The 1995 UK Championship (officially the 1995 Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 17 November 1995 and the televised stages were shown on the BBC between 25 November and 3 December 1995.
Stephen Hendry won his fourth UK title by defeating Peter Ebdon 10–3. Hendry also made the first maximum break in the televised stage of the UK Championship, against Gary Wilkinson. Willie Thorne had made one in 1987, and Ebdon himself made one in the qualifying stage in 1992, but neither were televised. Hendry also cleared a 146 in the last frame of the final to win 10–3 against Ebdon.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £60,000 Runner-up: £32,000 Semi-final: £16,000 Quarter-finalists: £9,050 Last 16: £4,550 Last 32: £2,600 Last 64: £1,900
Main draw
Top half
Bottom half
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul HarrisonThe Guild Hall, Preston, England, 3 December 1995. Stephen Hendry 10–3 Peter Ebdon First session: 118–0 (118), 83–21, 78–56 (Ebdon 56), 109–32 (79), 12–76 (76), 69–49 (66), 81–51 (69), 69–45 (52), 27–57Second session: 2–109 (96), 69–27 (59), 77–41, 146–0 (146)146 Highest break 96 2 Century breaks 0 7 50+ breaks 3
Century breaks Breaks shown in bold were made on the television stages.
147, 146, 133, 130, 128, 118, 105, 104, 100 Stephen Hendry 144, 106 Tony Drago 143, 109, 106 Matthew Stevens 143 Darren Guest 137, 126, 102, 100 Andy Hicks 135, 108 Ronnie O'Sullivan 135 John Parrott 133 Barry Pinches 129, 108 Anthony Hamilton 127 Alan McManus 126, 123, 108, 101 John Higgins 126, 100 Stuart Pettman 125, 112 Paul Hunter 125 James Wattana 122 Darren Morgan 121 Neal Foulds 118 Mick Price 115 Jimmy White 113 Ken Doherty 112, 105 Nick Pearce 111 Mark Flowerdew 107, 103 Peter Ebdon 106, 101 Chris Small 105 Steve James 104, 103 Drew Henry 104 Tai Pichit 102 Brian Morgan 101 Martin Clark
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