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1996 Masters (snooker)
Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1996
Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1996
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tournament_name | 1996 Benson & Hedges Masters |
| dates | |
| venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
| location | London |
| country | England |
| organisation | WPBSA |
| format | Non-ranking event |
| winners_share | £125,000 |
| highest_break | Stephen Hendry (144) |
| winner | Stephen Hendry |
| runner_up | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| score | 10–5 |
| previous | [1995](1995-masters-snooker) |
| next | [1997](1997-masters-snooker) |
- http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1996/02
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\bcuetracker\.net\bon the local blacklist|bot=Cyberbot II|invisible=false}} The 1996 Masters (officially the 1996 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 11 February 1996 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The last 16 and quarter-final rounds were extended from 9 to 11 frames while the final was extended from 17 to 19 frames, which has remained the match format ever since.
Stephen Hendry won his sixth Masters title by defeating defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–5 in the final. Hendry won £125,000 and £10,000 for the highest break of the tournament (144). During his quarter-final match Hendry also set the record of scoring 487 points without reply against Jimmy White.
Field
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Matthew Stevens (ranked 236), and Andy Hicks (ranked 17), who was the wild-card selection. Dave Harold, Andy Hicks and Matthew Stevens were making their debuts in the Masters.
Wild-card round
In the preliminary round, the qualifier and wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:
| Match | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Sunday 4 February | Terry Griffiths (15) |
| WC2 | Monday 5 February | David Roe (16) |
Main draw
| seed-width = | team-width = 180 | score-width = Best of 11 frames Best of 11 frames Best of 11 frames Best of 19 frames | RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=Ronnie O'Sullivan | RD1-score01=6 | RD1-seed02=12 | RD1-team02=Nigel Bond | RD1-score02=5 | RD1-seed03=8 | RD1-team03=Darren Morgan | RD1-score03=6 | RD1-seed04=10 | RD1-team04=Peter Ebdon | RD1-score04=5 | RD1-seed05=5 | RD1-team05=James Wattana | RD1-score05=4 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=Andy Hicks | RD1-score06=6 | RD1-seed07=4 | RD1-team07=John Parrott | RD1-score07=6 | RD1-seed08=14 | RD1-team08=Tony Drago | RD1-score08=5 | RD1-seed09=3 | RD1-team09=Steve Davis | RD1-score09=6 | RD1-seed10=9 | RD1-team10=Ken Doherty | RD1-score10=0 | RD1-seed11=6 | RD1-team11=Alan McManus | RD1-score11=6 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=Matthew Stevens | RD1-score12=5 | RD1-seed13=7 | RD1-team13=Jimmy White | RD1-score13=6 | RD1-seed14=13 | RD1-team14=Dave Harold | RD1-score14=5 | RD1-seed15=2 | RD1-team15=Stephen Hendry | RD1-score15=6 | RD1-seed16=11 | RD1-team16=John Higgins | RD1-score16=4 | RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan | RD2-score01=6 | RD2-seed02=8 | RD2-team02=WAL Darren Morgan | RD2-score02=4 | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=ENG Andy Hicks | RD2-score03=6 | RD2-seed04=4 | RD2-team04=ENG John Parrott | RD2-score04=3 | RD2-seed05=3 | RD2-team05=ENG Steve Davis | RD2-score05=4 | RD2-seed06=6 | RD2-team06=SCO Alan McManus | RD2-score06=6 | RD2-seed07=7 | RD2-team07=ENG Jimmy White | RD2-score07=0 | RD2-seed08=2 | RD2-team08=SCO Stephen Hendry | RD2-score08=6 | RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan | RD3-score01=6 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=ENG Andy Hicks | RD3-score02=1 | RD3-seed03=6 | RD3-team03=SCO Alan McManus | RD3-score03=4 | RD3-seed04=2 | RD3-team04=SCO Stephen Hendry | RD3-score04=6 | RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan | RD4-score01=5 | RD4-seed02=2 | RD4-team02=SCO Stephen Hendry | RD4-score02=10
Final
| **9** | 50+ breaks | 4 |
|---|
Qualifying
Matthew Stevens won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1995 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.
Century breaks
Total: 21
- 144, 134, 127, 125, 121, 105 Stephen Hendry
- 131, 100 Alan McManus
- 128, 109, 109, 106 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 125, 118, 103, 102 Andy Hicks
- 117 John Parrott
- 110 Nigel Bond
- 104 Steve Davis
- 101 John Higgins
- 100 Dave Harold
Andy Hicks's 125, 103 and 102 were scored in the wild-card round.
References
References
- Turner, Chris. "On this Week: White becomes Brown". [[Eurosport.
- "Benson & Hedges Masters". Snooker.org.
- "The Masters". Snooker Scene.
- Turner, Chris. "Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
- "1996 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database.
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