Singha Thailand Open

Bangkok, Thailand (Mar 11-17, 1996)
Ranking tournament (No.8 of 10)

Players are English unless stated

Final

Alan McManus (Scotland) def. Ken Doherty (Ireland) 9-8

This was McManus' second ranking title of his career. His first being the 1994 Dubai Duty Free Classic. Between his two titles McManus has not reached another final in the 14 tournaments contested.

The Scot was 8-7 down in the match, but came back in style. In the final frame he trailed 54-43 when he potted an excellent final red, followed by a blue and the colours to clinch the �40,000 first prize, plus the �5,000 for the highest break, a 139 against Peter Ebdon in the semi-final.

Ken Doherty finished runner-up for the second time this season. Last year he lost out to John Higgins in the German Open final.

Semi-finals

Ken Doherty (Ire)   6-3 Stephen Hendry (Scot)
Alan McManus (Scot) 6-5 Peter Ebdon

Quarter-finals

Stephen Hendry (Scot) 5-1 John Parrott 
Alan McManus (Scot)   5-4 James Wattana (Thai) 
Ken Doherty (Ire)     5-1 Jamie Woodman
Peter Ebdon           5-0 John Higgins (Scot)

Second Round

Stephen Hendry (Scot) 5-2 Joe Swail (N Ire)
Ken Doherty (Ire)     5-2 Steve Davis 
John Higgins (Scot)   5-3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 
John Parrott          5-4 David Roe
James Wattana (Thai)  5-0 Willie Thorne
Alan McManus (Scot)   5-4 Alain Robidoux (Can)
Peter Ebdon           5-3 Jimmy White 
Jamie Woodman         5-4 Anthony Hamilton

First Round

Stephen Hendry (Scot) 5-4 Terry Murphy (N Ire)
Steve Davis           5-3 Stephen Lee
Ronnie O'Sullivan     5-2 Barry Pinches
John Parrott          5-4 Paul Hunter
James Wattana (Thai)  5-3 Steve James
Alan McManus (Scot)   5-2 Neal Foulds
Jimmy White           5-1 Jamie Burnett (Scot)
Anthony Hamilton      5-4 Darren Morgan (Wales)
Ken Doherty (Ire)     5-1 Tony Knowles
Peter Ebdon           5-0 Gary Ponting
John Higgins (Scot)   5-3 Graeme Dott (Scot)
Alain Robidoux (Can)  5-4 Nigel Bond 
Willie Thorne         5-2 Tony Drago (Malta)
Joe Swail (N Ire)     5-4 Dave Harold 
Jamie Woodman         5-2 Terry Griffiths (Wales)
David Roe             5-0 Billy Snaddon (Scot)

Wild Card Matches

Barry Pinches      5-1 Thomas Ang Chick Hong (Malaysia)
Paul Hunter        5-0 Sakchai Sim-Ngam (Thai)
Graeme Dott (Scot) 5-3 Phaitoon Pholbun (Thai)

Sakchai Sim-Ngam won the 1995 IBSF World Championship. Hong was a quarter-finalist in the same event.

Pholbun reached the quarter-finals of the 1995 World Under-21 Championship.

1995 Kloster Thailand Open

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