1995 UK Championship (snooker)

Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates 17 November–3 December 1995
Venue Guild Hall
City Preston
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Winner's share £60,000
Highest break 147
Final
Champion Scotland Stephen Hendry
Runner-up England Peter Ebdon
Score 10–3
1994
1996

The 1995 Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.[1] The event started on 17 November 1995 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 25 November and 3 December 1995.

Stephen Hendry won his fourth UK title by defeating Peter Ebdon 10–3. Hendry also made the first maximum break on televised stage of the UK Championship against Gary Wilkinson. Willie Thorne had made one in 1987, but it wasn't televised.[1][2] Hendry also cleared a 146 in the last frame of final to win 10–3 against Peter Ebdon.[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]

Main draw

[3][5]

1st Round Best of 17 frames

Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–3 Jamie Burnett Scotland

England Anthony Hamilton 9–3 Stuart Pettman England

Wales Terry Griffiths 9–3 Dylan Leary England

England Gary Wilkinson 9–4 Jason Prince Northern Ireland

Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 9–8 Drew Henry Scotland

England Jason Ferguson 9–6 Karl Broughton England

Wales Darren Morgan 9–3 Dave Finbow England

Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9–2 Jimmy Michie England

Malta Tony Drago 9–1 Tony Jones England

Wales Mark Williams 9–6 Joe Swail Northern Ireland

England John Parrott 9–2 Jamie Woodman England

England Willie Thorne 9–6 Tony Meo England

Scotland John Higgins 9–3 Mark King England

Canada Alain Robidoux 9–4 Karl Payne England

England Jimmy White 9–5 Matt Wilson England

England Stuart Reardon 9–6 Brian Morgan Canada

England Peter Ebdon 9–7 Barry Pinches England

Wales Matthew Stevens 9–4 Steve James England

England Stephen Lee 9–6 Steve Davis England

England Neal Foulds 9–5 Doug Mountjoy Wales

England Nigel Bond 9–3 Surinder Gill England

England Tony Knowles 9–7 Jon Birch England

England Paul Hunter 9–4 Alan McManus Scotland

Wales Wayne Jones 9–5 Dean Reynolds England

Thailand James Wattana 9–4 Darryn Walker England

New Zealand Dene O'Kane 9–4 Mark Johnston-Allen England

England Andy Hicks 9–5 Gerard Greene England

Wales Mark Bennett 9–7 Dave Harold England

England Mark Flowerdew 9–4 Martin Clark England

Scotland Chris Small 9–7 David Roe England

England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–3 Steve Meakin England

Wales Paul Davies 9–6 Mick Price England

2nd Round Best of 17 frames

Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–3 Anthony Hamilton England

England Gary Wilkinson 9–3 Terry Griffiths Wales

Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 9–4 Jason Ferguson England

Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9–8 Darren Morgan Wales

Wales Mark Williams 9–7 Tony Drago Malta

England John Parrott 9–3 Willie Thorne England

Scotland John Higgins 9–1 Alain Robidoux Canada

England Jimmy White 9–4 Stuart Reardon England

England Peter Ebdon 9–6 Matthew Stevens Wales

England Stephen Lee 9–7 Neal Foulds England

England Nigel Bond 9–4 Tony Knowles England

Wales Wayne Jones 9–6 Paul Hunter England

Thailand James Wattana 9–6 Dene O'Kane New Zealand

England Andy Hicks 9–7 Mark Bennett Wales

Scotland Chris Small 9–2 Mark Flowerdew England

England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–4 Paul Davies Wales

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  9
 England Gary Wilkinson  2  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  9
   Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty  3  
 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty  9
 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor  1  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  9
   Scotland John Higgins  1  
 Wales Mark Williams  9
 England John Parrott  6  
 Wales Mark Williams  6
   Scotland John Higgins  9  
 Scotland John Higgins  9
 England Jimmy White  6  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  10
   England Peter Ebdon  3
 England Peter Ebdon  9
 England Stephen Lee  5  
 England Peter Ebdon  9
   England Nigel Bond  7  
 England Nigel Bond  9
 Wales Wayne Jones  2  
 England Peter Ebdon  9
   England Andy Hicks  1  
 England Andy Hicks  9
 Thailand James Wattana  8  
 England Andy Hicks  9
   England Ronnie O'Sullivan  7  
 England Ronnie O'Sullivan  9
 Scotland Chris Small  2  


Century breaks

All Rounds TV breaks in bold


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  2. Turner, Chris. "Maximum Breaks". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Royal Liver Assurance UK Open". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  4. "1995 UK Championship Player Prize Money". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  5. "1995 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 March 2013.