The 1995 UK Championship (officially 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 the BBC between 25 November and 3 December 1995.

1995 Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates17 November – 3 December 1995 (1995-11-17 – 1995-12-03)
VenuePreston Guild Hall
CityPreston
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Winner's share£60,000
Highest break Stephen Hendry (SCO) (147)
Final
Champion Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Runner-up Peter Ebdon (ENG)
Score10–3
1994
1996

Stephen Hendry won his fourth UK title by defeating Peter Ebdon 10–3. Hendry also made the first maximum break in the televised stage of the UK Championship, against Gary Wilkinson. Willie Thorne had made one in 1987, and Ebdon himself made one in the qualifying stage in 1992, but neither were televised.[1][2] Hendry also cleared a 146 in the last frame of the final to win 10–3 against Ebdon.[3]

Prize fund

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

  • Winner: £60,000
  • Runner-up: £32,000
  • Semi-final: £16,000
  • Quarter-finalists: £9,050
  • Last 16: £4,550
  • Last 32: £2,600
  • Last 64: £1,900

Main draw

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[3][5]

Top half

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Round 1 (Last 64)
Best of 17 frames
Round 2 (Last 32)
Best of 17 frames
Round 3 (Last 16)
Best of 17 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 17 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
  Stephen Hendry9
 
 
 
  Jamie Burnett3
 
  Stephen Hendry9
 
 
 
  Anthony Hamilton3
 
  Anthony Hamilton9
 
 
 
  Stuart Pettman3
 
  Stephen Hendry9
 
 
 
  Gary Wilkinson2
 
  Terry Griffiths9
 
 
 
  Dylan Leary3
 
  Terry Griffiths3
 
 
 
  Gary Wilkinson9
 
  Gary Wilkinson9
 
 
 
  Jason Prince4
 
  Stephen Hendry9
 
 
 
  Ken Doherty3
 
  Jason Ferguson9
 
 
 
  Karl Broughton6
 
  Jason Ferguson4
 
 
 
  Ken Doherty9
 
  Ken Doherty9
 
 
 
  Drew Henry8
 
  Ken Doherty9
 
 
 
  Dennis Taylor1
 
  Dennis Taylor9
 
 
 
  Jimmy Michie2
 
  Dennis Taylor9
 
 
 
  Darren Morgan8
 
  Darren Morgan9
 
 
 
  David Finbow3
 
  Stephen Hendry9
 
 
 
  John Higgins1
 
  Jimmy White9
 
 
 
  Matt Wilson5
 
  Jimmy White9
 
 
 
  Stuart Reardon4
 
  Brian Morgan6
 
 
 
  Stuart Reardon9
 
  Jimmy White6
 
 
 
  John Higgins9
 
  John Higgins9
 
 
 
  Mark King3
 
  John Higgins9
 
 
 
  Alain Robidoux1
 
  Alain Robidoux9
 
 
 
  Karl Payne4
 
  John Higgins9
 
 
 
  Mark Williams6
 
  Joe Swail6
 
 
 
  Mark Williams9
 
  Mark Williams9
 
 
 
  Tony Drago7
 
  Tony Drago9
 
 
 
  Tony Jones1
 
  Mark Williams9
 
 
 
  John Parrott6
 
  Willie Thorne9
 
 
 
  Tony Meo6
 
  Willie Thorne3
 
 
 
  John Parrott9
 
  John Parrott9
 
 
  Jamie Woodman2
 

Bottom half

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Round 1 (Last 64)
Best of 17 frames
Round 2 (Last 32)
Best of 17 frames
Round 3 (Last 16)
Best of 17 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 17 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan9
 
 
 
  Steve Meakin3
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan9
 
 
 
  Paul Davies4
 
  Mick Price6
 
 
 
  Paul Davies9
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan9
 
 
 
  Chris Small2
 
  David Roe7
 
 
 
  Chris Small9
 
  Chris Small9
 
 
 
  Mark Flowerdew2
 
  Martin Clark4
 
 
 
  Mark Flowerdew9
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan7
 
 
 
  Andy Hicks9
 
  Andy Hicks9
 
 
 
  Gerard Greene5
 
  Andy Hicks9
 
 
 
  Mark Bennett7
 
  Dave Harold7
 
 
 
  Mark Bennett9
 
  Andy Hicks9
 
 
 
  James Wattana8
 
  Dene O'Kane9
 
 
 
  Mark Johnston-Allen4
 
  Dene O'Kane6
 
 
 
  James Wattana9
 
  James Wattana9
 
 
 
  Darryn Walker4
 
  Andy Hicks1
 
 
 
  Peter Ebdon9
 
  Nigel Bond9
 
 
 
  Surinder Gill3
 
  Nigel Bond9
 
 
 
  Tony Knowles4
 
  Tony Knowles9
 
 
 
  Jon Birch7
 
  Nigel Bond9
 
 
 
  Wayne Jones2
 
  Alan McManus4
 
 
 
  Paul Hunter9
 
  Paul Hunter6
 
 
 
  Wayne Jones9
 
  Dean Reynolds5
 
 
 
  Wayne Jones9
 
  Nigel Bond7
 
 
 
  Peter Ebdon9
 
  Peter Ebdon9
 
 
 
  Barry Pinches7
 
  Peter Ebdon9
 
 
 
  Matthew Stevens6
 
  Steve James4
 
 
 
  Matthew Stevens9
 
  Peter Ebdon9
 
 
 
  Stephen Lee5
 
  Neal Foulds9
 
 
 
  Doug Mountjoy5
 
  Neal Foulds7
 
 
 
  Stephen Lee9
 
  Steve Davis6
 
 
  Stephen Lee9
 

Final

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Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Harrison
The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 3 December 1995.
Stephen Hendry
  Scotland
10–3 Peter Ebdon
  England
First session: 118–0 (118), 83–21, 78–56 (Ebdon 56), 109–32 (79), 12–76 (76), 69–49 (66), 81–51 (69), 69–45 (52), 27–57
Second session: 2–109 (96), 69–27 (59), 77–41, 146–0 (146)
146 Highest break 96
2 Century breaks 0
7 50+ breaks 3

Century breaks

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Breaks shown in bold were made on the television stages.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "Royal Liver Assurance UK Open". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  4. ^ "1995 UK Championship Player Prize Money". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  5. ^ "1995 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.