The 1995 Regal

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was a professional non-

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tournament that took place between 19 and 24 September 1995 at the

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, Scotland.

Ken Doherty Kenneth Joseph Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player who also works as a commentator and pundit on televised snooker broadcasts. From Ranelagh in Dublin, he is the sport's only World Snooker Championship, wor ...

was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals to

Peter Ebdon Peter David Ebdon (born 27 August 1970) is an English retired professional snooker player who is a former world champion and current coach. Ebdon won nine ranking titles during his career, placing him in joint 14th position (with John Parrott ...

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defeated Ebdon in the final, to win his third Scottish Masters title.

Prize Fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Winner: £54,000 *Runner-up: £27,000 *Semi-final: £14,000 *Quarter-final: £8,000 *Round 1: £4,500 *High break: £5,000 *Total: £165,000

Main draw

Qualifying Event

Qualifying for the tournament was held on 17 September 1995 at the Masters Club in

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after the late withdrawal of

James Wattana James Wattana (; born January 17, 1970, as วัฒนา ภู่โอบอ้อม ''Wattana Pu-Ob-Orm'', then renamed รัชพล ภู่โอบอ้อม ''Ratchapol Pu-Ob-Orm'' in 2003) is a Thai former professional snooker pl ...

from the main event for personal reasons.

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won the four-man playoff and earned the final spot for the event by defeating the

1992 Scottish Masters The 1992 Regal Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23 and 27 September 1992 at the Motherwell Civic Centre in Motherwell, Scotland. Neal Foulds won the tournament by defeating Gary Wilkin ...

champion

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and the 1995 World Championship semi-finalist

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. All matches were played to the best-of-nine frames and players in bold indicate match winners.

Century breaks

* 136, 129, 116, 104, 100

* 121, 114, 112, 102

* 106

References

{{Snooker season 1995/1996

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