The 1996 Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 27 October 1996 at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England.
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 Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England, 27 October 1996. Mark Williams (16) 9–5 Euan Henderson (62)Afternoon: 47–76, 57–22, 34–79 (54), 66–43, 75–55 (Henderson 55), 0–64 (58), 3–66, 10–69 (60)Evening: 72–55, 20–98 (55), 56–63 (Williams 56, Henderson 53), 71–64 (Williams 51), 8–100 (87), 0–117 (73) 56 Highest break 87 0 Century breaks 0 2 50+ breaks 8
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 130 Chris Small 128, 103 John Parrott 125 Andy Hicks 112 John Higgins 107 Fergal O'Brien 106 Nick Pearce 105 Jamie Burnett 101 Gary Wilkinson
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