1995 Grand Prix (snooker)

Skoda Grand Prix

Tournament information
Dates	16–29 October 1995 (1995-10-16 – 1995-10-29)
Venue	Crowtree Centre
City	Sunderland
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£330,000
Winner's share	£60,000
Highest break	Stephen Hendry  (SCO) (138)
Final
Champion	Stephen Hendry  (SCO)
Runner-up	John Higgins  (SCO)
Score	9–5
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The 1995 Skoda Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 29 October 1995 at the Crowtree Centre in Sunderland, England. ^[1]

Stephen Hendry defeated defending champion John Higgins 9–5 in a rather scrappy final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^[1]

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

Stage one High Break: £3,600 Stage two High Break: £5,000 Total: £330,000

Main draw

^[1]

Top half

	Last 64 Best of 9 frames					Last 32 Best of 9 frames					Last 16 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 17 frames
	1	John Higgins	5
	59	Mark Davis	1
						1	John Higgins	5
						28	Neal Foulds	1
	28	Neal Foulds	5
	34	Mike Hallett	4
											1	John Higgins	5
											20	Alain Robidoux	4
	20	Alain Robidoux	5
		Karl Broughton	2
						20	Alain Robidoux	5
						12	Nigel Bond	2
	12	Nigel Bond	5
	39	Mark Williams	1
																1	John Higgins	5
																8	Jimmy White	2
	15	Terry Griffiths	1
	60	Steve Newbury	5
						60	Steve Newbury	3
						55	Jason Prince	5
	21	Mick Price	3
	55	Jason Prince	5
											55	Jason Prince	0
											8	Jimmy White	5
	22	Martin Clark	5
	45	Anthony Davies	5
						22	Martin Clark	3
						8	Jimmy White	5
	8	Jimmy White	5
		Alex Borg	0
																					1	John Higgins	9
																					7	Alan McManus	7
	4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2
		Michael Duffy	5
							Michael Duffy	1
						19	Joe Swail	5
	19	Joe Swail	5
		Jeff Cundy	3
											19	Joe Swail	5
											11	Peter Ebdon	3
	17	Andy Hicks	5
	40	Rod Lawler	3
						17	Andy Hicks	2
						11	Peter Ebdon	5
	11	Peter Ebdon	5
		Steve Ventham	2
																19	Joe Swail	3
																7	Alan McManus	5
	10	Ken Doherty	5
		Matt Wilson	0
						10	Ken Doherty	5
						54	Mark Flowerdew	3
	30	Dean Reynolds	3
	54	Mark Flowerdew	5
											10	Ken Doherty	1
											7	Alan McManus	5
	27	Brian Morgan	4
		Andrew Cairns	5
							Andrew Cairns	1
						7	Alan McManus	5
	7	Alan McManus	5
		Chris Scanlon	0

Bottom half

	Last 64 Best of 9 frames					Last 32 Best of 9 frames					Last 16 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 17 frames
	3	Steve Davis	5
		Lee Richardson	2
						3	Steve Davis	5
						29	Jason Ferguson	4
	29	Jason Ferguson	5
		Stuart Reardon	3
											3	Steve Davis	5
												Matthew Stevens	2
	32	Dennis Taylor	2
	56	Joe Johnson	5
						56	Joe Johnson	1
							Matthew Stevens	5
	13	Dave Harold	2
		Matthew Stevens	5
																3	Steve Davis	3
																26	Steve James	5
	14	Tony Drago	5
	36	Doug Mountjoy	1
						14	Tony Drago	4
						18	Dene O'Kane	5
	18	Dene O'Kane	5
		Leigh Griffin	1
											18	Dene O'Kane	1
											26	Steve James	5
	26	Steve James	5
		Quinten Hann	4
						26	Steve James	5
						47	David Finbow	0
	5	John Parrott	0
	47	David Finbow	5
																					26	Steve James	5
																					2	Stephen Hendry	9
	6	James Wattana	5
	52	Mark King	0
						6	James Wattana	5
						25	Willie Thorne	4
	25	Willie Thorne	5
		Silvino Francisco	3
											6	James Wattana	3
											38	Fergal O'Brien	5
	23	Gary Wilkinson	4
		Shokat Ali	5
							Shokat Ali	1
						38	Fergal O'Brien	5
	16	David Roe	2
	38	Fergal O'Brien	5
																38	Fergal O'Brien	3
																2	Stephen Hendry	5
	9	Darren Morgan	5
		Stephen O'Connor	4
						9	Darren Morgan	5
						31	Anthony Hamilton	3
	31	Anthony Hamilton	5
		Sam Chong	3
											9	Darren Morgan	0
											2	Stephen Hendry	5
	24	Tony Knowles	3
	42	Mark Bennett	5
						42	Mark Bennett	2
						2	Stephen Hendry	5
	2	Stephen Hendry	5
		Jon Birch	0

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain Crowtree Centre, Sunderland, England, 29 October 1995. [1]
John Higgins (1)   Scotland	5–9	Stephen Hendry (2)   Scotland
Afternoon: 47–76, 57–22, 34–79 (54), 66–43, 75–55 (Higgins 55), 0–64 (58), 3–66, 10–69 (60) Evening:72–55, 20–98 (55), 56–63 (Higgins 56, Hendry 53), 71–64 (Hendry 51) 8–100 (87), 0–117 (73)
56	Highest break	87
0	Century breaks	0
2	50+ breaks	8

Century breaks

^[1]

Qualifying stage centuries

• 140 – Sam Chong

Televised stage centuries

• 138, 129, 112, 103, 102 – Stephen Hendry
• 131, 124, 101 – John Higgins
• 128 – Tony Drago
• 124, 123 – Anthony Hamilton
• 115 – Martin Clark
• 115 – Alan McManus
• 109 – Willie Thorne
• 105, 104, 100 – Jimmy White
• 105 – Mark Davis
• 104, 100 – Joe Swail
• 102 – Steve Davis
• 102 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 101 – Steve James

References

1. "Skoda Grand Prix". snooker.org. Retrieved 11 May 2012.