1994 World Snooker Championship

Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates 16 April–2 May 1994
Venue Crucible Theatre
City Sheffield
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £1,068,000
Winner's share £180,000
Highest break Scotland Alan McManus (143)
Final
Champion Scotland Stephen Hendry
Runner-up England Jimmy White
Score 18–17
1993
1995

The 1994 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1994 Embassy World Snooker Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 April and 2 May 1994 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

Stephen Hendry won his fourth world title by defeating Jimmy White 18–17 in the final. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

Overview

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3][4][5]

  • Winner: £180,000
  • Runner-up: £110,000
  • Semi-final: £55,000
  • Quarter-final: £27,500
  • Last 16: £15,000
  • Last 32: £8,500
  • Last 48: £6,000
  • Last 64: £4,000

  • Last 96: £1,750
  • Last 128: £1,000
  • Last 192: £600
  • Stage one highest break: £5,000
  • Stage two highest break: £15,400
  • Stage two maximum break: £100,000
  • Total: £1,068,000

Main draw

Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[3][4][6][7][8]

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 31 frames
                           
16 April            
 Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)  10
21 & 22 April
 England Surinder Gill  1  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)  13
16 & 17 April
   England Dave Harold  2  
 England David Roe (16)  8
26 & 27 April
 England Dave Harold  10  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)  13
17 & 18 April
   England Nigel Bond (9)  8  
 England Nigel Bond (9)  10
22 & 23 April
 Canada Cliff Thorburn  9  
 England Nigel Bond (9)  13
18 & 19 April
   Wales Terry Griffiths (8)  8  
 Wales Terry Griffiths (8)  10
28, 29 & 30 April
 England Mark Davis  7  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)  16
19 April
   England Steve Davis (4)  9
 Thailand James Wattana (5)  10
24 & 25 April
 England Peter Ebdon  6  
 Thailand James Wattana (5)  13
20 & 21 April
   England Brian Morgan  9  
 England Martin Clark (12)  9
26 & 27 April
 England Brian Morgan  10  
 Thailand James Wattana (5)  9
17 & 18 April
   England Steve Davis (4)  13  
 England Steve James (13)  10
23 & 24 April
 England Les Dodd  9  
 England Steve James (13)  3
20 April
   England Steve Davis (4)  13  
 England Steve Davis (4)  10
 New Zealand Dene O'Kane  3  
16 & 17 April            
 England Jimmy White (3)  10
23, 24 & 25 April
 Scotland Billy Snaddon  6  
 England Jimmy White (3)  13
20 & 21 April
   England Neal Foulds (14)  10  
 England Neal Foulds (14)  10
26 & 27 April
 Wales Anthony Davies  7  
 England Jimmy White (3)  13
18 April
   Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty (11)  10  
 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty (11)  10
22 & 23 April
 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins  6  
 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty (11)  13
19 & 20 April
   Scotland Alan McManus (6)  11  
 Scotland Alan McManus (6)  10
28, 29 & 30 April
 Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien  7  
 England Jimmy White (3)  16
19 & 20 April
   Wales Darren Morgan (10)  8
 England Willie Thorne (7)  10
24 & 25 April
 England Gary Ponting  2  
 England Willie Thorne (7)  12
18 & 19 April
   Wales Darren Morgan (10)  13  
 Wales Darren Morgan (10)  10
26 & 27 April
 England Mark King  5  
 Wales Darren Morgan (10)  13
16 April
   England John Parrott (2)  11  
 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (15)  6
21 & 22 April
 England Ronnie O'Sullivan  10  
 England Ronnie O'Sullivan  3
17 April
   England John Parrott (2)  13  
 England John Parrott (2)  10
 Scotland Drew Henry  9  
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 1 & 2 May 1994. Referee: John Williams[9]
Stephen Hendry (1)
 Scotland
18–17 Jimmy White (3)
 England
7–94, 64–52, 89–0, 68–21, 93–24, 76–0, 1–85, 68–70, 42–85, 29–72, 15–110, 37–84, 71–54, 59–60, 94–27, 15–64, 71–26, 89–0, 0–77, 25–69, 73–4, 88–13, 53–64, 72–34, 56–61, 68–31, 66–34, 67–34, 0–116, 72–39, 66–71, 66–67, 68–0, 0–85, 82–37 Century breaks: 1 (White 1)

Highest break by Hendry: 89
Highest break by White: 116

7–94, 64–52, 89–0, 68–21, 93–24, 76–0, 1–85, 68–70, 42–85, 29–72, 15–110, 37–84, 71–54, 59–60, 94–27, 15–64, 71–26, 89–0, 0–77, 25–69, 73–4, 88–13, 53–64, 72–34, 56–61, 68–31, 66–34, 67–34, 0–116, 72–39, 66–71, 66–67, 68–0, 0–85, 82–37
Scotland Stephen Hendry wins the 1994 Embassy World Snooker Championship

Century breaks

There were 35 century breaks in the Championship, a joint record with the 1993 tournament. The highest break of the tournament was 143 made by Alan McManus.[10][11] The highest break of the qualifying stage was 146 made by Karl Payne.[3]

  • 143, 105, 102 Alan McManus
  • 139, 102 Martin Clark
  • 139 Cliff Thorburn
  • 137 Billy Snaddon
  • 134, 108 Brian Morgan
  • 134, 101 Steve Davis
  • 133, 112 Drew Henry
  • 132 John Parrott
  • 124, 120, 120, 109, 100 Stephen Hendry

  • 124 Peter Ebdon
  • 119, 100 Ken Doherty
  • 118, 100 Fergal O'Brien
  • 118 Willie Thorne
  • 116, 112, 108, 107, 103 Jimmy White
  • 115, 107, 100 Darren Morgan
  • 114 Dene O'Kane
  • 100 James Wattana

References

  1. 1 2 1994: Hendry beats White in classic
  2. Alex Higgins, snooker's anti-hero, dies aged 61
  3. 1 2 3 "World Championship 1994". Global Snooker. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  4. 1 2 "1994 Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  5. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 130.
  6. "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  7. "1994 World Championships Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  8. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. pp. 38–39.
  9. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 143.
  10. "Crucible Centuries". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  11. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 148.

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