| Tournament Name: | Grand Prix |
| Venue: | Bournemouth International Centre |
| Location: | Bournemouth |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £330,000 |
| Winners Share: | £60,000 |
| Highest Break: | (138) |
| Score: | 9–5 |
| Previous: | 1995 |
| Next: | 1997 |
The 1996 Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16–27 October 1996 at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England.[1]
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The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1] 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
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, England, 27 October 1996. | |||
| Mark Williams (16) | 9–5 | Euan Henderson (62) | |
| Afternoon: 47–76, 57–22, 34–79 (54), 66–43, 75–55 (Henderson 55), 0–64 (58), 3–66, 10–69 (60) Evening: 72–55, 20–98 (55), 56–63 (Williams 56, Henderson 53), 71–64 (Williams 51), 8–100 (87), 0–117 (73) | |||
| 56 | Highest break | 87 | |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 | |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 8 | |