The 1996 Regal Welsh Open was a professional

ranking A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than" or "ranked equal to" the second. In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of ...

snooker tournament that took place between 27 January–3 February 1996 at the Newport Leisure Centre in Newport,

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was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to

Drew Henry Drew Henry (born 24 November 1968) is a Scottish former professional snooker player, who spent five consecutive seasons of his career in the top 32 of the rankings, peaking at No. 18. Career A strong amateur, Henry won the 1988 Scottish Amateur ...

. Mark Williams defeated

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9–3 in the final to win his first ranking title. __TOC__

Main draw

References

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