1994 UK Championship (snooker)

Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	11–27 November 1994
Venue	Guild Hall
City	Preston
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£328,100
Winner's share	£70,000
Highest break	130
Final
Champion	Stephen Hendry
Runner-up	Ken Doherty
Score	10–5
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The 1994 Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on November 11 1994 and the televised stages were shown on the BBC between 19–27 November 1994.

Stephen Hendry defeated Ken Doherty 10–5 in the final. During the match Hendry scored seven century breaks; which remains a joint record for a professional match and a standalone record for a best-of-19 match. Hendry also made five centuries in seven frames.^[1]

Ranking points

^[2]

Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	Third Round	Second Round	First Round (Unseeded)	First Round (Seeded)
4800	3600	2700	2025	1520	1140	855	570

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[2]

Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	Third Round	Second Round	First Round	Qualifying Round
£70,000	£37,000	£18,500	£10,325	£5,250	£3,000	£2,200	£775

Highest Break (TV)	Highest Break (Non-TV)
£3,000	£1,200

Highest break

^[2]

• 130 Stephen Hendry (TV)
• 139 Ronnie O'Sullivan (Non-TV)

Main draw

^[2][3][4]

	Last 64 Best of 17 frames					Last 32 Best of 17 frames					Last 16 Best of 17 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames					Semi-finals Best of 17 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	9	R O'Sullivan	9
		M Flowerdew	7
						9	R O'Sullivan	9
							M Fenton	4
		M Fenton	7
	17	S James	1r
											9	R O'Sullivan	9
											14	T Griffiths	5
	32	A Robidoux	9
		M Judge	3
						32	A Robidoux	8
						14	T Griffiths	9
		J Johnson	7
	14	T Griffiths	9
																9	R O'Sullivan	7
																7	K Doherty	9
	31	M Bennett	9
		D Fowler	4
						31	M Bennett	3
						7	K Doherty	9
		R Lawler	7
	7	K Doherty	9
											7	K Doherty	9
												F O'Brien	4
	13	D Roe	7
		F O'Brien	9
							F O'Brien	9
							J Burnett	5
		J Burnett	9
	24	N Foulds	5
																					7	K Doherty	9
																					3	J Wattana	6
	25	D Mountjoy	1
		M Williams	9
							M Williams	9
						16	T Drago	8
		J Read	7
	16	T Drago	9
												M Williams	8
											4	J Parrott	9
	21	T Knowles	8
		N Marsh	9
							N Marsh	4
						5	J Parrott	9
		T Jones	4
	5	J Parrott	9
																4	J Parrott	5
																3	J Wattana	9
	26	M Price	7
		R McDonald	9
							R McDonald	3
						3	J Wattana	9
		L Richardson	3
	3	J Wattana	9
											3	J Wattana	9
											12	J Swail	4
	12	J Swail	9
		J Perry	4
						12	J Swail	9
						20	D O'Kane	5
		E Henderson	6
	20	D O'Kane	9
																										7	K Doherty	5
																										1	S Hendry	10
	4	J White	w/o
		J Wych
						4	J White	3
						27	J Ferguson	9
		C Small	7
	27	J Ferguson	9
											27	J Ferguson	1
											10	P Ebdon	9
	10	P Ebdon	9
		K Payne	3
						10	P Ebdon	9
						23	D Taylor	2
		W Jones	7
	23	D Taylor	9
																10	P Ebdon	9
																19	D Harold	5
	2	S Davis	9
		P Davies	3
						2	S Davis	6
						19	D Harold	9
		J Woodman	3
	19	D Harold	9
											19	D Harold	9
												A Higgins	4
	18	M Clark	3
		D Henry	9
							D Henry	7
							A Higgins	9
		A Higgins	9
	11	N Bond	4
																					10	P Ebdon	8
																					1	S Hendry	9
	30	B Morgan	9
		B Snaddon	4
						30	B Morgan	3
						8	D Morgan	9
		L Dodd	4
	8	D Morgan	9
											8	D Morgan	9
												M King	5
	22	M Hallett	6
		A Hamilton	9
							A Hamilton	8
							M King	9
		M King	9
	6	A McManus	7
																8	D Morgan	3
																1	S Hendry	9
	15	W Thorne	9
		C MacGillivray	4
						15	W Thorne	9
						29	G Wilkinson	4
		N Terry	8
	29	G Wilkinson	9
											15	W Thorne	2
											1	S Hendry	9
	28	D Reynolds	9
		A Hicks	7
						28	D Reynolds	8
						1	S Hendry	9
		A Rosa	5
	1	S Hendry	9

Century breaks

All Rounds

• 139, 106 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 138, 118, 113, 112, 104, 103 Ken Doherty
• 135 Dave Harold
• 135 Mick Price
• 130, 128, 120, 114, 113, 112, 110, 109, 106, 106, 103, 101 Stephen Hendry
• 128, 121 Chris Small
• 125, 115, 111, 101 Peter Ebdon
• 124, 100 Terry Murphy
• 119 Alex Higgins
• 116, 114, 113, 112, 107 James Wattana
• 115 Bradley Jones
• 114 Billy Snaddon
• 113 Jamie Burnett
• 112 Martin Clark
• 112 Lee Richardson
• 107, 103, 100 Darren Morgan
• 107, 100 Matthew Stevens
• 107 Joe Swail
• 106 John Read
• 105, 104 Willie Thorne
• 102 Yasin Merchant
• 102 Fergal O'Brien

References

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