1996 UK Championship (snooker)
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| Dates | 15 November–1 December 1996 |
| Venue | Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £70,000 |
| Highest break | 140 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Stephen Hendry |
| Runner-up | John Higgins |
| Score | 10–9 |
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The 1996 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 15 November 1996 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 23 November and 1 December 1996.
Stephen Hendry won his third UK Championship in a row and fifth overall by defeating John Higgins 10–9 in the final.[1] Hendry also made the highest break of the tournament with 140.
Tony Drago made the fastest century break in a ranking event with a time of 3 minutes 31 seconds.[2]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner £70,000
- Runner-up £37,000
- Highest break £5,000
Main draw
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1st Round Best of 17 frames
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2nd Round Best of 17 frames
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| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Anthony Hamilton |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Hunter |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Hunter |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Terry Murphy |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Snaddon |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott |
8 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry |
10 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Alain Robidoux |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Karl Broughton |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Alain Robidoux |
3 | |||||||||||||
 Ken Doherty |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty |
3 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Mark Williams |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Williams |
6 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Tony Drago |
8 | |||||||||||||
Century breaks
All Rounds
- 141, 133, 122, 106, 106, 104 Andy Hicks
- 141, 140 Ken Doherty
- 140, 115, 108, 108, 104, 103, 102 Stephen Hendry
- 138 Darren Clarke
- 136, 118, 105, 100, 100 Paul Hunter
- 135, 132, 109 James Wattana
- 135, 109 John Higgins
- 135, 106 Jason Weston
- 132, 113 Nigel Bond
- 131 Shokat Ali
- 130 Tony Chappell
- 130 Steve Newbury
- 124, 119, 106, 104 Mark Williams
- 122, 103 Tony Drago
- 122, 102 Marcus Campbell
- 116 Karl Broughton
- 115 Tai Pichit
- 111, 100 Anthony Hamilton
- 110 Peter Ebdon
- 110 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 109 Stephen Lee
- 109, 107 David Gray
- 109, 101 John Parrott
- 108 Jonathan Birch
- 105 Joe Johnson
- 104 Gary Wilkinson
- 102, 102, 100 Terry Murphy
- 102 Tony Jones
- 102 Billy Snaddon
- 101 Quinten Hann
