Pontins Professional 1996

Pontins Professional 1996
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Attendees:	8th
Venue:	Pontins, Prestatyn , Wales
Opening:	May 1996
Endgame:	May 1996
Winner:	Ken Doherty
Finalist:	Nigel Bond
Highest Break:	138 ( Nigel Bond )
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The 1996 Pontins Professional was a snooker tournament as part of the 1995/96 season . It was held in May after the World Cup at Pontins' holiday resort in Prestatyn on the north coast of Wales.

After defeating defending champion Peter Ebdon in a new edition of the previous year's final in the semi-finals, Ken Doherty became the first player to reach the final for the fourth time in a row. The 1994 final against Nigel Bond was remastered . The Irishman won again, he won 9: 7 and drew level with Terry Griffiths with three titles in the Pontins Professional . Only Ray Reardon had won again.

Prize money

There was 500 pounds less than last year for the tournament winner.

placement	Prize money
winner	£ 3,000
All in all	£ 3,000

Final round

8 players from the top 43 of the world number one, 4 of them from the top 10, took part in the tournament. They played a three-round elimination tournament to determine the tournament winner.

	Quarter Finals (Best of 9)					Semi-finals (Best of 11)					Final (Best of 17)
	1	Darren Morgan	5
	6th	Neal Foulds	0
						1	Darren Morgan	5
						4th	Nigel Bond	6th
	4th	Nigel Bond	5
	5	Andy Hicks	2
											4th	Nigel Bond	7th
											2	Ken Doherty	9
	3	Peter Ebdon	5
	7th	Mike Hallett	3
						3	Peter Ebdon	3
						2	Ken Doherty	6th
	2	Ken Doherty	5
	8th	Mark Williams	4th

Century breaks

In the final game, the two opponents scored 6 breaks of over 100 points, as much as were achieved in all 7 tournament games together in the previous year. Mark Williams set a new tournament record with Century Break number 7 in Round 1. Ken Doherty's four Centurys in one tournament was also a record that has not been reached a second time in tournament history.

Nigel Bond	138, 107
Ken Doherty	129, 116, 106, 104
Mark Williams	115

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1. ^ Pontins Open / Pontins Professional / Pontins World Pro-Am Series. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; accessed on December 9, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 1996 Pontins Professional - Finishes. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 9, 2018 . 
3. ↑ 1996 Pontins Professional. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 9, 2018 . 
4. ↑ 1996 Pontin's Professional Results. In: Snooker Database. Retrieved December 9, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Rankings - 1995-1996. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 9, 2018 .