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1995 Grand Prix (snooker)
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. Stephen Hendry defeated defending champion John Higgins 9–5 in a rather scrappy final. __TOC__ Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £60,000 Runner up: £32,000 Semi-finalists: £16,000 Quarter-finalists: £9,050 Last 16: £4,550 Last 32: £2,600 Last 64: £1,900 Stage one High Break: £3,600 Stage two High Break: £5,000 Total: £330,000 Main draw Top half Bottom half Final 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 Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Å koda Auto
Škoda Auto a.s. (), often shortened to Škoda, is a Czech automobile manufacturer established in 1925 as the successor to Laurin & Klement and headquartered in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. Škoda Works became state owned in 1948. After 1991, it was gradually privatized to the German Volkswagen Group, becoming a subsidiary in 1994 and since 2000 a wholly owned subsidiary. Škoda automobiles are sold in over 100 countries and in 2018, total global sales reached 1.25 million units, an increase of 4.4% from the previous year. The operating profit was €1.6 billion in 2017, an increase of 34.6% over the previous year. As of 2017, Škoda's profit margin was the second highest of all Volkswagen AG brands after Porsche. History The Škoda Works were established as an arms manufacturer in 1859. ŠKODA AUTO (and its predecessor Laurin & Klement) is the fifth-oldest company producing cars, and has an unbroken history alongside Daimler, Opel, Peugeot, and Tatra. Laurin & Klement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Robidoux
Alain Robidoux (born July 25, 1960) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Robidoux played on the sport's main tour from 1987 to 2004 and continues to play in events in Canada. Career He was born in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec and joined the pro circuit in the late 1980s, playing as a "non-tournament" professional. This entitled Robidoux to be listed on official rankings, although he could not play in most competitions. In 1988, Robidoux amassed enough points in the World Championship qualifiers to finish in the top 128 players, and thus allowing him to join the tour full-time. In September 1988, Robidoux became only the sixth player ever to record an officially ratified 147 maximum break in the qualifiers for the European Open. The same month, he won his sole professional title, the Canadian Professional Championship. In October 1988 he reached the semi-finals of the Grand Prix, where he recovered from 0–7 down against Alex Higgins but ultimately lost the match 7–9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Duffy (snooker Player) , Irish showjumper
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Michael Duffy may refer to: * Michael Duffy (Australian journalist), Australian crime novelist * Michael Duffy (Australian politician) (born 1938), Australian politician *Michael Duffy (Irish politician) (fl. 1922–1936), Irish politician and trade unionist *Michael Duffy (historian), British historian * Mike Duffy (born 1946), Canadian journalist and senator *Michael Duffy (American journalist), American journalist and assistant managing editor for ''Time'' magazine *Michael Duffy (footballer) (born 1994), Northern Irish footballer *Michael Duffy (Queensland politician) (1850–1926), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly *Michael Duffy (equestrian) Michael Paul Duffy (born 12 October 1994) is an Irish showjumper. Michael is currently the youngest Irish Senior Irish National Showjumping Champion. He started his career in Galway, Ireland under the training and Guidance of his father Paul Duf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player who is the current world champion and world number one. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in the sport's history, he has won the World Snooker Championship seven times, a modern-era record he holds jointly with Stephen Hendry. He has won a record seven Masters and a record seven UK Championship titles for a record total of 21 Triple Crown titles, the most achieved by any player. He holds the record for the most ranking titles, with 39, and has been world number one on seven season ending occasions. After an impressive amateur career, O'Sullivan turned professional in 1992, aged 16. He won his first professional ranking event at the 1993 UK Championship aged 17 years and 358 days, making him the youngest player to win a ranking title, a record he still holds. He is also the youngest player to win the Masters, which he first achieved in 1995, aged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Borg
Alex Borg (born 5 June 1969 in Mellieha) is a Maltese former professional snooker player. Borg currently resides in Mellieha, Malta. Career Borg first turned professional in 1991, and regularly appeared as a wild card in the Malta Grand Prix, where throughout the event's history he defeated players including Nigel Bond and John Higgins. His best performances were reaching the semi-final in 1997 and 1998. He also competed as a wild card in the Malta Cup. However, in ranking events he has not had such success, his best finish being to the last 64, he has achieved this on three occasions, all in the Grand Prix (snooker), Grand Prix. He has won the EBSA European Snooker Championships twice, the first in 2005 where he beat Kristján Helgason 7–2 in the final, and the following year when he beat Jeff Cundy 7–5. In 2016, Alex Borg won against Alexander Ursenbacher in Q-School 2016/17 – Event 2, Q-School Event 2 to gain a two-year tour card. He endured a difficult opening to the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy White
James Warren White (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won three seniors World titles. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, attacking style of play, White is the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 Six-red World champion, 3 time World Seniors Champion ( 2010, 2019, 2020), 2019 Seniors 6-Red World Champion and 1984 World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins. White has won two of snooker's three majors: the UK Championship (in 1992) and the Masters (in 1984) and a total of ten ranking events. He is currently tenth on the all-time list of ranking event winners. He reached six World Championship finals but never won the event; the closest he came was in 1994 when he lost in a final frame decider against Stephen Hendry. He spent 21 seasons ranked in snooker's elite top 16. In team events, he won the Nations Cup and the World Cup with England. He is one of a select number of players to have made over 300 century breaks in professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Davies
Anthony Davies (born 2 December 1969) is a former Welsh professional snooker player. Davies started playing snooker aged 12. He made his first century break made aged 15 and his first maximum break aged 17. After winning a number of titles in Wales, in 1991 Davies turned professional. His best performance was at the 1996 European Open, where he reached the quarter-finals. In 2002 he also reached the last 16 of the World Championship. Davies remained in the top 32 in the world rankings for three seasons, peaking at #26, until a disappointing 2003/2004 season in which he failed to win a match. After failing to regain his form, he was relegated from the main tour in 2005, and retired from snooker in 2006. Since 1998, he has been an official coach for World Snooker. He has established two junior clubs in the South Wales area, helping to increase participation levels and improve playing performance amongst local snooker players. In April 2008 he worked on a pilot scheme, called 'K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Clark (snooker Player)
Martin Clark (born 27 October 1968) is an English people, English organiser of snooker tournaments and retired professional snooker player. Career Clark reached ten Snooker world rankings, ranking tournament quarter-finals in his career, but never progressed any further. He reached the last 16 of the World Championship three times – 1991, 1992 and 1993, and also in 1992 reached the first major semi-final of his career at the 1992 World Matchplay (snooker), World Matchplay by knocking out defending champion Gary Wilkinson (snooker player), Gary Wilkinson. He won two non-ranking events, defeating Ray Reardon in the final of the European Grand Masters in 1990 and Andy Hicks in the Pontins Professional in 1997 Pontins Professional, 1997. He retired as a pro player at a relatively young age, due to neck problems, and is now a tournament director. He has also helped with equipment maintenance (e.g. checking the replacement Baize, cloths) at the World Snooker Championship. In Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Prince
Jason Prince (born 17 June 1970 from Derry) is a Northern Irish former professional snooker player. Career Born in 1970, Prince turned professional in 1990, having beaten Fred Davis 10–5 to qualify. During his first season, he reached the last 16 of the 1990 Dubai Classic, leading Dean Reynolds 4–2 but losing 4–5, and defeated John Spencer 5–4 en route to the last 64 of the 1991 Classic; this was one of Spencer's final professional matches. Later that season, Prince beat Davis in qualifying for the 1991 World Championship, the 10–4 defeat for Davis coming near the end of a professional career which lasted sixty-two years, and went on to defeat Ray Reardon 10–5 in the next round; Reardon, who was Prince's favourite player as a child, never played another match in competition. As a result of his performances against Spencer, Davis and Reardon, Prince earned the nickname 'The Terminator', having ostensibly 'terminated' the careers of all three. Having shown promise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Price (snooker Player)
Michael Price (born 2 June 1966 in Nuneaton) is a retired English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 1988.Snooker Scene Blog. 2009. ''Past Masters #3''. nline(Updated 2009) Available at He was Ronnie O'Sullivan's opponent when O'Sullivan scored the fastest 147 break in the game's history, at the 1997 World Championship. O'Sullivan won the match 10–6. At the 1990 Benson & Hedges Satellite Championships, Price became only the third player to compile three consecutive century breaks in professional competition, when making contributions of 139, 137, 100 in beating former World number 2 Tony Knowles 5–4. Along with 1997, he also qualified for the World Championships in 1992 and 1996, reaching the second round in 1992 by beating Dennis Taylor 10–6 in the first round before losing in the second round, 10–13, to Alan McManus. In 1996, he lost to McManus again in the first round, 8–10. He peaked at #17 in the world rankings and remained in the top 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Newbury
Steve Newbury (born 21 April 1956) is a former Welsh professional snooker player from Neath. As an amateur, Newbury won the 1979 National Pairs Championship (with Cliff Wilson), and the 1980 Welsh Amateur Championship. At the 1980 World Amateur Snooker Championship, he was eliminated by Jimmy White in the quarter-finals. Newbury turned professional in 1984. He was runner-up in the 1987 Welsh Professional Championship, defeated 7-9 by Doug Mountjoy; and reached the semi-finals of the 1988 Classic, losing 2–9 to Steve Davis Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a commentator, musician, DJ, and author. He is best known for dominating professional snooker during the 1980s, when he reached eight World S .... He reached a high ranking of 19th in 1989/1990. References External linksProfile on globalsnooker.co.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Newbury, Steve 1956 births Living people Welsh snooker players Snooker playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Griffiths
Terence Martin Griffiths (born 16 October 1947) is a Welsh retired professional snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. In his second professional tournament, he became world champion when he won the 1979 World Snooker Championship. He was the second qualifier to win the title after Alex Higgins achieved the feat in 1972; only Shaun Murphy has done it since, winning the title in 2005. Griffiths defeated Dennis Taylor by 24 to 16 in the final. Nine years later, in 1988, Griffiths reached the final of the competition again. He was tied with Steve Davis at 8–8, but lost the match 11–18. Griffiths reached at least the quarter-finals of the World Championship for nine consecutive years from 1984 to 1992. He also won the Masters in 1980 and the UK Championship in 1982, making him one of the players to have completed snooker's Triple Crown. He was runner-up at the Masters three times, and reached the final of the 1989 European Open where he lost the to John P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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