1995/96 snooker season
1995/96 snooker season |
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Season dates | |
Beginning of the season | December 19, 1995 |
End of season | May 6, 1996 |
Ranked tournaments | 10 |
Invitation tournaments | 6th |
number of players | 514 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
UK Championship | Stephen Hendry |
Masters | Stephen Hendry |
World Champion | Stephen Hendry |
World ranking | |
Ranking first | Stephen Hendry |
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In the 1995/1996 snooker season , 16 professional snooker tournaments were held.
As in previous years in Scotland, the season began on September 19, 1995. Then it went to Asia. The Dubai Classic had moved to Thailand so that there were now two world rankings tournaments in Bangkok. With the newly introduced German Open, attempts were made to establish a second European ranking tournament outside of the British Isles.
Thus there were now ten tournaments for the calculation of the snooker world rankings , which was headed by Stephen Hendry for the sixth year in a row . For the fifth time in a row and for the sixth time overall, the Scot also won the world championship title, which was awarded at the end of the season in the World Cup final on May 5, 1996. In addition to Hendry, who won 5 of the 16 titles of the season, John Higgins was the most successful player of the season with two titles and another four finals. As a result, he was able to advance to number 2 in the world rankings for the first time.
Season results
The following table shows the seasonal results.
date | competition | venue | Art | winner | Final opponent | Result |
September 19 to September 24, 1995 | Scottish Masters 1995 | Motherwell | Invitation tournament | Stephen Hendry | Peter Ebdon | 9: 5 |
September 30 to October 7, 1995 | Thailand Classic 1995 | Bangkok | World ranking tournament | John Parrott | Nigel Bond | 9: 6 |
October 16 to October 29, 1995 | Grand Prix 1995 | Bournemouth | World ranking tournament | Stephen Hendry | John Higgins | 9: 5 |
November 1995 | Merseyside Professional 1995 | Liverpool | Non-ranking tournament | Rod Lawler | Dean Reynolds | 5: 4 |
October 30 to November 5, 1995 | Malta Grand Prix 1995 | Marsascala | Invitation tournament | Peter Ebdon | John Higgins | 7: 4 |
November 6th to November 14th 1995 | Benson & Hedges Championship 1995 | Edinburgh | Invitation tournament | Matthew Stevens | Paul McPhillips | 9: 3 |
November 17 to December 3, 1995 | UK Championship 1995 | Preston | World ranking tournament | Stephen Hendry | Peter Ebdon | 10: 3 |
December 3 to December 10, 1995 | German Open 1995 | Frankfurt | World ranking tournament | John Higgins | Ken Doherty | 9: 3 |
January 3 to January 7, 1996 | Charity Challenge 1996 | Birmingham | Invitation tournament | Ronnie O'Sullivan | John Higgins | 9: 6 |
January 27 to February 3, 1996 | Welsh Open 1996 | Newport | World ranking tournament | Mark Williams | John Parrott | 9: 3 |
February 4 to February 11, 1996 | Masters 1996 | Wembley | Invitation tournament | Stephen Hendry | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10: 5 |
February 17 to February 24, 1996 | International Open 1996 | Swindon | World ranking tournament | John Higgins | Rod Lawler | 9: 3 |
February 25 to March 3, 1996 | European Open 1996 | Valletta | World ranking tournament | John Parrott | Peter Ebdon | 9: 7 |
March 11th to March 17th, 1996 | Thailand Open 1996 | Bangkok | World ranking tournament | Alan McManus | Ken Doherty | 9: 8 |
March 26 to March 31, 1996 | Irish Masters 1996 | Dublin | Invitation tournament | Darren Morgan | Steve Davis | 9: 8 |
April 1 to April 8, 1996 | British Open 1996 | Plymouth | World ranking tournament | Nigel Bond | John Higgins | 9: 8 |
April 20 to May 6, 1996 | World Snooker Championship 1996 | Sheffield | World ranking tournament | Stephen Hendry | Peter Ebdon | 18:12 |
World ranking
The snooker world ranking is only updated after each full season and takes into account the performance of the past two seasons. The following table shows the 32 best players in the world rankings for the 1995/96 season; is based on the results of the seasons 93/94 and 94/95 . The previous year's position is given in brackets.
Place 1 - 8 | Place 9 - 16 | 17th - 24th place | Place 25 - 32 | ||||
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1 | Stephen Hendry (1) | 9 | Ken Doherty (7) | 17th | Andy Hicks (33) | 25th | Willie Thorne (15) |
2 | Steve Davis (2) | 10 | Peter Ebdon (10) | 18th | Dene O'Kane (20) | 26th | Steve James (17) |
3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (9) | 11 | John Higgins (51) | 19th | Joe Swail (12) | 27 | Brian morgan (30) |
4th | John Parrott (5) | 12 | Nigel Bond (11) | 20th | Alain Robidoux (32) | 28 | Neal Foulds (25) |
5 | James Wattana (3) | 13 | Dave Harold (19) | 21st | Mick Price (27) | 29 | Jason Ferguson (28) |
6th | Alan McManus (6) | 14th | Tony Drago (16) | 22nd | Martin Clark (18) | 30th | Dean Reynolds (29) |
7th | Jimmy White (4) | 15th | Terry Griffiths (14) | 23 | Gary Wilkinson (22) | 31 | Anthony Hamilton (35) |
8th | Darren Morgan (8) | 16 | David Roe (13) | 24 | Tony Knowles (21) | 32 | Dennis Taylor (24) |
Individual evidence
- ^ The 1995/96 Season. In: snooker.org. Accessed March 24, 2016 .
- ↑ World Rankings 1995/96. In: snooker.org. Accessed March 24, 2016 .