Incumbent champion Robert Fahey defended his title against Wayne Davies seven sets to one in a repeat of the 1994 and 1995 challenges.

[1] As the defending champion, Robert Fahey automatically qualified to the World Championship Challenge.

To qualify to challenge for the World Championship, players needed to win one of the four National Opens in the 1995 season.

Three players qualified to challenge Fahey:[2] Davies was a former World Champion, having held the title on four occasions between 1987 and 1993.

He unsuccessfully challenged the 1995 World Championship, also in Hobart, retiring with a back injury on the eve of the third day.

Having elected to challenge in Hobart for the last two Championships, Fahey instead nominated the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club.

The three qualified players played a series of Eliminators for the right to challenge Fahey across late February and early March 1995.

Gooding suffered a heavy fall from sweat on the floor in the final set of the second day, taking a short timeout.

[4] Fahey started the match at a very high tempo, serving exclusively [[Real tennis#Service]|railroads]] and hitting with great power and accuracy at the targets.

Davies changed tactics on the second day, switching from his slower railroad to a mixture of bobbles and boomerangs.