1995 German Open (snooker)

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 the first ranking event held in Germany. John Higgins won the inaugural event defeating Ken Doherty 9–3 in the final.

1995 German Open
Tournament information
Dates3–10 December 1995 (1995-12-03 1995-12-10)
VenueMesse Frankfurt
CityFrankfurt
CountryGermany
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Winner's share£40,000
Highest break John Higgins (SCO) (139)
Final
Champion John Higgins (SCO)
Runner-up Ken Doherty (IRL)
Score9–3
First
1996

Summary

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 advancing to the last-32.[1] 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 3–1 but Hendry then won the next four frames to win the match 5–3.[1]

Three Scots, Stephen Hendry, Alan McManus and John Higgins, won their quarter-final matches and were joined in the semi-finals by Ken Doherty.[1] Hendry led Doherty 3–2 but Doherty then won the next four frames to win the match 6–5. In the other semi-final, Higgins beat McManus in the deciding frame after a break of 58.[1] The final was level at three frame each before Higgins won the next six frames to win 9–3 and take the first prize of £40,000.[1] Higgins made a break of 139 in the 11th frame of the final to win the high break prize of £5,000.[1]

Wildcard round

The four lowest ranked qualifiers played four continental players, three from Germany and one from Belgium.[1]

MatchScore
WC1 Dave Finbow (ENG)5–1 Yvan van Velthoven (BEL)
WC2 Mark King (ENG)5–0 Dieter Johns (GER)
WC3 Chris Small (SCO)5–0 Thomas Schweser (GER)
WC4 Yasin Merchant (IND)5–0 Peter Wagner (GER)

Main draw

[2][1]

Last 32
Best of 9 frames
Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
               
1  Stephen Hendry (SCO) 5
 Joe Swail (NIR) 2
1 Scotland Stephen Hendry 5
14 Malta Tony Drago 3
14  Tony Drago (MLT) 5
 Mick Price (ENG) 1
1 Scotland Stephen Hendry 5
England Rod Lawler 3
15  Terry Griffiths (WAL) 0
 Rod Lawler (ENG) 5
England Rod Lawler 5
5 Thailand James Wattana 2
5  James Wattana (THA) 5
 Gary Wilkinson (ENG) 3
1 Scotland Stephen Hendry 3
9 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 6
7  Jimmy White (ENG) 3
 Steve James (ENG) 5
  England Steve James 3
Wales Mark Bennett 5
13  Dave Harold (ENG) 1
 Mark Bennett (WAL) 5
Wales Mark Bennett 2
9 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
9  Ken Doherty (IRL) 5
 Dean Reynolds (ENG) 3
9 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
4 England John Parrott 4
4  John Parrott (ENG) 5
 Martin Clark (ENG) 2
9 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 3
11 Scotland John Higgins 9
3  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 3
 Mark King (ENG) 5
England Mark King 3
11 Scotland John Higgins 5
11  John Higgins (SCO) 5
 Chris Small (SCO) 2
11 Scotland John Higgins 5
8 Wales Darren Morgan 4
12  Nigel Bond (ENG) 5
 Willie Thorne (ENG) 0
12 England Nigel Bond 1
8 Wales Darren Morgan 5
8  Darren Morgan (WAL) 5
 Billy Snaddon (SCO) 4
11 Scotland John Higgins 6
6 Scotland Alan McManus 5
6  Alan McManus (SCO) 5
 Mark Williams (WAL) 1
6 Scotland Alan McManus 5
10 England Peter Ebdon 4
10  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 5
 Yasin Merchant (IND) 1
6 Scotland Alan McManus 5
16 England David Roe 3
16  David Roe (ENG) 5
 Neal Foulds (ENG) 3
16 England David Roe 5
England Steve Davis 4
2  Steve Davis (ENG) 5
 Dave Finbow (ENG) 1

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames.
Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, 10 December 1995.[1]
Ken Doherty (9)
 Ireland
3–9 John Higgins (11)
 Scotland
106–16 (105), 0–112 (70), 0–97 (97), 50–64 (50 Doherty), 55–8, 80–45 (80), 0–66, 10–73 (50), 42–77, 39–90 (50), 0–143 (139), 52–82
105 Highest break 139
1 Century breaks 1
5 50+ breaks 3

References

  1. "German Open 1995". Snooker.org. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. "German Open". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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