1995 Masters (snooker)


The 1995 Masters is a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5 and 12 February 1995 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.
The wild-card players were John Higgins, who had won the 1994 Grand Prix, and Mark Williams, who won the 1994 Benson & Hedges Championship. Both of them were 19 years old. Higgins went on to reach the final.
Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Higgins 9–3 in the final to become the youngest ever Masters champion aged 19 years and 69 days. This still remains a record. Stephen Hendry meanwhile failed to make the final for the first time in his Masters career, losing to Peter Ebdon 3–5 in the quarter-finals.

Field

was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Mark Williams, and John Higgins, who was the wild-card selection. Tony Drago, John Higgins, Joe Swail and Mark Williams were making their debuts in the Masters.

Wild-card round

In the preliminary round the wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:
MatchDateScore
WC1Monday 6 February Willie Thorne 0–5 Mark Williams
WC2Sunday 5 February Tony Drago 3–5 John Higgins

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1994 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.

Century breaks

Total: 13
Tony Drago's century and John Higgins's 106 were scored in the wild-card round.