1995 Masters (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5–12 February 1995 |
| Venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £120,000 |
| Highest break | 141 |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Runner-up |
 John Higgins |
| Score | 9–3 |
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The 1995 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5 and 12 February 1995 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.
The wild-card players were John Higgins, who had won the 1994 Grand Prix, and Mark Williams, who won the 1994 Benson & Hedges Championship. Both of them were 19 years old.
Higgins defeated Tony Drago, Darren Morgan, defending champion Alan McManus and Jimmy White, before losing 3–9 against Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final. At the age of 19 years and 69 days O'Sullivan became the youngest Masters champion.[1] Stephen Hendry meanwhile failed to make the final for the first time in his Masters career, losing to Peter Ebdon 3–5 in the quarter-finals.[2]
Field
Defending champion Alan McManus was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Mark Williams (ranked 58), and John Higgins (ranked 51), who was the wild-card selection. Tony Drago, John Higgins, Joe Swail and Mark Williams were making their debuts in the Masters.
Wild-card round
In the preliminary round the wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:[3][4][5][6]
| Match | Date | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Monday 6 February | Willie Thorne (15) |
0–5 |  Mark Williams |
| WC2 | Sunday 5 February |  Tony Drago (16) |
3–5 | John Higgins |
Main draw
| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Alan McManus
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| 13 | David Roe
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| 1 | Alan McManus
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| John Higgins
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| 8 | Darren Morgan
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| John Higgins
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| John Higgins
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| 5 | Jimmy White
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| 5 | Jimmy White
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| 12 |  Joe Swail
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| 5 | Jimmy White
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| 4 |  James Wattana
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| 4 | James Wattana
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| Mark Williams
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| John Higgins
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| 9 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| 3 | Steve Davis
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| 14 | Terry Griffiths
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| 14 | Terry Griffiths
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| 9 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | John Parrott
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| 9 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| 10 | Peter Ebdon
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| 7 |  Ken Doherty
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| 10 | Peter Ebdon
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| 10 | Peter Ebdon
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| 2 | Stephen Hendry
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| 2 | Stephen Hendry
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Nigel Bond
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 12 February 1995.[3][5] | ||
| John Higgins Scotland |
3–9 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (9) England |
| Afternoon: 64–52, 50–63, 9–74 (68), 5–67, 36–65 (53), 0–82 (82), 117–4 (73), 0–82 (55) Evening: 7–88, 91–0 (91), 47–84, 19–73 (57[7]) | ||
| 91 | Highest break | 82 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Qualifying
Mark Williams won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1994 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.[8]
Century breaks
- 141, 112 Stephen Hendry
- 132 Tony Drago
- 131, 129, 103 Peter Ebdon
- 125 Terry Griffiths
- 111, 106, 104 John Higgins
- 104 Darren Morgan
- 104 Alan McManus
- 102 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Tony Drago's century and John Higgins's 106 were scored in the wild-card round.
References
- ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: White becomes Brown". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ↑ Turner, Chris. "The Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- 1 2 3 "1995 Benson & Hedges Masters". Snooker.org. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- 1 2 "1995 Masters Results Grid". Snooker Database. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- 1 2 3 "1995 Benson & Hedges Masters". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 19 November 2005. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- 1 2 "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ "O'Sullivan wins battle of young masters". The Times. 13 February 1995. p. 25.
- ↑ Turner, Chris. "Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ↑ "1995 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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