1996 UK Championship
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The 1996 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 15 November 1996 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 23 November and 1 December 1996.
Stephen Hendry won his third UK Championship in a row and fifth overall by defeating John Higgins 10–9 in the final. Hendry led 8–4, fell behind 8–9 after Higgins won 5 frames in a row, and then breaks of 82 and 77 in the last two frames was enough for Hendry to get the victory.[1] Ken Doherty made the highest break of the tournament with 141.
Tony Drago made the fastest century break in a ranking event with a time of 3 minutes 31 seconds.[2]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner £70,000
- Runner-up £37,000
- Highest break £5,000
Main draw
Top half
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Bottom half
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Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Len Ganley The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 1 December 1996. | ||
| Stephen Hendry Script error: No such module "flag". |
10–9 | John Higgins Script error: No such module "flag". |
| First session: 32–72 (69), 78–32, 105–14 (74), 16–65 (64), 80–28, 108–8 (102), 115–14 (115), 36–70, 4–93 Second session: 73–4 (73), 61–33, 108–0 (108), 59–66, 39–68, 32–96, 29–62 (54), 12–62, 82–0 (82), 77–0 (77) | ||
| 115 | Highest break | 69 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Century breaks
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- 141, 140 Template:Ndash Ken Doherty
- 141, 133, 122, 106, 106, 104 Template:Ndash Andy Hicks
- 140, 115, 108, 108, 104, 103, 102 Template:Ndash Stephen Hendry
- 138 Template:Ndash Darren Clarke
- 136, 118, 105, 100, 100 Template:Ndash Paul Hunter
- 135, 132, 109 Template:Ndash James Wattana
- 135, 109 Template:Ndash John Higgins
- 135, 106 Template:Ndash Jason Weston
- 132, 113 Template:Ndash Nigel Bond
- 131 Template:Ndash Shokat Ali
- 130 Template:Ndash Tony Chappel
- 130 Template:Ndash Steve Newbury
- 124, 119, 106, 104 Template:Ndash Mark Williams
- 122, 103 Template:Ndash Tony Drago
- 122, 102 Template:Ndash Marcus Campbell
- 116 Template:Ndash Karl Broughton
- 115 Template:Ndash Tai Pichit
- 111, 100 Template:Ndash Anthony Hamilton
- 110 Template:Ndash Peter Ebdon
- 110 Template:Ndash Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 109, 107 Template:Ndash David Gray
- 109, 101 Template:Ndash John Parrott
- 109 Template:Ndash Stephen Lee
- 108 Template:Ndash Jonathan Birch
- 105 Template:Ndash Joe Johnson
- 104 Template:Ndash Gary Wilkinson
- 102, 102, 100 Template:Ndash Terry Murphy
- 102 Template:Ndash Tony Jones
- 102 Template:Ndash Billy Snaddon
- 101 Template:Ndash Quinten Hann
References
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