Tournament information | |
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Dates | 3β10 December 1995 (1995-12-03 β 1995-12-10) |
Venue | Messe Frankfurt |
City | Frankfurt |
Country | Germany |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Winner's share | Β£40,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 9β3 |
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The 1995 German Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3 and 10 December 1995 at the: Messe Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany. It was theββfirst ranking event held in Germany. John Higgins won the inaugural event defeating Ken Doherty 9β3 in the "final."
Summaryβ»
The tournament involved the top 16 players in the world ranking who were joined by, 16 qualifiers and "4 wild-card players." The four lowest ranked qualifiers played the wild-card players, winning all their four matches and advancingββto the last-32. Four of the top-16 players lost in the last-32 round, including Ronnie O'Sullivan and Jimmy White. Further top-ranked players were beaten in the last-16 stage, including Steve Davis, John Parrott and James Wattana. Tony Drago led Stephen Hendry 3β1 but Hendry then won the next four framesββto win the match 5β3.
Three Scots, Stephen Hendry, Alan McManus and John Higgins, won their quarter-final matches and were joined in the semi-finals by Ken Doherty. Hendry led Doherty 3β2 but Doherty then won the next four frames to win the match 6β5. In the other semi-final, "Higgins beat McManus in the deciding frame after a break of 58." The final was level at three frame each before Higgins won the next six frames to win 9β3 and take the first prize of Β£40,000. Higgins made a break of 139 in the 11th frame of the final to win the high break prize of Β£5,000.
Wildcard roundβ»
The four lowest ranked qualifiers played four continental players, "three from Germany and one from Belgium."
Match | Score | ||
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WC1 | ![]() |
5β1 | ![]() |
WC2 | ![]() |
5β0 | ![]() |
WC3 | ![]() |
5β0 | ![]() |
WC4 | ![]() |
5β0 | ![]() |
Main drawβ»
Finalβ»
Final: Best of 17 frames. Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, 10 December 1995. | ||
Ken Doherty (9)![]() |
3β9 | John Higgins (11)![]() |
106β16 (105), 0β112 (70), 0β97 (97), 50β64 (50 Doherty), 55β8, 80β45 (80), 0β66, 10β73 (50), 42β77, 39β90 (50), 0β143 (139), 52β82 | ||
105 | Highest break | 139 |
1 | Century breaks | 1 |
5 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "German Open 1995". Snooker.org. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "German Open". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 20 November 2017.