1996 Masters Snooker
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The 1996 Benson and Hedges Masters took place between February 4 and February 11, 1996 at the Wembley Conference Centre. Stephen Hendry wins his sixth Masters title beating the defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-5 in the final and the first (and only title) with the new gold cup after Hendry kept the previous one he won with the other five titles. Wild card this year were Andy Hicks who made the World Championship semi-final the previous year and 18 year old Matthew Stevens.
[edit] Prize Money
Winner: £125,000
High Break Prize: £10,000
[edit] Highest Break
144 Stephen Hendry
[edit] Knockout stage
First Round
Matthew Stevens 5-3 Terry Griffiths
Andy Hicks 5-2 David Roe
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
 Stephen Hendry |
6 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry |
6 | |||||||||||||
 Jimmy White |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Harold |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
6 | |||||||||||||
 Ken Doherty |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus |
6 | |||||||||||||
| 11 February | ||||||||||||||
 Matthew Stevens |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Darren Morgan |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Darren Morgan |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Hicks |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Hicks |
6 | |||||||||||||
 James Wattana |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Hicks |
6 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott |
3 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott |
6 | |||||||||||||
 Tony Drago |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Masters |
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