1993 World Snooker Championship

Embassy World Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Dates	16 April–3 May 1993
Venue	Crucible Theatre
City	Sheffield
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£1,000,000
Winner's share	£175,000[1]
Highest break	Steve Davis (144)
Final
Champion	Stephen Hendry
Runner-up	Jimmy White
Score	18–5
← 1992 1994 →

The 1993 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1993 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 April and 3 May 1993 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

Stephen Hendry won his third World title by defeating Jimmy White 18–5 in the final.^[1] The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

Tournament summary

• James Wattana of Thailand became the first player from the Far East to reach the semi-finals of the event.^[2]
• Ronnie O'Sullivan made his World Championship debut at the age of 17 years and 5 months, making him the second-youngest player since Hendry in 1986.^[3] O'Sullivan lost against Alan McManus 7–10 in the first round.^[4]
• During his first round match, Stephen Hendry compiled the 250th century break at the Crucible in frame three.^[5]
• Hendry beating White 18–5 was only the third time since the championship moved to the Crucible, and to date the last, that the title was settled in the afternoon with a session to spare.^[6]
• Dennis Taylor's 13-11 second round victory over Terry Griffiths set a record for the longest best-of-25-frames match in professional play at almost 800 minutes.
• Spencer Dunn, making his debut at the Crucible, won eleven qualifying matches - a tournament record - in order to do so. He defeated Ian Bullimore 5–1, Colin Mitchell by the same scoreline, Elliott Clark 5–4, Neil Selman 5–1, Julian Goodyear 5–1, Kieran McAlinden 5–4, Mehmet Husnu 5–2, Bill Oliver 10–2, Colin Roscoe 10–7, Dave Harold 10–7 and Mark Bennett 10–9, before his first-round match against Bond. Fellow debutants O'Sullivan and John Giles had won ten qualifying matches.^[7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[8][9]

• Winner: £175,000
• Runner-up: £105,000
• Semi-final: £52,000
• Quarter-final: £26,000
• Last 16: £14,000
• Last 32: £8,000
• Highest break: £14,400
• Maximum break: £100,000
• Total: £1,000,000

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).^{[8][10][11][12]}

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Best of 19 frames

Best of 25 frames

Best of 25 frames

Best of 31 frames

17 April

Stephen Hendry (1)

10

22, 23 & 24 April

Danny Fowler

1

Stephen Hendry (1)

13

17 & 18 April

Darren Morgan (16)

4

Darren Morgan (16)

10

27 & 28 April

Les Dodd

5

Stephen Hendry (1)

13

18 & 19 April

Nigel Bond (9)

7

Nigel Bond (9)

10

23 & 24 April

Spencer Dunn

4

Nigel Bond (9)

13

19 & 20 April

Gary Wilkinson (8)

7

Gary Wilkinson (8)

10

29, 30 April & 1 May

Dean Reynolds

4

Stephen Hendry (1)

16

20 April

Alan McManus (13)

8

Neal Foulds (5)

10

25 & 26 April

Brian Morgan

5

Neal Foulds (5)

13

21 & 22 April

Martin Clark (12)

7

Martin Clark (12)

10

27 & 28 April

Karl Payne

6

Neal Foulds (5)

11

18 & 19 April

Alan McManus (13)

13

Alan McManus (13)

10

24, 25 & 26 April

Ronnie O'Sullivan

7

Alan McManus (13)

13

21 April

Steve Davis (4)

11

Steve Davis (4)

10

Peter Ebdon

3

17 & 18 April

Jimmy White (3)

10

24, 25 & 26 April

Joe Swail

4

Jimmy White (3)

13

21 & 22 April

Doug Mountjoy

6

Alain Robidoux (14)

6

27 & 28 April

Doug Mountjoy

10

Jimmy White (3)

13

19 April

Dennis Taylor (11)

8

Dennis Taylor (11)

10

23 & 24 April

Tony Drago

9

Dennis Taylor (11)

13

20 & 21 April

Terry Griffiths (6)

11

Terry Griffiths (6)

10

29, 30 April & 1 May

David Roe

6

Jimmy White (3)

16

20 & 21 April

James Wattana (7)

9

James Wattana (7)

10

25 & 26 April

Tony Jones

7

James Wattana (7)

13

19 & 20 April

Steve James (10)

7

Steve James (10)

10

27 & 28 April

John Giles

2

James Wattana (7)

13

17 April

John Parrott (2)

6

Willie Thorne (15)

10

22 & 23 April

Shaun Mellish

6

Willie Thorne (15)

9

18 April

John Parrott (2)

13

John Parrott (2)

10

Stephen O'Connor

1

Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2 & 3 May 1993. Referee: Len Ganley[13]
Stephen Hendry (1)  Scotland	18–5	Jimmy White (3)  England
136–0, 37–65, 68–63, 63–48, 76–0, 126–1, 29–83, 39–68, 75–50, 80–0, 134–0, 38–69, 99–0, 77–38, 80–7, 68–6, 81–46, 68–20, 123–16, 1–84, 63–15, 72–0, 127–0	Century breaks: 3 (Hendry 3) Highest break by Hendry: 136 Highest break by White: 60	136–0, 37–65, 68–63, 63–48, 76–0, 126–1, 29–83, 39–68, 75–50, 80–0, 134–0, 38–69, 99–0, 77–38, 80–7, 68–6, 81–46, 68–20, 123–16, 1–84, 63–15, 72–0, 127–0
Stephen Hendry wins the 1993 Embassy World Snooker Championship

Century breaks

There were 35 century breaks in the championship,^[14] a new record beating the 31 centuries of 1991. The highest break of the event was a 144 made by Steve Davis.^[15]

144 Steve Davis 139, 122, 101 Nigel Bond 138, 106 Steve James 136, 129, 128, 126, 124, 123, 113, 110 Stephen Hendry 133 Terry Griffiths 124, 108, 100, 100 Neal Foulds 122, 102 John Parrott

121 Martin Clark 112 Alan McManus 110, 104, 104, 103 James Wattana 108, 105, 104 Jimmy White 108, 104 Willie Thorne 105 Peter Ebdon 104, 101 Gary Wilkinson

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