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tournament that took place at the

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, 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

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, and Ebdon himself made one in the qualifying stage in

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, but neither were televised. Hendry also cleared a 146 in the last frame of the final to win 10–3 against Ebdon. __TOC__

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

1st Round Best of 17 frames Stephen Hendry 9–3 Jamie Burnett Anthony Hamilton 9–3 Stuart Pettman Terry Griffiths 9–3

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Gary Wilkinson 9–4 Jason Prince Ken Doherty 9–8 Drew Henry Jason Ferguson 9–6

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Darren Morgan 9–3

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Dennis Taylor 9–2 Jimmy Michie Tony Drago 9–1 Tony Jones Mark Williams 9–6

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John Parrott 9–2

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Willie Thorne 9–6 Tony Meo John Higgins 9–3 Mark King

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9–4

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Jimmy White 9–5 Matt Wilson

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9–6 Brian Morgan Peter Ebdon 9–7 Barry Pinches Matthew Stevens 9–4 Steve James Stephen Lee 9–6 Steve Davis Neal Foulds 9–5 Doug Mountjoy Nigel Bond 9–3 Surinder Gill Tony Knowles 9–7 Jon Birch Paul Hunter 9–4 Alan McManus Wayne Jones 9–5 Dean Reynolds James Wattana 9–4

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Dene O'Kane 9–4

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Andy Hicks 9–5 Gerard Greene Mark Bennett 9–7 Dave Harold

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9–4 Martin Clark Chris Small 9–7 David Roe Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–3

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Paul Davies 9–6 Mick Price 2nd Round Best of 17 frames Stephen Hendry 9–3 Anthony Hamilton Gary Wilkinson 9–3 Terry Griffiths Ken Doherty 9–4 Jason Ferguson Dennis Taylor 9–8 Darren Morgan Mark Williams 9–7 Tony Drago John Parrott 9–3 Willie Thorne John Higgins 9–1

Jimmy White 9–4

Peter Ebdon 9–6 Matthew Stevens Stephen Lee 9–7 Neal Foulds Nigel Bond 9–4 Tony Knowles Wayne Jones 9–6 Paul Hunter James Wattana 9–6 Dene O'Kane Andy Hicks 9–7 Mark Bennett Chris Small 9–2

Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–4 Paul Davies

Final

Century breaks

Breaks shown in bold were made on the television stages. *

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, 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

* 107, 103 Peter Ebdon * 106, 101 Chris Small * 105 Steve James * 104, 103 Drew Henry * 104 Tai Pichit * 102 Brian Morgan * 101 Martin Clark

References

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