Thailand Open 1996 (Snooker)
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Thailand Open 1996 Singha Thailand Open 1996 
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 431 |
| Venue: | Montien Riverside Hotel, Bangkok , Thailand |
| Opening: | March 11, 1996 |
| Endgame: | March 17, 1996
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| Winner: |
 Alan McManus
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| Finalist: |
 Ken Doherty
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| Highest Break: | 139 ( Alan McManus )
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The Singha Thailand Open 1996 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1995/96 season , which was held from March 11th to 17th of that year in Bangkok . After the Imperial Queens Park Hotel had been the venue for professional tournaments in the Thai capital in previous years , this time the Montien Riverside Hotel was chosen as a different location. The third edition of the tournament also had a beer brand in its name, but instead of a monastery as in the past two years, market leader Singha took over the sponsorship.
The local top player James Wattana had won the tournament in the past two years, but this time he had to admit defeat to Alan McManus 4-5 in the quarterfinals . The Scot then moved into the final and defeated the Irish Ken Doherty 9: 8 in the decision-making frame. For McManus it was the third tournament victory for the third year in a row.
Prize money / ranking points
The new sponsor brought £ 40,000 more into the price pot. There was £ 7,500 for the winner and £ 4,500 for the loser more than last year. The other premiums rose accordingly, with the last 96 receiving £ 125 on top.
The value of the tournament remained unchanged. For all participants there were the same number of points for the world rankings as in 1995. Because an additional qualifying round was added, there were losers for the first round.
| placement | Prize money | Points a |
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| winner | £ 40,000 | 3,600 |
| final | £ 22,500 | 2,700 |
| Semifinals | £ 11,250 | 2,025 |
| Quarter finals | £ 6,250 | 1,520 |
| Round of 16 | £ 3,125 | 1,330 |
| Last 32 | £ 2,075 | 1,140 (/ 380) |
| Last 48 | £ 1,130 | 855 (/ 570) |
| Last 64 | £ 980 | 640 |
| Last 96 | 595 pounds | 480 (/ 320) |
| Last 128 | - | 360 |
| Round 1-5 | - | 57-270 |
| Highest Break (Final Round) | £ 5,000 | |
| Highest Break (Qualification) | £ 1,000 | |
| All in all | £ 226,405 |
Wildcard round
Unlike the first two editions of the Thailand Open, there were only three wildcard players this time . Three selected players from Asia were allowed to play in a preliminary round against the three lowest placed qualifiers in the world rankings for a place in the main round. The Thai Phaitoon Phonbun , who had taken this opportunity last year , failed this time as did his two competitors.
The games of the wildcard round took place at the start of the tournament on March 11th. Game mode for the four games was Best of 9 .
WC = wildcard Final roundFor round 1, the 16 winners of the qualification or wildcard round were drawn from the top 16 of the world rankings . The mode remained unchanged, until the quarter-finals the best of 9 (5 winning frames) was valid for the games and the best of 11 for the semifinals. In the final you had to win 9 frames (best of 17) to win. finalOf Alan McManus and Ken Doherty's first three professional tournament matches , two had been tournament finals and both times Doherty had won. Since then, the Irishman had won two more tournaments, but McManus had also been successful twice. Your last successes were about a year and a half ago. Doherty had lost the final of the German Open three months earlier . From the beginning, the two opponents were on an equal footing. 1: 1, 2: 2 and 3: 3 were the intermediate results in a competitive initial phase without high breaks, then McManus was able to pull away on two frames for the first time: he led 5: 3 after the first session. But Doherty had the better start to the evening and with two breaks with over 80 points he equalized again. And even when McManus then took the lead again by 2 frames, the game turned again. For the first time a player won 3 frames in a row and Doherty was 8-7 ahead. But then it was over and McManus saved himself in the decider. In the last frame, the Scot was already 43 points ahead when Doherty started a higher break. But after 54 points it was over. McManus used his second chance and got the frame and with it the victory with 9: 8. It was his second rankings win and his fourth professional win overall. He then reached a final twice, but he was unable to win another title.
Century breaks10 players achieved 13 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. Tournament winner Alan McManus scored the highest century break of 139 points in the semifinals . This secured him an additional £ 5,000 as a bonus on top of his prize . Main tournament
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