The 1995 Skoda Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 29 October 1995 at the Crowtree Centre in Sunderland, England.
Stephen Hendry defeated defending champion John Higgins 9–5 in a rather scrappy final.
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
Top half
Bottom half
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain Crowtree Centre, Sunderland, England, 29 October 1995. John Higgins (1) 5–9 Stephen Hendry (2) Afternoon: 47–76, 57–22, 34–79 (54), 66–43, 75–55 (Higgins 55), 0–64 (58), 3–66, 10–69 (60)Evening: 72–55, 20–98 (55), 56–63 (Higgins 56, Hendry 53), 71–64 (Hendry 51) 8–100 (87), 0–117 (73)56 Highest break870 Century breaks02 50+ breaks8
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries 140 Sam Chong
Televised stage centuries 138, 129, 112, 103, 102 Stephen Hendry 131, 124, 101 John Higgins 128 Tony Drago 124, 123 Anthony Hamilton 115 Martin Clark 115 Alan McManus 109 Willie Thorne 105, 104, 100 Jimmy White 105 Mark Davis 104, 100 Joe Swail 102 Steve Davis 102 Ronnie O'Sullivan 101 Steve James
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