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	Alan McManus (143)
Final
Champion	Stephen Hendry
Runner-up	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

• Stephen Hendry won his third consecutive world title and his fourth in five years. This was Jimmy White's fifth consecutive final appearance, his fourth against Hendry, and his sixth overall. The match went to a deciding frame. White got the first chance, but missed a black off the spot and Hendry cleared up to clinch the title. Earlier in the tournament, Hendry guaranteed that he would remain world number 1 with a 16–9 semi-final victory over Steve Davis.^[1]
• Two-time world champion Alex Higgins qualified for the championship for the last time, and was beaten 10-6 in the first round by Ken Doherty.^[2] An 18-year-old Ronnie O'Sullivan knocked out 1985 champion Dennis Taylor, who was also making his final world championship appearance. Another former champion, Cliff Thorburn, lost 10-9 to Nigel Bond, a match which Thorburn had led 9-2.^[1]

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

Stephen Hendry (1)

10

21 & 22 April

Surinder Gill

1

Stephen Hendry (1)

13

16 & 17 April

Dave Harold

2

David Roe (16)

8

26 & 27 April

Dave Harold

10

Stephen Hendry (1)

13

17 & 18 April

Nigel Bond (9)

8

Nigel Bond (9)

10

22 & 23 April

Cliff Thorburn

9

Nigel Bond (9)

13

18 & 19 April

Terry Griffiths (8)

8

Terry Griffiths (8)

10

28, 29 & 30 April

Mark Davis

7

Stephen Hendry (1)

16

19 April

Steve Davis (4)

9

James Wattana (5)

10

24 & 25 April

Peter Ebdon

6

James Wattana (5)

13

20 & 21 April

Brian Morgan

9

Martin Clark (12)

9

26 & 27 April

Brian Morgan

10

James Wattana (5)

9

17 & 18 April

Steve Davis (4)

13

Steve James (13)

10

23 & 24 April

Les Dodd

9

Steve James (13)

3

20 April

Steve Davis (4)

13

Steve Davis (4)

10

Dene O'Kane

3

16 & 17 April

Jimmy White (3)

10

23, 24 & 25 April

Billy Snaddon

6

Jimmy White (3)

13

20 & 21 April

Neal Foulds (14)

10

Neal Foulds (14)

10

26 & 27 April

Anthony Davies

7

Jimmy White (3)

13

18 April

Ken Doherty (11)

10

Ken Doherty (11)

10

22 & 23 April

Alex Higgins

6

Ken Doherty (11)

13

19 & 20 April

Alan McManus (6)

11

Alan McManus (6)

10

28, 29 & 30 April

Fergal O'Brien

7

Jimmy White (3)

16

19 & 20 April

Darren Morgan (10)

8

Willie Thorne (7)

10

24 & 25 April

Gary Ponting

2

Willie Thorne (7)

12

18 & 19 April

Darren Morgan (10)

13

Darren Morgan (10)

10

26 & 27 April

Mark King

5

Darren Morgan (10)

13

16 April

John Parrott (2)

11

Dennis Taylor (15)

6

21 & 22 April

Ronnie O'Sullivan

10

Ronnie O'Sullivan

3

17 April

John Parrott (2)

13

John Parrott (2)

10

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
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. 1994: Hendry beats White in classic
2. Alex Higgins, snooker's anti-hero, dies aged 61
3. "World Championship 1994". Global Snooker. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
4. "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. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
11. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 148.

External links

• 1994 Embassy World Champ snooker final – Stephen Hendry vs Jimmy White – last frames on YouTube