Scottish Masters 1995

Scottish Masters 1995 Regal Masters 1995
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Venue:	Civic Center, Motherwell , Scotland
Opening:	September 19, 1995
Endgame:	September 24, 1995
Winner:	Stephen Hendry
Finalist:	Peter Ebdon
Highest Break:	136 ( Stephen Hendry )
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The 1995 Regal Scottish Masters was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1995/96 season . The invitation tournament was held from September 19 to 24 in the Motherwell Civic Center near Glasgow . For the first time the tournament took place at the beginning of a new season.

The Irishman Ken Doherty , who had recently won the tournament twice in a row, lost his opening match against Peter Ebdon . Ebdon reached the final and met the world number one Stephen Hendry , who had lost the final against Doherty the previous year. This time he won the title with a score of 9: 5 and with his third Scottish Masters victory he caught up with record winner Steve Davis .

Prize money

There was £ 10,000 more in the money pot this year than the year before. Half of this was earmarked for the winner, while the other players could look forward to £ 250 to £ 2,000 more.

placement	Prize money
winner	£ 55,000
final	£ 27,000
Semifinals	£ 14,000
Quarter finals	£ 8,000
Round 1	£ 4,500
Highest Break (Final Round)	£ 5,000
All in all	£ 165,000

Final round

Of the top 12 in the world rankings , only number 5 James Wattana from Thailand, who had not come to Scotland, was missing . For the first time there was a preliminary round at the Scottish Masters, through which Alan Burnett qualified as the 12th player for the main tournament. There the players placed 5th to 12th competed against each other in round 1. The top 4 were set for the quarterfinals.

	Round 1 (Best of 9)					Quarter Finals (Best of 11)					Semi-finals (Best of 11)					Final (Best of 17)
						1	Ken Doherty	4th
	9	Peter Ebdon	5
						9	Peter Ebdon	6th
	Q	Alan Burnett	0								9	Peter Ebdon	6th
											4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	1
						4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6th
	6th	Alan McManus	1
						10	John Higgins	5
	10	John Higgins	5													9	Peter Ebdon	5
																2	Stephen Hendry	9
						3	Steve Davis	3
	5	John Parrott	0
						8th	Darren Morgan	6th
	8th	Darren Morgan	5								8th	Darren Morgan	2
											2	Stephen Hendry	6th
						2	Stephen Hendry	6th
	7th	Jimmy White	2
						11	Nigel Bond	4th
	11	Nigel Bond	5

final

Stephen Hendry had been the pre-season standout player. The number 1 in the world had won the world championship and three other titles and was thus the favorite. But he had also lost two finals: the Scottish Masters in 1994 against Ken Doherty and the Irish Masters in 1995 against Peter Ebdon in the spring . In the personal balance of the two players it was 3: 3. Although Hendry took the initiative in the beginning, he couldn't leave Ebdon behind at first. The English not only equaled his 2-0 lead, but also took a 3-2 lead. Hendry then also won three frames in a row and thus had a 5-3 advantage at the end of the first session. But then the beginning of the evening session brought the preliminary decision. Ebdon didn't get into the game properly and lost three frames in a row. With an 8-3 lead, Hendry was only one frame missing from victory. Ebdon fought twice for a frame, then the Scot finished with a century break to 9: 5 success. After 1989 and 1990 he won the tournament for the third time.

Final: Best of 17 Frames Civic Center,  Motherwell , Scotland , September 24th 1995
Peter Ebdon	5: 9	Stephen Hendry
Afternoon : 35: 87 (54), 57: 82 (57 Ebdon, 82 Hendry), 123 : 1 (114), 86 : 40 (53), 85 : 44 (52), 34: 62 , 16: 127 (57 ), 40:91 (67); Evening : 11: 66 , 27: 89 (59), 9: 88 (60), 70 : 53 (53 Hendry), 78 : 41 (78), 0: 104 (104)
114	Highest break	104
1	Century breaks	1
5	50+ breaks	8th

qualification

After the field of participants had been increased several times over the years, a play-off round was introduced for the first time this year, in which they played for 12th place in the main tournament. Two Scots and two top 32 players competed in a small elimination tournament. Alan Burnett prevailed in the end and took part in the finals from September 19th.

	Semifinals				final
	Andy Hicks	5
	Billy Snaddon	2
					Andy Hicks	2
					Alan Burnett	5
	Neal Foulds	2
	Alan Burnett	5

Century breaks

Although there were more 10 century breaks than ever before in the four tournament rounds, only three players were involved. Tournament winner Stephen Hendry achieved three of his five breaks of 100 or more points in the semi-final game against Darren Morgan , for the highest tournament break he received an extra £ 5,000 in addition to his prize money. With four Centurys, the losing finalist Peter Ebdon still scored more than any player in previous editions of the tournament.

Stephen Hendry	136, 129, 116, 104, 100
Peter Ebdon	121, 114, 112, 102
Ken Doherty	106

swell

1. ^ Scottish Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on December 3, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} 1996 Scottish Masters - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed December 3, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} 1995 Scottish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 3, 2018 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Regal Masters 1995. snooker.org, accessed December 3, 2018 (English). 
5. ↑ Rankings - 1995-1996. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 3, 2018 .