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
Duration	August 1995 – May 1996
Tournaments	29 (10 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Stephen Hendry
Masters	Stephen Hendry
World Championship	Stephen Hendry
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Calendar

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
6 Sep	7 Sep	PAK	Red & White Challenge	Liaquat Gymnasium	Islamabad	Nigel Bond	John Parrott	8–6	[1][2][3]
14 Sep	16 Sep	AUS	Australian Masters	Bentleigh Club	Melbourne	Anthony Hamilton	Chris Small	8–6	[4][5]
17 Sep	19 Sep	AUS	Australian Open	Bentleigh Club	Melbourne	Anthony Hamilton	Chris Small	9–7	[6][7][5]
19 Sep	24 Sep	SCO	Scottish Masters	Civic Centre	Motherwell	Stephen Hendry	Peter Ebdon	9–5	[8]
30 Sep	7 Oct	THA	Thailand Classic	Novotel	Bangkok	John Parrott	Nigel Bond	9–6	[9][10]
6 Oct	14 Oct	SCO	Benson & Hedges Championship	JP Snooker Centre	Edinburgh	Matthew Stevens	Paul McPhillips	9–3	[11]
16 Oct	29 Oct	ENG	Grand Prix	Crowtree Centre	Sunderland	Stephen Hendry	John Higgins	9–5	[12]
30 Oct	5 Nov	MLT	Malta Grand Prix	Jerma Palace Hotel	Marsaskala	Peter Ebdon	John Higgins	7–4	[13]
17 Nov	3 Dec	ENG	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Stephen Hendry	Peter Ebdon	10–3	[14]
3 Dec	10 Dec	GER	German Open	Frankfurt Messe	Frankfurt	John Higgins	Ken Doherty	9–3	[15]
? Dec	? Dec	BEL	Belgian Masters		Antwerp	Matthew Stevens	Patrick Delsemme	7–1	[5]
3 Jan	7 Jan	ENG	Charity Challenge	International Convention Centre	Birmingham	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins	9–6	[16]
? Jan	18 Jan	CHN	Guangzhou Masters	White Swan Club	Guangzhou	Tony Drago	Steve Davis	6–2	[17][18]
27 Jan	3 Feb	WAL	Welsh Open	Newport Centre	Newport	Mark Williams	John Parrott	9–3	[19][20]
4 Feb	11 Feb	ENG	The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Stephen Hendry	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10–5	[21][22]
17 Feb	24 Feb	ENG	International Open	Link Centre	Swindon	John Higgins	Rod Lawler	9–3	[23][24]
25 Feb	3 Mar	MLT	European Open	Mediterranean Conference Centre	Valletta	John Parrott	Peter Ebdon	9–7	[25][26]
? Mar	? Mar	FIN	Finnish Masters	Hesperia, Hotel	Helsinki	Rod Lawler	Stefan Mazrocis	6–2	[5][27]
11 Mar	17 Mar	THA	Thailand Open	Montien Riverside Hotel	Bangkok	Alan McManus	Ken Doherty	9–8	[10][28][29]
? Mar	? Mar	CHN	China Masters	Haidien Gymnasium	Beijing	Rod Lawler	Shokat Ali	6–3	[5][30]
26 Mar	31 Mar	IRL	Irish Masters	Goff's	Kill	Darren Morgan	Steve Davis	9–8	[31]
1 Apr	8 Apr	ENG	British Open	Plymouth Pavilions	Plymouth	Nigel Bond	John Higgins	9–8	[32]
20 Apr	6 May	ENG	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Stephen Hendry	Peter Ebdon	18–12	[33]
23 Apr	26 Apr	PAK	Pakistan Masters		Karachi	Noppadon Noppachorn	Brian Morgan	7–5	[5][34]
28 Dec	12 May	ENG	European League	Diamond Centre	Irthlingborough	Ken Doherty	Steve Davis	10–5	[35][36][37]
15 May	19 May	MLT	Malta Masters	Jerma Palace Hotel	Marsascala	Mark Davis	John Read	6–3	[38]
20 May	23 May	MAS	Malaysian Masters	Genting Highlands	Pahang	Dominic Dale	Drew Henry	8–3	[5]
? May	? May	WAL	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Ken Doherty	Nigel Bond	9–7	[39]
28 May	31 May	POL	Poland Masters	Atelier Snooker Club	Warsaw	Gerard Greene	Patrick Wallace	6–5	[5]

Ranking event

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.^[40][41][42]

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