# 1995 UK Championship

The 1995 UK Championship (officially the 1995 Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 17 November 1995 and the televised stages were shown on the BBC between 25 November and 3 December 1995.
Stephen Hendry won his fourth UK title by defeating Peter Ebdon 10–3. Hendry also made the first maximum break in the televised stage of the UK Championship, against Gary Wilkinson. Willie Thorne had made one in 1987, and Ebdon himself made one in the qualifying stage in 1992, but neither were televised. Hendry also cleared a 146 in the last frame of the final to win 10–3 against Ebdon.

## Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
* Winner: £60,000
* Runner-up: £32,000
* Semi-final: £16,000
* Quarter-finalists: £9,050
* Last 16: £4,550
* Last 32: £2,600
* Last 64: £1,900

## Main draw
### Top half

| Round 1 (Last 64) Best of 17 frames | Round 1 (Last 64) Best of 17 frames | Round 2 (Last 32) Best of 17 frames | Round 2 (Last 32) Best of 17 frames | Round 3 (Last 16) Best of 17 frames | Round 3 (Last 16) Best of 17 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames |
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | | | | | | |
| Jamie Burnett | 3 | | | | | | |
| Jamie Burnett | 3 | Stephen Hendry | 9 | | | | |
| | | Anthony Hamilton | 3 | | | | |
| Anthony Hamilton | 9 | Anthony Hamilton | 3 | | | | |
| Stuart Pettman | 3 | | | | | | |
| Stuart Pettman | 3 | | | Stephen Hendry | 9 | | |
| | | | | Gary Wilkinson | 2 | | |
| Terry Griffiths | 9 | | | Gary Wilkinson | 2 | | |
| Dylan Leary | 3 | | | | | | |
| Dylan Leary | 3 | Terry Griffiths | 3 | | | | |
| | | Gary Wilkinson | 9 | | | | |
| Gary Wilkinson | 9 | Gary Wilkinson | 9 | | | | |
| Jason Prince | 4 | | | | | | |
| Jason Prince | 4 | | | | | Stephen Hendry | 9 |
| | | | | | | Ken Doherty | 3 |
| Jason Ferguson | 9 | | | | | Ken Doherty | 3 |
| Karl Broughton | 6 | | | | | | |
| Karl Broughton | 6 | Jason Ferguson | 4 | | | | |
| | | Ken Doherty | 9 | | | | |
| Ken Doherty | 9 | Ken Doherty | 9 | | | | |
| Drew Henry | 8 | | | | | | |
| Drew Henry | 8 | | | Ken Doherty | 9 | | |
| | | | | Dennis Taylor | 1 | | |
| Dennis Taylor | 9 | | | Dennis Taylor | 1 | | |
| Jimmy Michie | 2 | | | | | | |
| Jimmy Michie | 2 | Dennis Taylor | 9 | | | | |
| | | Darren Morgan | 8 | | | | |
| Darren Morgan | 9 | Darren Morgan | 8 | | | | |
| David Finbow | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| David Finbow | 3 | | | | | | | Stephen Hendry | 9 |
| | | | | | | | | John Higgins | 1 |
| Jimmy White | 9 | | | | | | | John Higgins | 1 |
| Matt Wilson | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Matt Wilson | 5 | Jimmy White | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | Stuart Reardon | 4 | | | | | | |
| Brian Morgan | 6 | Stuart Reardon | 4 | | | | | | |
| Stuart Reardon | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| Stuart Reardon | 9 | | | Jimmy White | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | John Higgins | 9 | | | | |
| John Higgins | 9 | | | John Higgins | 9 | | | | |
| Mark King | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Mark King | 3 | John Higgins | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | Alain Robidoux | 1 | | | | | | |
| Alain Robidoux | 9 | Alain Robidoux | 1 | | | | | | |
| Karl Payne | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Karl Payne | 4 | | | | | John Higgins | 9 | | |
| | | | | | | Mark Williams | 6 |
| Joe Swail | 6 | | | | | Mark Williams | 6 |
| Mark Williams | 9 | | | | | | |
| Mark Williams | 9 | Mark Williams | 9 | | | | |
| | | Tony Drago | 7 | | | | |
| Tony Drago | 9 | Tony Drago | 7 | | | | |
| Tony Jones | 1 | | | | | | |
| Tony Jones | 1 | | | Mark Williams | 9 | | |
| | | | | John Parrott | 6 | | |
| Willie Thorne | 9 | | | John Parrott | 6 | | |
| Tony Meo | 6 | | | | | | |
| Tony Meo | 6 | Willie Thorne | 3 | | | | |
| | | John Parrott | 9 | | | | |
| John Parrott | 9 | John Parrott | 9 | | | | |
| Jamie Woodman | 2 | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round 1 (Last 64) Best of 17 frames | Round 1 (Last 64) Best of 17 frames | Round 2 (Last 32) Best of 17 frames | Round 2 (Last 32) Best of 17 frames | Round 3 (Last 16) Best of 17 frames | Round 3 (Last 16) Best of 17 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 | | | | | | |
| Steve Meakin | 3 | | | | | | |
| Steve Meakin | 3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 | | | | |
| | | Paul Davies | 4 | | | | |
| Mick Price | 6 | Paul Davies | 4 | | | | |
| Paul Davies | 9 | | | | | | |
| Paul Davies | 9 | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 | | |
| | | | | Chris Small | 2 | | |
| David Roe | 7 | | | Chris Small | 2 | | |
| Chris Small | 9 | | | | | | |
| Chris Small | 9 | Chris Small | 9 | | | | |
| | | Mark Flowerdew | 2 | | | | |
| Martin Clark | 4 | Mark Flowerdew | 2 | | | | |
| Mark Flowerdew | 9 | | | | | | |
| Mark Flowerdew | 9 | | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 7 |
| | | | | | | Andy Hicks | 9 |
| Andy Hicks | 9 | | | | | Andy Hicks | 9 |
| Gerard Greene | 5 | | | | | | |
| Gerard Greene | 5 | Andy Hicks | 9 | | | | |
| | | Mark Bennett | 7 | | | | |
| Dave Harold | 7 | Mark Bennett | 7 | | | | |
| Mark Bennett | 9 | | | | | | |
| Mark Bennett | 9 | | | Andy Hicks | 9 | | |
| | | | | James Wattana | 8 | | |
| Dene O'Kane | 9 | | | James Wattana | 8 | | |
| Mark Johnston-Allen | 4 | | | | | | |
| Mark Johnston-Allen | 4 | Dene O'Kane | 6 | | | | |
| | | James Wattana | 9 | | | | |
| James Wattana | 9 | James Wattana | 9 | | | | |
| Darryn Walker | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Darryn Walker | 4 | | | | | | | Andy Hicks | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | Peter Ebdon | 9 |
| Nigel Bond | 9 | | | | | | | Peter Ebdon | 9 |
| Surinder Gill | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Surinder Gill | 3 | Nigel Bond | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | Tony Knowles | 4 | | | | | | |
| Tony Knowles | 9 | Tony Knowles | 4 | | | | | | |
| Jon Birch | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Jon Birch | 7 | | | Nigel Bond | 9 | | | | |
| | | | | Wayne Jones | 2 | | | | |
| Alan McManus | 4 | | | Wayne Jones | 2 | | | | |
| Paul Hunter | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| Paul Hunter | 9 | Paul Hunter | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | Wayne Jones | 9 | | | | | | |
| Dean Reynolds | 5 | Wayne Jones | 9 | | | | | | |
| Wayne Jones | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| Wayne Jones | 9 | | | | | Nigel Bond | 7 | | |
| | | | | | | Peter Ebdon | 9 |
| Peter Ebdon | 9 | | | | | Peter Ebdon | 9 |
| Barry Pinches | 7 | | | | | | |
| Barry Pinches | 7 | Peter Ebdon | 9 | | | | |
| | | Matthew Stevens | 6 | | | | |
| Steve James | 4 | Matthew Stevens | 6 | | | | |
| Matthew Stevens | 9 | | | | | | |
| Matthew Stevens | 9 | | | Peter Ebdon | 9 | | |
| | | | | Stephen Lee | 5 | | |
| Neal Foulds | 9 | | | Stephen Lee | 5 | | |
| Doug Mountjoy | 5 | | | | | | |
| Doug Mountjoy | 5 | Neal Foulds | 7 | | | | |
| | | Stephen Lee | 9 | | | | |
| Steve Davis | 6 | Stephen Lee | 9 | | | | |
| Stephen Lee | 9 | | | | | | |

### Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Harrison The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 3 December 1995. :
| Stephen Hendry Scotland | 10–3 | Peter Ebdon England |
| First session: 118–0 (118), 83–21, 78–56 (Ebdon 56), 109–32 (79), 12–76 (76), 69–49 (66), 81–51 (69), 69–45 (52), 27–57 Second session: 2–109 (96), 69–27 (59), 77–41, 146–0 (146) |||
| 146 | Highest break | 96 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 3 |

## Century breaks

Breaks shown in bold were made on the television stages.
* 147, 146, 133, 130, 128, 118, 105, 104, 100 – Stephen Hendry
* 144, 106 – Tony Drago
* 143, 109, 106 – Matthew Stevens
* 143 – Darren Guest
* 137, 126, 102, 100 – Andy Hicks
* 135, 108 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
* 135 – John Parrott
* 133 – Barry Pinches
* 129, 108 – Anthony Hamilton
* 127 – Alan McManus
* 126, 123, 108, 101 – John Higgins
* 126, 100 – Stuart Pettman
* 125, 112 – Paul Hunter
* 125 – James Wattana
* 122 – Darren Morgan
* 121 – Neal Foulds
* 118 – Mick Price
* 115 – Jimmy White
* 113 – Ken Doherty
* 112, 105 – Nick Pearce
* 111 – Mark Flowerdew
* 107, 103 – Peter Ebdon
* 106, 101 – Chris Small
* 105 – Steve James
* 104, 103 – Drew Henry
* 104 – Tai Pichit
* 102 – Brian Morgan
* 101 – Martin Clark