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The event
The 1996 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 20th April to the 6th May 1996.
Notable Moments
- The first round match between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Alain Robidoux is remembered more for controversy than for play. Robidoux accused O'Sullivan of not showing him due respect by playing left-handed towards the end of the 12th frame, and refused to shake hands with him when the match (which Robidoux lost 3-10) ended. This prompted an outburst from O'Sullivan in which he called Robidoux a baby and claimed that he was better left-handed than Robidoux was right-handed. O'Sullivan later nearly got thrown out of the World Championship before his quarter-final match with John Higgins when a WPBSA disciplinary hearing, convened to investigate a charge of throwing a punch at an official, gave him a two-year tournament ban, suspended for two years, plus a £20,000 fine and another £10,000 to be given to charity. If O'Sullivan had been thrown out, Higgins would have been given a bye into the semi-final.
- Jimmy White beat Euan Henderson 10-9 in the first round. If he had lost, he would have dropped out of the top 16 for the first time in his career. He did lose his place the following year when he lost 9-10 to Anthony Hamilton.
- Terry Griffiths won his first round match for the 14th time in a row since 1983. This is still a record. In 1997 Griffiths lost his first round to Mark Williams, who was playing in the Crucible for the first time, and won his first 10 first-round matches before losing against Joe Swail in 2007. Jimmy White won his first-round match 13 appearances in a row; John Parrott 12 and Stephen Hendry 11 are next.
- The highest breaks by Peter Ebdon and Tony Drago when they each made a 144 was only the second time since 1980 that two players had the joint highest break of the championship. Kirk Stevens and Steve Davis both made a 136 in 1980.
- There were 48 century breaks in the 1996 World Snooker Championship, a new record which would last until 1998.
Prize Money
Winner £200,000
Runner-Up £120,000
Semi-finalists £60,000
Quarter-finalists £30,500
Round Two £16,000
Round One £9,000
Highest TV Break £17,000
Maximum TV Break £147,000
Total £1,200,000
Highest Break
144 Peter Ebdon and Tony Drago (joint)
Results
| Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 5 May & 6 May 1996. Referee: John Williams | ||
 Stephen Hendry |
18-12 | Peter Ebdon  |
| 2-121 (79), 75-42, 34-78 (59), 34-61, 65-51, 18-57, 103-4 (83), 74-39, 60-58, 125-0 (125), 22-81 (68), 70-31 (60), 70-77 (70, 51), 134-0 (55 & 79), 74-0, 82-0, 85-14, 1-75, 86-21 (56), 83-23 (83), 34-89, 0-77 (77), 60-66 (51), 96-0 (57), 54-27, 78-23, 77-25, 1-71, 39-83, 73-16 | 2-121 (79), 75-42, 34-78 (59), 34-61, 65-51, 18-57, 103-4 (83),
74-39, 60-58, 125-0 (125), 22-81 (68), 70-31 (60), 70-77 (70, 51), 134-0 (55 & 79), 74-0, 82-0, 85-14, 1-75, 86-21 (56), 83-23 (83), 34-89, 0-77 (77), 60-66 (51), 96-0 (57), 54-27, 78-23, 77-25, 1-71, 39-83, 73-16 |
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| Stephen Hendry wins the 1996 Embassy World Snooker Championship |
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