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1996 Grand Prix (snooker)
The 1996 Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16–27 October 1996 at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. __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 Final Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries * 145 Matthew Stevens * 135, 132, 104 Alfie Burden * 128 David Gray * 121 Danny Lathouwers * 117 Richy McDonald * 116 Tai Pichit * 114, 110 Simon Bedford * 110, 101 Ian McCulloch * 109 Dylan Leary * 109 Suriya Suwannasingh * 105 Robert Milkins * 100 Johl Younger Televised stage centuries * 138, 100 Mark Williams * 133, 100, 106, 102 Euan Henderson * 133 Tony Drago * 131, 130, 129 James Wattana * 131, 113 Ronnie O'Sullivan * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Open (snooker)
The World Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament. Throughout its history, the tournament has undergone numerous revamps and name changes. It started out in 1982 as the ''Professional Players Tournament'', but for most of the 1980s and 1990s it was known as the ''Grand Prix''. It was renamed the '' LG Cup'' from 2001 to 2003 before reverting to the ''Grand Prix'' until 2010. Since then it has been known as the ''World Open''. During 2006 and 2007, it was played in a unique round-robin format, more similar to association football and rugby tournaments than the knock-out systems usually played in snooker. The knock-out format returned in 2008 with an FA Cup-style draw. The random draw was abandoned after the 2010 edition. Judd Trump is the defending champion. History The tournament was created in 1982 as the Professional Players Tournament by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, in order to provide another ranking event. Previously, only the World Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve James (snooker Player)
Stephen James (born 2 May 1961)White, Jason (2002) "Steve James: Crucible or bust for James; Last act beckons in great entertainer's compelling snooker tale", ''Sports Argus'', 26 January 2002, (confirms May 1961) is an English retired professional snooker player. Career A former postman, the high point of his career was his sole ranking title – the Classic in 1990, beating Australian Warren King 10–6 in the final. His world ranking peaked at number seven the following season, the best of his five seasons in the top sixteen."Booze nightmare for snooker star who blew fortune", '' Sunday Mercury'', 28 June 1998 On 14 April 1990, in his match against Alex Higgins at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield, James became the first player to produce a 16-red total clearance in competitive play. In other words, he potted 16 reds and 16 colours consecutively, followed by all the coloured balls in order: a situation that was only possible because he was awarded a free ball be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dene O'Kane
Dene O'Kane (born 24 February 1963) is a former professional snooker player from Auckland, New Zealand. Career O'Kane won the 1980 New Zealand Amateur Championship, and represented New Zealand at the 1982 IBSF World Snooker Championship, winning six of his nine group matches, but failing to qualify on difference. He turned professional in 1984, In his first professional tournament, the 1984 International Open, he won four qualifying matches, 5–2 against Maurice Parkin, 5–1 against Eddie McLaughlin, 5–4 against Jack Fitzmaurice and 5–4 against Mike Hallett, before losing 3–5 to Willie Thorne. Also in his debut season, he reached the quarter-finals of the 1985 British Open, and progressing through the qualifying rounds with four wins and a walkover, reached the last 32 of the 1985 World Snooker Championship, losing 4–10 to David Taylor. He reached the quarter-finals of the World Championships in 1987 and 1992. He reached the final stages (last 32 or better) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver King (snooker Player)
Oliver King (29 August 1503) was a Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Bath and Wells who restored Bath Abbey after 1500. Early life King was educated at Eton, where he was a king's scholar, and King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated Master of Arts by 1456/57, was a Fellow of King's and served as junior proctor of the university in 1459–1460. He became a priest then studied civil law at the University of Orléans as well as at Cambridge, graduating as doctor of Civil Law. Career In 1466 King was appointed Rector of Broughton, Hampshire, and in 1473 Warden of St John's Hospital, Dorchester. Under the new regime of Edward IV of England he was appointed Clerk of the Signet in 1473, in 1475 was sent as ambassador to the Duke of Brittany. On 18 March 1476, Oliver King Master of the seven liberal Arts and Licentiate in Laws, became the king's 'first and principal Secretary' for the French tongue for life, and succeeded William Hatteclyffe as king's secretary in 1480.; and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Bond
Nigel Bond (born 15 November 1965) is an English former professional snooker player. Bond competed on the main tour from 1989 to 2022, and was ranked within the world's top 16 players between 1992 and 1999, peaking at 5th for the 1996–97 season. He reached the final of the World Championship in 1995, where he lost 9–18 to Stephen Hendry. He won the 1996 British Open, defeating John Higgins 9–8. Having reached three other ranking tournament finals, Bond won the 2011 Snooker Shoot-Out and, in 2012, defeated Tony Chappel to win the World Seniors Championship. He fell off the tour following his loss to Lukas Kleckers in the first qualifying round for the World Championship in 2022, and subsequently announced his retirement. Career Bond was born in Darley Dale, Derbyshire. After a strong amateur career, Bond turned professional for the 1989–1990 season. He reached his first ranking semi-final in his first season, and his first final in his second season, but his career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Ponting
Gary Ponting (born 17 January 1975) is an English former professional snooker player. Career Ponting was born in 1975, and turned professional in 1993. He reached the last 32 of the 1994 World Championship, losing 2–10 to Willie Thorne, and the same stage of the 1996 Thailand Open, where Peter Ebdon defeated him 5–0. Further progress to the last 16 of another four ranking events followed, notably at the 1998 UK Championship, where he made five century breaks including the highest of his career, a 138. Ponting reached a career-high ranking of 49th for the 1999/2000 season, retaining his top-64 place until the start of the 2002/2003 season. However, having suffered a loss of form, Ponting entered only one tournament after this, the 2003 World Championship, where he lost 1–10 in qualifying to India's Manan Chandra Manan Chandra (born 28 February 1981 in New Delhi) is an Indian amateur snooker and pool player. Chandra reached the semi-final at the 2006 IBSF ... [...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] |
Nick Pearce
Nicholas Pearce, known as Nick Pearce (born 25 January 1967) is an English former professional snooker player. Career Pearce was born in 1967, and first attracted public attention at the age of sixteen when he appeared on ''Junior Pot Black'' in 1983, defeated by fourteen-year-old Stephen Hendry 70–23 in the quarter-finals. Pearce turned professional in 1992, and won nine of his first eleven matches; however, the open nature of the tour at that time was such that these were played in his first two tournaments, and he reached only the last 96 at the 1992 Grand Prix. There, he faced veteran Welshman Cliff Wilson and made his first competitive century break, an effort of 100, but was defeated 4–5. The following several years were barren, but in the 1995/1996 season, Pearce reached the last 48 at the 1995 Thailand Open, and the semi-final - a career-best - at the 1996 International Open. In the former, he defeated five opponents including Robin Hull, Tony Jones and the you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Finbow
David Finbow (born 27 February 1968) is an English former professional snooker player from Worcester. Career In his career, he managed to beat players such as Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ken Doherty and James Wattana. Originally a soccer player, he was introduced to snooker by a neighbourhood friend. He attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute in Toronto for high school, where he became a star in his new sport for the Bulldogs, who began dominating the Toronto league in 1978. Throughout his career he reached five quarter-finals in ranking tournaments, as well as the last 16 of many events and he once looked as if he could get into the top 16 of the world rankings. However, his results in tournaments suffered, which was partly due to suffering from anxiety attacks which caused him to feel nauseated and unable to concentrate in a match. Finbow could not find a cure, and despite taking prescribed medication and trying a number of solutions it did not cure his anxiety attacks completely. After be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noppadon Noppachorn
Noppadon Noppachorn ( th, นพดล นภจร; born 24 February 1968) is a former professional snooker player from Thailand who played a number of matches on the world snooker tour between 1992 and 2002. He played as part of the 1996 Snooker World Cup Thailand team with fellow professionals James Wattana and Tai Pichit. 3 times Noppachorn reached the final 32 of professional tournaments. At the 1997 Welsh Open Noppachorn defeated David Finbow in the round of 64 before losing to Tony Drago. He reached the last 32 of the 1999 Grand Prix. Qualifying with wins over Sean Storey, and David Gray and then defeating Jamie Burnett 5-2 before losing to second seed Stephen Hendry. Then, at the 2001 Welsh Open his run to the last 32 was ended by future world champion Peter Ebdon. Non-ranking finals: 3 (3 titles) * WPBSA Minor Tour – Event 2 – 1995 * Pakistan Masters – 1996 * Thailand Masters The Thailand Masters was a professional snooker tournament. Previously kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Wilkinson (snooker Player)
Gary Wilkinson (born 7 April 1966) is an English former professional snooker player. Career Wilkinson turned professional in 1987. In 1988, he won the non-ranking WPBSA Invitation Event beating Alex Higgins 5–4 in the final. He climbed the rankings to reach the no. 5 spot in the world within four seasons. One of his career highlights was at the 1989 UK Championship, where he led John Parrott 7–0 and 8–1 in their Last 16 match before falling over the line at 9–6, then whitewashing Jimmy White 9–0 in the quarter finals, and then leading world number 1 Steve Davis 4–0, 6–2 and 8–7 in the semi finals, before Wilkinson misread the score thinking that Davis didn't need snookers and went for a risky shot. It proved costly as Davis came back to get the snookers he needed, win that frame and then the deciding frame as Davis won 9–8. Wilkinson failed to sustain his late 1980s and early 1990s results and has never won a ranking tournament, losing in the final of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Davies (snooker Player)
Paul Davies (born 22 June 1970) is a Welsh former professional snooker player who lives in Cardiff. He turned professional in 1991. Initially based in Hampshire, Davies began his career in which he was mentored by a local amateur snooker player by the name of Bert Garland who died in 1996. Paul now owns his snooker cue. Career He made an immediate impact, reaching two semi-finals in his first 3 seasons – the 1991 Dubai Classic and the 1993 Asian Open, losing to the eventual champions (John Parrott and Dave Harold) in each case. However he has never gone this far in a ranking event again. He has never qualified for the World Championship, losing in the final qualifying round four times. In 1997 he was runner up to Andy Hicks in the Benson and Hedges Qualifying, losing 6–9 in the final, denying him a place at the wildcard stage at Wembley. He reached the quarter-Finals of the 1997 Welsh Open with wins over Dave Harold, Chris Small and Ken Doherty before Mark Williams ended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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