1995–96 snooker season

The 1995–96 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1995 and May 1996. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

1995–96 snooker season
Details
DurationAugust 1995 – May 1996
Tournaments29 (10 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Stephen Hendry
Masters Stephen Hendry
World Championship Stephen Hendry

Calendar
Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score[1] Reference
08–?? 08–??  PAK NR Red & White Challenge Islamabad Nigel Bond John Parrott 8–6 [2]
09–14 09–16  AUS NR Australian Masters Bentleigh Club Melbourne Anthony Hamilton Chris Small 8–6 [3][4]
09–17 09–19  AUS NR Australian Open Bentleigh Club Melbourne Anthony Hamilton Chris Small 9–7 [5][6][4]
09–19 09–24  SCO NR Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell Stephen Hendry Peter Ebdon 9–5 [7]
09–30 10–07  THA WR Thailand Classic Novotel Bangkok John Parrott Nigel Bond 9–6 [8][9]
10–06 10–14  SCO NR Benson & Hedges Championship JP Snooker Centre Edinburgh Matthew Stevens Paul McPhillips 9–3 [10]
10–16 10–29  ENG WR Grand Prix Crowtree Centre Sunderland Stephen Hendry John Higgins 9–5 [11]
10–30 11–05  MLT NR Malta Grand Prix Jerma Palace Hotel Marsaskala Peter Ebdon John Higgins 7–4 [12]
11–17 12–03  ENG WR UK Championship Guild Hall Preston Stephen Hendry Peter Ebdon 10–3 [13]
12–03 12–10  GER WR German Open Frankfurt Messe Frankfurt John Higgins Ken Doherty 9–3 [14]
01–?? 01–??  BEL NR Belgian Masters Matthew Stevens Patrick Delsemme 7–1 [4]
01–03 01–07  ENG NR Charity Challenge International Convention Centre Birmingham Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 9–6 [15]
01–?? 01–18  CHN NR Guangzhou Masters White Swan Club Guangzhou Tony Drago Steve Davis 6–2 [2][16]
01–27 02–03  WAL WR Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport Mark Williams John Parrott 9–3 [17][18]
02–04 02–11  ENG NR The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Stephen Hendry Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–5 [19][20]
02–17 02–24  ENG WR International Open Link Centre Swindon John Higgins Rod Lawler 9–3 [21][22]
02–25 03–03  MLT WR European Open Mediterranean Conference Centre Valletta John Parrott Peter Ebdon 9–7 [23][24]
03–?? 03–??  FIN NR Finnish Masters Rod Lawler Stefan Mazrocis 6–2 [4]
03–11 03–17  THA WR Thailand Open Montien Riverside Hotel Bangkok Alan McManus Ken Doherty 9–8 [9][25][26]
03–?? 03–??  CHN NR China Masters Rod Lawler Shokat Ali 6–3 [4]
03–26 03–31  IRL NR Irish Masters Goff's Kill Darren Morgan Steve Davis 9–8 [27]
03–?? 03–??  PAK NR Pakistan Masters Noppadon Noppachorn Brian Morgan 7–5 [4]
04–01 04–08  ENG WR British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth Nigel Bond John Higgins 9–8 [28]
04–20 05–06  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Stephen Hendry Peter Ebdon 18–12 [29]
12–28 05–12  ENG NR European League Diamond Centre Irthlingborough Ken Doherty Steve Davis 10–5 [30][31][32]
05–15 05–19  MLT NR Malta Masters Jerma Palace Hotel Marsascala Mark Davis John Read 6–3 [33]
05–?? 05–??  MAS NR Malaysian Masters Dominic Dale Drew Henry 8–3 [4]
05–?? 05–??  POL NR Poland Masters Gerard Greene Patrick Wallace 6–5 [4]
05–?? 05–??  WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Ken Doherty Nigel Bond 9–7 [34]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event

Official rankings
Main article: Snooker world rankings 1995/1996

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[35][36][37]

No. Ch. Name Points
1 Stephen Hendry 50042
2 Steve Davis 42395
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 41255
4 John Parrott 38939
5 James Wattana 38904
6 Alan McManus 36310
7 Jimmy White 36225
8 Darren Morgan 34970
9 Ken Doherty 34507
10 Peter Ebdon 33645
11 John Higgins 29962
12 Nigel Bond 29394
13 Dave Harold 28840
14 Tony Drago 25944
15 Terry Griffiths 25259
16 David Roe 24156

Notes
  1. Dates use the month day format

References
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