Harold 2
236  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 5  
3  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 3
  26th  EnglandEngland Steve James 5  
14th  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 5
36  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 1  
14th  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 4th
  18th  New ZealandNew Zealand Dene O'Kane 5  
18th  New ZealandNew Zealand Dene O'Kane 5
187  EnglandEngland Leigh Griffin 1  
18th  New ZealandNew Zealand Dene O'Kane 1
  26th  EnglandEngland Steve James 5  
26th  EnglandEngland Steve James 5    
-  AustraliaAustralia Quinten Hann 4th  
26th  EnglandEngland Steve James 5
  47  EnglandEngland Dave Finbow 0  
5  EnglandEngland John Parrott 0
47  EnglandEngland Dave Finbow 5  
26th  EnglandEngland Steve James 5
2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 9  
6th  ThailandThailand James Wattana 5
52  EnglandEngland Mark King 0  
6th  ThailandThailand James Wattana 5
  25th  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 4th  
25th  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 5
81  South AfricaSouth Africa Silvino Francisco 3  
6th  ThailandThailand James Wattana 3
  38  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 5  
23  EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 4th    
87  PakistanPakistan Shokat Ali 5  
87  PakistanPakistan Shokat Ali 1
  38  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 5  
16  EnglandEngland David Roe 2
38  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 5  
38  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 3
  2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5  
9  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 5
70  IrelandIreland Stephen O'Connor 4th  
9  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 5
  31  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 3  
31  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 5
238  MalaysiaMalaysia Sam Chong 3  
9  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 0
  2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5  
24  EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 3    
42  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Bennett 5  
42  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Bennett 2
  2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5  
2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
63  EnglandEngland Jonathan Birch 0  

final

Final: Best of 17 Frames
Referee: Alan Chamberlain Crowtree Center,  Sunderland , England , October 29, 1995 EnglandEngland
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5: 9 ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
Afternoon : 47: 86 , 57 : 22, 34: 79 (59), 66 : 48, 75 : 55 (55), 0: 64 (58), 3: 65 , 10: 69 (60);
Evening : 72 : 55, 20: 98 (55), 56: 63 (56 Higgins, 53 Hendry), 71 : 64 (59 Hendry), 8: 100 (87), 0: 117 (73)
56 Highest break 87
- Century breaks -
2 50+ breaks 8th

qualification

459 players had registered for the tournament. Eight qualifying rounds were necessary to reduce the field for the main tournament. Spread over the period from June 28 to September 18, 1995, the players from 33rd place in the world rankings competed against each other. The 32 winners then met the top 32 in the world in Sunderland in October .

swell

  1. a b 1995 Grand Prix. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 17, 2019 .
  2. ^ Skoda Grand Prix. snooker.org, accessed December 17, 2019 .
  3. a b Rankings - 1995-1996. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 17, 2019 .