Grand Prix 1996

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Grand Prix 1996
Billiard Picto 2-black.svg

Tournament type: World ranking tournament
Attendees: 436
Venue: International Center,
Bournemouth , England
Opening: October 16, 1996
Endgame: October 27, 1996

Winner: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams
Finalist: ScotlandScotland Euan Henderson
Highest Break: 138 ( Mark Williams ) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg
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The 1996 Grand Prix was a snooker tournament of the 1996/97 season that was held from October 16-27, 1996 at the International Conference Center in Bournemouth . After reading farewell in 1993, the southern English coastal city was the third venue in three years. After Škoda left , the tournament had to do without a name sponsor for some time from this year on.

The Scottish defending champion Stephen Hendry experienced an opening defeat this time. His Scottish compatriot Euan Henderson reached a professional final for the only time in his career. But the winner was Mark Williams , who won the final 9: 5. The Welshman had only moved up to the top 16 in the world rankings this season after winning the Welsh Open . The Grand Prix was his second ranking title.

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.

There was a change in the game mode: Up until the previous year, both the semi-finals and the final were played as best-of-17 games (9 winning frames). From this year on, only Best of 11 was played in the semi-finals.

  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 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
                                                         
1  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 1                    
67  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 5  
67  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 0
  39  EnglandEngland Mark King 5  
29  EnglandEngland Jason Ferguson 0
39  EnglandEngland Mark King 5  
39  EnglandEngland Mark King 3
  16  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5  
24  EnglandEngland Steve James 5    
48  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wayne Jones 4th  
24  EnglandEngland Steve James 2
  16  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5  
16  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5
156  EnglandEngland Mark Gray 3  
16  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5
  14th  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 3  
14th  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 5
53  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Paul Davies 1  
14th  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 5
  19th  EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 3  
19th  EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 5
122  ThailandThailand Noppadon Noppachorn 1  
14th  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 5
  95  EnglandEngland Nick Pearce 0  
28  EnglandEngland Dave Finbow 3    
95  EnglandEngland Nick Pearce 5  
95  EnglandEngland Nick Pearce 5
  8th  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 1  
8th  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
74  EnglandEngland Gary Ponting 1  
16  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 6th
  4th  EnglandEngland John Parrott 1  
5  EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 1
100  EnglandEngland Oliver King 5  
100  EnglandEngland Oliver King 3
  35  ScotlandScotland Billy Snaddon 5  
27  New ZealandNew Zealand Dene O'Kane 4th
35  ScotlandScotland Billy Snaddon 5  
35  ScotlandScotland Billy Snaddon 2
  12  ThailandThailand James Wattana 5  
12  ThailandThailand James Wattana 5    
58  ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 4th  
12  ThailandThailand James Wattana 5
  65  ScotlandScotland Paul McPhillips 2  
18th  EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 3
65  ScotlandScotland Paul McPhillips 5  
12  ThailandThailand James Wattana 3
  4th  EnglandEngland John Parrott 5  
9  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 5
57  EnglandEngland Karl Broughton 1  
9  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 5
  32  EnglandEngland Mick Price 3  
32  EnglandEngland Mick Price 5
56  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jason Prince 4th  
9  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 0
  4th  EnglandEngland John Parrott 5  
21st  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 5    
55  EnglandEngland Mark Davis 2  
21st  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 1
  4th  EnglandEngland John Parrott 5  
4th  EnglandEngland John Parrott 5
47  EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 4th  
16  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 9
62  ScotlandScotland Euan Henderson 5
3  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 3
43  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Bennett 5  
43  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Bennett 5
  30th  ScotlandScotland Chris Small 0  
30th  ScotlandScotland Chris Small 5
78  EnglandEngland Paul Hunter 4th  
43  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Bennett 5
  10  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 3  
25th  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 2    
72  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 5  
72  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 0
  10  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5  
10  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5
112  EnglandEngland John Giles 2  
43  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Bennett 5
  15th  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 1  
15th  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 5
101  EnglandEngland Andrew Cairns 1  
15th  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 5
  142  EnglandEngland Wayne Rendle 1  
20th  EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 2
142  EnglandEngland Wayne Rendle 5  
15th  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 5
  7th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 3  
33  EnglandEngland Martin Clark 5    
132  FinlandFinland Robin Hull 0  
33  EnglandEngland Martin Clark 2
  7th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 5  
7th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 5
104  EnglandEngland Wayne Brown 1  
43  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Bennett 3
62  ScotlandScotland Euan Henderson 6th  
6th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 2
64  EnglandEngland Jonathan Birch 5  
64  EnglandEngland Jonathan Birch 3
  62  ScotlandScotland Euan Henderson 5  
17th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 0
62  ScotlandScotland Euan Henderson 5  
62  ScotlandScotland Euan Henderson 5
  22nd  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 3  
22nd  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 5    
80  EnglandEngland Nick Walker 4th  
22nd  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 5
  36  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 4th  
11  EnglandEngland Dave Harold 4th
36  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 5  
62  ScotlandScotland Euan Henderson 5
  63  EnglandEngland Tony Jones 4th  
13  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 1
63  EnglandEngland Tony Jones 5  
63  EnglandEngland Tony Jones 5
  129  EnglandEngland Sean Storey 1  
26th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 3
129  EnglandEngland Sean Storey 5  
63  EnglandEngland Tony Jones 5
  2  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 3  
31  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 5    
108  EnglandEngland Steve Judd 3  
31  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 3
  2  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5  
2  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
54  ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett 3  

final

Final: Best of 17 Frames
Referee: Colin Brinded International Center,  Bournemouth , England , October 27, 1996 EnglandEngland
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 9 : 5 ScotlandScotland Euan Henderson
Afternoon : 66 : 8, 9: 77 , 46: 60 , 70 : 15, 101 : 4, 78 : 9, 64 : 53, 72 : 9;
Evening : 1: 72 (72), 64 : 31, 22: 109 (100), 25: 65 (64), 138 : 0 (138), 71 : 4 (60)
138 Highest break 100
1 Century breaks 1
2 50+ breaks 3

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