1995 Grand Prix (snooker)
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 16–29 October 1995 |
| Venue | Crowtree Centre |
| City | Sunderland |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £330,000 |
| Winner's share | £60,000 |
| Highest break | 138 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Stephen Hendry |
| Runner-up | John Higgins |
| Score | 9–5 |
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The 1995 Skoda Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16–29 October 1995 at the Crowtree Centre in Sunderland, England.[1]
Stephen Hendry defeated defending champion John Higgins 9–5 in a rather scrappy final.
Contents
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
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Winner: £60,000 |
Stage one High Break: £3,600 Total: £330,000 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames Crowtree Centre, Sunderland, England, 29 October 1995.[1] |
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| John Higgins (1) Scotland |
5–9 | Stephen Hendry (2) Scotland |
| Afternoon: 47–76, 57–22, 34–79 (54), 66–43, 75–55 (55 Higgins), 0–64 (58), 3–66, 10–69 (60) Evening: 72–55, 20–98 (55), 56–63 (56 Higgins, 53 Hendry), 71–64 (51 Hendry) 8–100 (87), 0–117 (73) |
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| 56 | Highest break | 87 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 8 |
Century breaks
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
