Skoda Grand Prix

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First Round

Stephen Hendry   SCO   (1) bt Jon Birch	             (63) 5-0
Steve Davis            (2) bt Lee Richardson	     (84) 5-2
Michael Duffy	 NIR (169) bt Ronnie O'Sullivan       (3) 5-2
Dave Finbow           (47) bt John Parrott            (4) 5-2
James Wattana    THA   (5) bt Mark King              (52) 5-0
Alan McManus     SCO   (6) bt Chris Scanlon	     (86) 5-0
Jimmy White            (7) bt Alex Borg	        MLT (174) 5-0
Darren Morgan    WAL   (8) bt Stephen O'Connor  IRE  (70) 5-4
Ken Doherty      IRE   (9) bt Matt Wilson	    (134) 5-0
Peter Ebdon           (10) bt Steve Ventham         (246) 5-2
John Higgins     SCO  (11) bt Mark Davis	     (59) 5-1
Nigel Bond            (12) bt Mark J Williams   WAL  (39) 5-1
Matthew Stevens	 WAL (236) bt Dave Harold            (13) 5-2
Tony Drago       MLT  (14) bt Doug Mountjoy     WAL  (36) 5-1
Steve Newbury	 WAL  (60) bt Terry Griffiths   WAL  (15) 5-1
Fergal O'Brien	 IRE  (38) bt David Roe              (16) 5-2

Andy Hicks            (17) bt Rod Lawler	     (40) 5-3
Dene O'Kane      NZL  (18) bt Leigh Griffin         (187) 5-1
Joe Swail        NIR  (19) bt Jeff Cundy	    (114) 5-3
Alain Robidoux   CAN  (20) bt Karl Broughton	     (78) 5-2
Jason Prince	 NIR  (55) bt Mick Price             (21) 5-3
Martin Clark          (22) bt Anthony Davies    WAL  (45) 5-4
Shokat Ali	      (87) bt Gary Wilkinson         (23) 5-4
Mark Bennett     WAL  (42) bt Tony Knowles           (24) 5-3
Willie Thorne         (25) bt Silvino Francisco SAF  (81) 5-3
Steve James           (26) bt Quinten Hann	AUS   (-) 5-4
Andrew Cairns        (101) bt Brian Morgan           (27) 5-4
Neal Foulds           (28) bt Mike Hallett           (34) 5-4
Jason Ferguson        (29) bt Stuart Reardon	    (131) 5-3
Mark Flowerdew	      (54) bt Dean Reynolds          (30) 5-3
Anthony Hamilton      (31) bt Sam Chong	        MAL (238) 5-3
Joe Johnson	      (56) bt Dennis Taylor     NIR  (32) 5-2

Players are English unless stated.
1995/96 World Ranking in brackets. ('-' = rookie)

Davis beat Lee Richardson 5-2 after taking part in a pool challenge match in Hong Kong last week. He said: "It meant three days less sleep and three days of partying, but I have come back here and played really well. So much for preparation." Davis made breaks of 102, 83, 71 and 51.

Tony Drago rattled in the highest break so far of 128 as he swept aside Doug Mountjoy 5-1.

Michael Duffy, who beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-2 in the first round, is the only player on the circuit who uses a graphite cue.

Furious Mike Hallett blasted opponent Neal Foulds and referee John Williams after losing 5-4 in the opening round.

Hallett was unhappy about Williams awarding a free ball early in the deciding frame which Foulds eventually took with the help of a 35 break.

"I've put a complaint about John and Neal has totally lost my respect as a professional. Neal knows exactly what he has done. He tried it on and got the result he wanted," he fumed.

"There's no doubt in my mind it was a free ball and I've got a clear conscience on that," countered Foulds.

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Second Round

Hendry      (1) bt Bennett    (42) 5-2
S Davis     (2) bt Ferguson   (29) 5-4
Wattana     (5) bt Thorne     (25) 5-4
McManus     (6) bt Cairns    (101) 5-1
White       (7) bt Clark      (22) 5-3
D Morgan    (8) bt Hamilton   (31) 5-3
Doherty     (9) bt Flowerdew  (54) 5-3
Ebdon      (10) bt Hicks      (17) 5-2
J Higgins  (11) bt Foulds     (28) 5-1
Robidoux   (20) bt Bond       (12) 5-2
O'Kane     (18) bt Drago      (14) 5-4

Swail      (19) bt Duffy     (169) 5-1
James      (26) bt Finbow     (47) 5-0
O'Brien	   (38) bt Ali        (87) 5-1
Prince	   (55) bt Newbury    (60) 5-3
Stevens	  (236) bt Johnson    (56) 5-1

Unlucky Willie Thorne was leading James Wattana 4-1, but eventually lost the decider on the black. Wattana said: "It was such a good match, it's a pity there could only be one winner." Thorne made a 109 in the match.

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Third Round

Hendry     (1) bt D Morgan   (8) 5-0
S Davis    (2) bt Stevens  (236) 5-2
O'Brien   (38) bt Wattana    (5) 5-3 
McManus    (6) bt Doherty    (9) 5-1
White      (7) bt Prince    (55) 5-0
Swail     (19) bt Ebdon     (10) 5-3
J Higgins (11) bt Robidoux  (20) 5-4

James     (26) bt O'Kane    (18) 5-1

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Quarter-finals

Hendry     (1) bt O'Brien   (38) 5-3
James     (26) bt S Davis    (2) 5-3
McManus    (6) bt Swail     (19) 5-3
J Higgins (11) bt White      (7) 5-2

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Semi-finals

Hendry (1) bt James (26) 9-5
(Hendry: 138, 102, 94, 74, 59; James: 78, 70)

James made his two best series in the two first frames. After ten frames the score was 5-5.

J Higgins (11) bt McManus (6) 9-7

John Higgins made a break of 131, the highest so far in the tournament, in beating Alan McManus 9-7. He will be hoping to take home the �5,000 high-break prize. The match took five-and-a-half hours to complete.

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Final

Hendry (1) bt J Higgins (11) 9-5

76-47, 22-57, 79-34 (54), 43-66, 55-75 (55 Higgins), 64-0 (58), 66-3,
69-10 (60), 55-72, 98-20 (55), 63-56 (53 Hendry, 56 Higgins), 64-71
(51 Hendry), 100-8 (87), 117-0 (73)

The first match between the two Scots, Stephen Hendry and John Higgins, was a rather scrappy one.

"Stephen didn't play well," said Higgins. "But I was terrible."

Stephen Hendry became the first player to have won the Grand Prix four times by beating the defending champion. It was his second win this season, the first one being the Regal Masters. He has now won a stunning 56 major tournaments in his career. Hendry also won the high-break prize of �5,000 (and a Skoda) after his 138 against James in the semi-final.

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Centuries

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Notes

John Higgins was the defending champion. He beat Dave Harold 9-6 in last year's final. Other returning champions were: Peter Ebdon (1993), Jimmy White (1986, 1992), Stephen Hendry (1987, 1990-91), Steve Davis (1985, 1988-89) and Dennis Taylor (1985).

A list of all the previous finals is available.

The World Snooker Archive was also covering this tournament.

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Credits

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