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Tournaments: 1996/97: Results | Diary

Grand Prix

Main Tour, Ranking

16-27 Oct 1996, International Centre, Bournemouth, England
Previous champion: Stephen Hendry (a) (1995)
See also: Results (63)

Final
Wales Mark J Williams (a) 9-5 Scotland Euan Henderson (a)  

Session 1:
66-8, 9-77, 46-60, 70-15, 101-4, 78-9, 64-53, 72-9
Session 2:
1-72 (72), 64-31, 22-109 (100), 25-65 (64), 138-0 (138), 71-4 (60)

Referee: Colin Brinded

This was Williams' 2nd ranking title and Henderson's only ranking final.
Semifinals
Wales Mark J Williams (a) 6-1 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Scotland Euan Henderson (a) 6-3 England Mark Bennett (a)  
Quarterfinals
Wales Mark J Williams (a) 5-3 Canada Alain Robidoux (a)  
England John Parrott (a) 5-3 Thailand James Wattana (a) Head to head
England Mark Bennett (a) 5-1 Malta Tony Drago (a) Head to head
Scotland Euan Henderson (a) 5-4 England Tony Jones (a) Head to head
Round 3
1 Wales Mark J Williams (a) 5-3 England Mark King (a) Head to head
2 Canada Alain Robidoux (a) 5-0 England Nick Pearce (a) Head to head
3 Thailand James Wattana (a) 5-2 Scotland Billy Snaddon (a) Head to head
4 England John Parrott (a) 5-0 Wales Darren Morgan (a) Head to head
5 England Mark Bennett (a) 5-3 England Steve Davis (a)  
6 Malta Tony Drago (a) 5-3 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) Head to head
7 Scotland Euan Henderson (a) 5-3 England Anthony Hamilton (a)  
8 England Tony Jones (a) 5-3 Scotland John Higgins (a)  
Round 2
1 England Mark King (a) 5-0 Wales Matthew Stevens (a) Head to head
2 Wales Mark J Williams (a) 5-2 England Steve James (a)  
3 Canada Alain Robidoux (a) 5-3 England Gary Wilkinson (a) Head to head
4 England Nick Pearce (a) 5-1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a)  
5 Scotland Billy Snaddon (a) 5-3 England Oliver King (a)  
6 Thailand James Wattana (a) 5-2 Scotland Paul McPhillips (a)  
7 Wales Darren Morgan (a) 5-3 Ireland Mick Price (a)  
8 England John Parrott (a) 5-1 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
9 England Mark Bennett (a) 5-0 Scotland Chris Small (a)  
10 England Steve Davis (a) 5-0 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene (a) Head to head
11 Malta Tony Drago (a) 5-1 England Wayne Rendle (a)  
12 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) 5-2 England Martin Clark (a) Head to head
13 Scotland Euan Henderson (a) 5-3 England Jonathan Birch (a)  
14 England Anthony Hamilton (a) 5-4 Ireland Fergal O'Brien (a) Head to head
15 England Tony Jones (a) 5-1 England Sean Storey (a)  
16 Scotland John Higgins (a) 5-3 England Stephen Lee (a) Head to head
Round 1
(Last 64)
1 Wales Matthew Stevens (a) 5-1 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) Head to head
2 England Mark King (a) 5-0 England Jason Ferguson (a)  
3 England Steve James (a) 5-4 Wales Wayne Jones (a) Head to head
4 Wales Mark J Williams (a) 5-3 England Mark Gray (a)  
5 Canada Alain Robidoux (a) 5-1 Wales Paul Davies (a) Head to head
6 England Gary Wilkinson (a) 5-1 Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn (a)  
7 England Nick Pearce (a) 5-3 England David Finbow (a)  
8 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 5-1 England Gary Ponting (a)  
9 England Oliver King (a) 5-1 England Nigel Bond (a)  
10 Scotland Billy Snaddon (a) 5-4 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
11 Thailand James Wattana (a) 5-4 Scotland Graeme Dott (a) Head to head
12 Scotland Paul McPhillips (a) 5-3 England Andy Hicks (a)  
13 Wales Darren Morgan (a) 5-1 England Karl Broughton (a)  
14 Ireland Mick Price (a) 5-4 Northern Ireland Jason Prince (a)  
15 England Neal Foulds (a) 5-2 England Mark Davis (a)  
16 England John Parrott (a) 5-4 England Joe Johnson (a) Head to head
17 England Mark Bennett (a) 5-3 England Peter Ebdon (a)  
18 Scotland Chris Small (a) 5-4 England Paul Hunter (a) Head to head
19 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene (a) 5-2 England Willie Thorne (a)  
20 England Steve Davis (a) 5-2 England John Giles (a)  
21 Malta Tony Drago (a) 5-1 England Andrew Cairns (a)  
22 England Wayne Rendle (a) 5-2 England Rod Lawler (a)  
23 England Martin Clark (a) 5-0 Finland Robin Hull (a)  
24 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) 5-1 England Wayne Brown (a)  
25 England Jonathan Birch (a) 5-2 Scotland Alan McManus (a)  
26 Scotland Euan Henderson (a) 5-0 Northern Ireland Joe Swail (a) Head to head
27 England Anthony Hamilton (a) 5-4 England Nick Walker (a) Head to head
28 Ireland Fergal O'Brien (a) 5-4 England Dave Harold (a) Head to head
29 England Tony Jones (a) 5-1 England Jimmy White (a)  
30 England Sean Storey (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
31 England Stephen Lee (a) 5-3 England Steve Judd (a)  
32 Scotland John Higgins (a) 5-3 Scotland Jamie Burnett (a) Head to head

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