1995/96 snooker season

1995/96 snooker season
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
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

1. ^ The 1995/96 Season. In: snooker.org. Accessed March 24, 2016 . 
2. ↑ World Rankings 1995/96. In: snooker.org. Accessed March 24, 2016 .