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Grand Prix 1996

Bournemouth Int. Conference Centre, Bournemouth, England (Oct 16-27, 1996)
Ranking tournament (No.2 of 10)

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Players are English unless stated

Final

Mark J Williams (Wales) 9-5 Euan Henderson (Scotland)

66-8, 9-77, 46-60, 70-15, 101-4, 78-9, 64-53,
72-9, 1-72, 64-31, 22-109, 25-65, 138-0, 71-4
This is Williams' second ranking title following his victory in last year's Regal Welsh Open.

He pockets �60,000 for the win plus another �5,000 for the highest break, a 138 total clearance in the 13th frame.

Henderson can't be too discouraged even though he lost in his first major final. His prize of �32,000 is three times greater than anything he has won in his career.

This is only the second time that a Welshman wins the event. Ray Reardon was the first, in the very first edition in 1982. A list of all the finals is available.

Semi-finals

Mark J Williams (Wales) 6-1 John Parrott

75-26, 105-32, 103-19, 124-1, 34-78, 77-54, 78-16


Euan Henderson (Scotland)  6-3 Mark Bennett (Wales)

19-71, 0-83, 92-1, 71-41, 101-2, 40-57, 75-8, 83-0, 95-8.

Quarter-finals

Mark J Williams (Wales)   5-3 Alain Robidoux (Canada)
John Parrott              5-3 James Wattana (Thailand)
Mark Bennett (Wales)      5-1 Tony Drago (Malta)
Euan Henderson (Scotland) 5-4 Tony Jones

Third round

Mark J Williams (Wales)   5-3 Mark King
Alain Robidoux (Canada)   5-0 Nick Pearce
James Wattana (Thailand)  5-2 Billy Snaddon (Scotland)
John Parrott              5-0 Darren Morgan (Wales)
Mark Bennett (Wales)      5-3 Steve Davis
Tony Drago (Malta)        5-3 Ken Doherty (Ireland)
Euan Henderson (Scotland) 5-3 Anthony Hamilton
Tony Jones                5-3 John Higgins (Scotland)

This will be Drago's ninth ranking quarter-final. Will he finally reach the semis this time?

Second round

Mark King                 5-0 Matthew Stevens (Wales)
Mark J Williams (Wales)   5-2 Steve James
Alain Robidoux (Canada)   5-3 Gary Wilkinson
Nick Pearce               5-1 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Billy Snaddon (Scotland)  5-3 Oliver King
James Wattana (Thailand)  5-2 Paul McPhillips (Scotland)
Darren Morgan (Wales)     5-3 Mick Price
John Parrott              5-2 Neal Foulds
Mark Bennett (Wales)      5-0 Chris Small (Scotland)
Steve Davis               5-0 Gerard Greene (N.Ireland)
Tony Drago (Malta)        5-1 Wayne Rendle
Ken Doherty (Ireland)     5-2 Martin Clark
Euan Henderson (Scotland) 5-3 Jonathan Birch
Anthony Hamilton          5-4 Fergal O'Brien (Ireland)
Tony Jones                5-1 Sean Storey
John Higgins (Scotland)   5-3 Stephen Lee

First round

Matthew Stevens (Wales)     5-1 Stephen Hendry (Scotland)
Mark King                   5-0 Jason Ferguson
Mark J Williams (Wales)     5-3 Mark Gray          
Steve James                 5-4 Wayne Jones (Wales)
Alain Robidoux (Canada)     5-1 Paul Davies (Wales)
Gary Wilkinson              5-1 Noppadon Noppachorn (Thailand)
Ronnie O'Sullivan           5-1 Gary Ponting          
Nick Pearce                 5-3 Dave Finbow
Oliver King                 5-1 Nigel Bond
Billy Snaddon (Scotland)    5-4 Dene O'Kane (New Zealand)
James Wattana (Thailand)    5-4 Graeme Dott (Scotland)
Paul McPhillips (Scotland)  5-3 Andy Hicks
Darren Morgan (Wales)       5-1 Karl Broughton          
Mick Price                  5-4 Jason Price (N.Ireland)
John Parrott                5-4 Joe Johnson          
Neal Foulds                 5-2 Mark Davis          
Mark Bennett (Wales)        5-3 Peter Ebdon
Chris Small (Scotland)      5-4 Paul Hunter          
Steve Davis                 5-2 John Giles          
Gerard Greene (N.Ireland)   5-2 Willie Thorne
Tony Drago (Malta)          5-1 Andrew Cairns          
Wayne Rendle                5-2 Rod Lawler
Ken Doherty (Ireland)       5-1 Wayne Brown          
Martin Clark                5-0 Robin Hull (Finland)
Jonathan Birch              5-2 Alan McManus (Scotland)
Euan Henderson (Scotland)   5-0 Joe Swail (N.Ireland)
Fergal O'Brien (Ireland)    5-4 Dave Harold
Anthony Hamilton            5-4 Nick Walker          
Tony Jones                  5-1 Jimmy White
Sean Storey                 5-3 Dennis Taylor (N.Ireland)
John Higgins (Scotland)     5-3 Jamie Burnett (Scotland)
Stephen Lee                 5-3 Steve Judd          

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