1996 UK Championship
The 1996 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 15 November 1996 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 23 November and 1 December 1996.
Stephen Hendry won his third UK Championship in a row and fifth overall by defeating John Higgins 10–9 in the final. Hendry also made the highest break of the tournament with 140.
Tony Drago made the fastest century break in a ranking event with a time of 3 minutes 31 seconds.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner £70,000
- Runner-up £37,000
- Highest break £5,000
Main draw
1st Round Best of 17 frames
Stephen Hendry 9–6 Dominic Dale
Robert Milkins 9–3 Neal Foulds
David Gray 9–6 Dave Harold
Anthony Hamilton 9–3 Quinten Hann
James Wattana 9–3 Jon Birch
Paul Hunter 9–0 Willie Thorne
Terry Murphy 9–7 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Mick Price 9–6 Eddie Manning
Alan McManus 9–6 Ian Sargeant
Gary Wilkinson 9–2 Brian Morgan
Billy Snaddon 9–6 Darren Morgan
Rod Lawler 9–5 Darren Clarke
Tai Pichit 9–7 Jimmy White
Joe Johnson 9–8 Dene O'Kane
John Parrott 9–4 Noppadon Noppachorn
Martin Clark 9–6 Tony Jones
Karl Broughton 9–8 Peter Ebdon
Chris Small 9–4 David Roe
Alain Robidoux 9–7 Jason Weston
Stephen Lee 9–3 Jason Prince
Steve Davis 9–5 Jamie Burnett
Shokat Ali 9–4 Jason Ferguson
Ken Doherty 9–2 Nick Pearce
Dennis Taylor 9–5 Peter Lines
Nigel Bond 9–0 Paul Wykes
Joe Swail 9–8 Mark King
Mark Williams 9–3 Tony Chappel
Yasin Merchant 9–5 Dave Finbow
Tony Drago 9–4 Alan Burnett
Andy Hicks 9–4 Nick Terry
John Higgins 9–8 Steve Newbury
Marcus Campbell 9–6 Steve James
2nd Round Best of 17 frames
Stephen Hendry 9–5 Robert Milkins
Anthony Hamilton 9–8 David Gray
Paul Hunter 9–5 James Wattana
Terry Murphy 9–6 Mick Price
Alan McManus 9–7 Gary Wilkinson
Billy Snaddon 9–7 Rod Lawler
Joe Johnson 9–6 Tai Pichit
John Parrott 9–8 Martin Clark
Karl Broughton 9–6 Chris Small
Alain Robidoux 9–6 Stephen Lee
Steve Davis 9–7 Shokat Ali
Ken Doherty 9–4 Dennis Taylor
Nigel Bond 9–6 Joe Swail
Mark Williams 9–3 Yasin Merchant
Tony Drago 9–5 Andy Hicks
John Higgins 9–5 Marcus CampbellFinal
Century breaks
- 141, 140 Ken Doherty
- 141, 133, 122, 106, 106, 104 Andy Hicks
- 140, 115, 108, 108, 104, 103, 102 Stephen Hendry
- 138 Darren Clarke
- 136, 118, 105, 100, 100 Paul Hunter
- 135, 132, 109 James Wattana
- 135, 109 John Higgins
- 135, 106 Jason Weston
- 132, 113 Nigel Bond
- 131 Shokat Ali
- 130 Tony Chappel
- 130 Steve Newbury
- 124, 119, 106, 104 Mark Williams
- 122, 103 Tony Drago
- 122, 102 Marcus Campbell
- 116 Karl Broughton
- 115 Tai Pichit
- 111, 100 Anthony Hamilton
- 110 Peter Ebdon
- 110 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 109, 107 David Gray
- 109, 101 John Parrott
- 109 Stephen Lee
- 108 Jonathan Birch
- 105 Joe Johnson
- 104 Gary Wilkinson
- 102, 102, 100 Terry Murphy
- 102 Tony Jones
- 102 Billy Snaddon
- 101 Quinten Hann
