German Open

Frankfurt Messe, Germany (Dec 3-10, 1995)
Ranking tournament (No.4 of 10)

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Quick Look

Last 16 Quarters Semis Final Winner ------- -------- ----- ----- ------ Stephen Hendry Scotland (1) --+ Hendry |---------+ Tony Drago Malta (14) --+ 5-3 | Hendry |---------+ Rod Lawler (40) --+ Lawler | 5-3 | |---------+ | James Wattana Thailand (5) --+ 5-2 | Doherty |---------+ Steve James (26) --+ Bennett | 6-3 | |---------+ | | Mark Bennett Wales (42) --+ 5-3 | Doherty | | |---------+ | Ken Doherty Ireland (9) --+ Doherty | 5-2 |---------+ |---------+ | | John Parrott (4) --+ 5-4 | HIGGINS | | | Mark King (52) --+ Higgins | 9-3 | |---------+ | | John Higgins Scotland (11) --+ 5-3 | Higgins |---------+ |---------+ | Nigel Bond (12) --+ Morgan | 5-4 | | |---------+ | | Darren Morgan Wales (8) --+ 5-1 | Higgins | |---------+ Alan McManus Scotland (6) --+ McManus | 6-5 |---------+ | Peter Ebdon (10) --+ 5-4 | McManus | |---------+ David Roe (16) --+ Roe | 5-3 |---------+ Steve Davis (2) --+ 5-3

Players are English unless stated.
Ranking in brackets.

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Wild Card Games

Dave Finbow (47) 5-1 I v Velthoven Belgium (am) Mark King (52) 5-0 Dieter Johns Germany (am) Chris Small Scotland (62) 5-0 T Schweser Germany (am) Yasin Merchant India (107) 5-0 P Wagner Germany (am)

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First Round

Stephen Hendry SCO (1) 5-2 Joe Swail NIR (19) Steve Davis (2) 5-2 Dave Finbow (47) Mark King (52) 5-3 Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) John Parrott (4) 5-2 Martin Clark (22) James Wattana THA (5) 5-3 Gary Wilkinson (23) Alan McManus SCO (6) 5-1 Mark J Williams WAL (39) Steve James (26) 5-3 Jimmy White (7) Darren Morgan WAL (8) 5-4 Billy Snaddon SCO (33) Ken Doherty IRE (9) 5-3 Dean Reynolds (30) Peter Ebdon (10) 5-2 Yasin Merchant IND (107) John Higgins SCO (11) 5-2 Chris Small SCO (62) Nigel Bond (12) 5-0 Willie Thorne (25) Mark Bennett WAL (42) 5-1 Dave Harold (13) Tony Drago MLT (14) 5-1 Mick Price (21) Rod Lawler (40) 5-0 Terry Griffiths WAL (15) David Roe (16) 5-3 Neal Foulds (28)

Tony Drago finished off in style with a 136 break as he beat Mick Price 5-1.

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Second Round

Stephen Hendry SCO (1) 5-3 Tony Drago MLT (14) David Roe (16) 5-3 Steve Davis (2) Ken Doherty IRE (9) 5-4 John Parrott (4) Rod Lawler (40) 5-2 James Wattana THA (5) Alan McManus SCO (6) 5-4 Peter Ebdon (10) Darren Morgan WAL (8) 5-1 Nigel Bond (12) John Higgins SCO (11) 5-3 Mark King (52) Mark Bennett WAL (42) 5-3 Steve James (26)

Eurosport showed two second round matches live: Stephen Hendry beating Tony Drago 5-3 and Ken Doherty beating John Parrott 5-4.
Hendry was 3-1 down in the interval after impressive break-building by both players. Then, Hendry won four frames in a row. Drago had his chances, but seemed very nervous. Drago has never yet beaten Hendry in ten attempts, he was close this time and was very disappointed after the match.
The evening match between Parrott and Doherty was very scrappy and took three and a half hours. Long safety battles followed by missed chances by both players seemed to be the story of every frame. Parrott was ahead four times in the match, but Doherty eventually clinched the deciding frame on the yellow.
There has been several surprises so far in the tournament: Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan went out in the first round, and James Wattana, Nigel Bond and Steve Davis in the second.

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Quarter-finals

Stephen Hendry, Scotland (1) 5-3 R Lawler (40) 29-63, 85-0 (61), 84-51 (57), 56-48, 122-1 (85), 23-62, 36-77 (77), 66-21 Alan McManus, Scotland (6) 5-3 David Roe (16) 80-14 (69), 53-4, 15-87 (51), 0-74 (55), 81-0 (60), 63-25, 42-81, 69-16 John Higgins, Scotland (11) 5-4 Darren Morgan, Wales (8) 92-0 (82), 4-88 (58), 68-9 (60), 77-0, 57-64, 69-55 (69), 0-111 (103), 0-124 (75), 85-36 Ken Doherty, Ireland (9) 5-2 Mark Bennett, Wales (42) 23-76, 54-58, 69-47, 62-11, 62-9, 109-34, 127-1 (127)

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Semi-finals

Ken Doherty, Ireland (9) 6-3 Stephen Hendry, Scotland (1) 70-62 (70, 62), 37-66, 16-77 (77), 66-58 (62), 51-66, 73-17 (59), 79-0 (79), 60-40, 81-0

Ken Doherty won the last four frames to beat Stephen Hendry, who had only lost one match this season (against John Parrott in the semi-final of the Thailand Classic).
John Higgins, Scotland (11) 6-5 Alan McManus, Scotland (6) 58-15, 62-65, 23-59, 104-22 (50,54), 79-66 (McManus 62), 21-77, 76-38 (62), 1-114, 98-1, 70-71 (Higgins 57), 68-12 (58)

This all Scottish semi-final was very dramatic. John Higgins led 5-4 and had a 70-0 lead in frame ten with only five reds remaining on the table (i.e. a possible break of 67). McManus potted four of the reds with blacks, and then snookered Higgins on the last red. Higgins missed, and McManus cleared the table to win the frame 71-70!
John Higgins kept his calm and took the deciding frame helped by a break of 58.

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Final

John Higgins, Scotland (11) 9-3 Ken Doherty, Ireland (9)

16-106 (105), 112-0 (70), 97-0 (97), 64-50 (50 Doherty), 8-55, 45-80
(80), 66-0, 73-19 (50), 77-42, 90-39 (50), 143-0 (139), 82-52

John Higgins picked up his first title of the season as he swept aside Ken Doherty 9-3 in Frankfurt. The young Scot picked up 40 000 Pounds and added the highest TV break prize (5000 Pounds) for a superb 139 in the eleventh frame of the final.

Credits

Thanks to Jonas Ödman <[email protected]> and Tore Skagestein for tournament information.

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Last Modified: April 20, 2012

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