World Snooker Championship 1996

World Snooker Championship 1996
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 20, 1996
Endgame:	5th / 6th May 1996
Winner:	Stephen Hendry
Finalist:	Peter Ebdon
Highest Break:	144 ( Peter Ebdon , Tony Drago )
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The 1996 Embassy Snooker World Championship was the 59th edition of the World Snooker Championship . It took place from April 20 to May 6, 1996 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and formed the conclusion of the 1995/96 snooker season .

The Scottish Stephen Hendry became world champion for the fifth time in a row , winning his sixth world title. In the final he defeated the Englishman Peter Ebdon 18:12. Last year's finalist Nigel Bond was eliminated in the semi-finals against Hendry. Ebdon had defeated, among others, the world number two Steve Davis and Ronnie O'Sullivan .

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	£ 200,000
finalist	£ 120,000
Semi-finalist	£ 60,000
Quarter finalist	£ 30,500
Round of 16	£ 16,000
Last 32	£ 9,000
Highest break	£ 17,000
Maximum break	£ 147,000
All in all	£ 1,200,000

Main round

	Round 1					Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Stephen Hendry	10
		Jason Ferguson	8th
						1	Stephen Hendry	13
							Gary Wilkinson	7th
	16	David Roe	9
		Gary Wilkinson	10
											1	Stephen Hendry	13
											8th	Darren Morgan	5
	9	Ken Doherty	10
		Nick Terry	5
						9	Ken Doherty	5
						8th	Darren Morgan	13
	8th	Darren Morgan	10
		Drew Henry	8th
																1	Stephen Hendry	16
																12	Nigel Bond	7th
	5	James Wattana	10
		Jimmy Michie	8th
						5	James Wattana	4th
						12	Nigel Bond	13
	12	Nigel Bond	10
		Anthony Hamilton	5
											12	Nigel Bond	13
											13	Dave Harold	7th
	13	Dave Harold	10
		Neal Foulds	4th
						13	Dave Harold	13
							Rod Lawler	6th
	4th	John Parrott	6th
		Rod Lawler	10
																					1	Stephen Hendry	18th
																					10	Peter Ebdon	12
	3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
		Alain Robidoux	3
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	13
						14th	Tony Drago	4th
	14th	Tony Drago	10
		Steve James	2
											3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	13
											11	John Higgins	12
	11	John Higgins	10
		Martin Clark	5
						11	John Higgins	13
						6th	Alan McManus	5
	6th	Alan McManus	10
		Mick Price	8th
																3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	14th
																10	Peter Ebdon	16
	7th	Jimmy White	10
		Euan Henderson	9
						7th	Jimmy White	12
						10	Peter Ebdon	13
	10	Peter Ebdon	10
		Dene O'Kane	1
											10	Peter Ebdon	13
											2	Steve Davis	10
	15th	Terry Griffiths	10
		Jamie Burnett	9
						15th	Terry Griffiths	8th
						2	Steve Davis	13
	2	Steve Davis	10
		Willie Thorne	8th

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: John Williams Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 5-6. May 1996
Stephen Hendry	18 : 12	Peter Ebdon
1st session: 2: 121 , 75 : 42, 34: 78 , 34: 61 , 65 : 51, 18: 57 , 103 : 4, 74 : 39 2nd session: 60 : 58, 125 : 0, 22: 81 , 70 : 31, 70: 77 , 134 : 0, 74 : 0, 82 : 0, 85 : 14 3rd session: 1: 75 , 86 : 21, 83 : 23, 34: 89 , 0: 77 , 60: 66 , 96 : 0, 54 : 27 4th session: 78 : 3, 77 : 25, 1: 71 , 39: 83 , 73 : 16
125	Highest break	79
1	Century breaks	-
-	50+ breaks	-

Century breaks

Peter Ebdon 144, 138, 137, 123, 109, 107, 100 (2 ×) Tony Drago 144, 115 Ronnie O'Sullivan 139, 126, 120, 106, 103, 102 (2 ×), 101, 100 John Higgins 137, 130, 107, 101 Stephen Hendry 135, 125, 121, 118, 113, 110, 108, 106, 105, 104 (2 ×) Jason Ferguson 129 Alan McManus 125

Dave Harold 123, 120, 101 Steve Davis 116, 105, 104, 103 Anthony Hamilton 115 Darren Morgan 110 Ken Doherty 109 Euan Henderson 103 Jimmy White 100

Individual evidence

1. ^ Embassy World Championship (1996). snooker.org, accessed May 2, 2015 . 
2. ^ Embassy World Championship. (No longer available online.) In: snookerscene.co.uk. SnookerScene, archived from the original on January 24, 2013 ; accessed on May 2, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Crucible Centuries. snooker.org, accessed May 2, 2015 .