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1996 UK Championship (snooker)

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Venue
  
Guild Hall

Country
  
England

Format
  
Ranking event

City
  
Preston

Organisation(s)
  
WPBSA

Dates
  
15 November–1 December 1996

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.

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Stephen Hendry won his third UK Championship in a row and fifth overall by defeating John Higgins 10–9 in the final. Hendry also made the highest break of the tournament with 140.

Tony Drago made the fastest century break in a ranking event with a time of 3 minutes 31 seconds.

Prize fund

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

  • Winner £70,000
  • Runner-up £37,000
  • Highest break £5,000

    • Century breaks

    All Rounds

  • 141, 133, 122, 106, 106, 104 Andy Hicks
  • 141, 140 Ken Doherty
  • 140, 115, 108, 108, 104, 103, 102 Stephen Hendry
  • 138 Darren Clarke
  • 136, 118, 105, 100, 100 Paul Hunter
  • 135, 132, 109 James Wattana
  • 135, 109 John Higgins
  • 135, 106 Jason Weston
  • 132, 113 Nigel Bond
  • 131 Shokat Ali
  • 130 Tony Chappell
  • 130 Steve Newbury
  • 124, 119, 106, 104 Mark Williams
  • 122, 103 Tony Drago
  • 122, 102 Marcus Campbell
  • 116 Karl Broughton
  • 115 Tai Pichit
  • 111, 100 Anthony Hamilton
  • 110 Peter Ebdon
  • 110 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • 109 Stephen Lee
  • 109, 107 David Gray
  • 109, 101 John Parrott
  • 108 Jonathan Birch
  • 105 Joe Johnson
  • 104 Gary Wilkinson
  • 102, 102, 100 Terry Murphy
  • 102 Tony Jones
  • 102 Billy Snaddon
  • 101 Quinten Hann

    • References

    1996 UK Championship (snooker) Wikipedia
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