Fahey had won the previous challenge against Wayne Davies in a multi-stage match across Hobart and New York.

Snow previously participated in the Eliminators for the 1993 Real Tennis World Championship but lost to Deuchar.

Having defeated Wayne Davies in the 1994 Real Tennis World Championship, Robert Fahey as the incumbent was permitted to chose the time and place of the Challenge.

The four qualified players played a series of Eliminator matches for the right to challenge Fahey in Hobart.

The two British players, Snow and Bray, agreed to play their eliminator in England before travelling to Hobart.

The postponement was denied, and Bray comfortably won through the first three sets of the second day before Deuchar retired from the match.

Bray met former World Champion Wayne Davies in the Final Eliminator, still in Hobart in early April.

The final set started tight, when at 3-all Fahey won two quick games hitting targets.

Fahey won the final set by beating a chase into the galleries, taking a 3 1 lead into the second day.

Fahey responded with nine targets in quick succession at the start of the second set to open up a 4/1 lead, which he would ultimately finish 6/2.

Towards the end of the second set, Davies sustained a back injury, which he received treatment, but it hampered his movement for the remainder of the match.

Davies showed a little resistance at the start of the fourth set, but Fahey finished the day with a 6–2 lead.