| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | January 1996 |
| City | Guangzhou |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £11,000 |
| Winner's share | £11,000 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Tony Drago |
| Runner-up |  Steve Davis |
| Score | 6–2 |
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The 1996 Guangzhou Masters was a non-ranking invitational snooker tournament held by the WPBSA, which took place in January 1996. The tournament was played in Guangzhou, China, and featured five professional players - Steve Davis, Peter Ebdon, Tony Drago, David Roe and Guo Hua - alongside three Chinese amateurs - He Ching Yi, Pang Weiguo and Tao Yan.
Drago won the tournament, his second and final professional title, beating Davis 6–2 in the final. All of the amateur players lost their opening matches.
Main draw
| Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 11 frames | ||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 5 | |||||||||||||
 He Ching Yi
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Guo Hua
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Guo Hua
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| David Roe
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Drago
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Tao Yan
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Drago
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Drago
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Pang Weiguo
| 0 | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 168.
- "Drago gains first win over Davis - The Irish Times | HighBeam Research". highbeam.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2018-01-07.