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1994 World Snooker Championship

Summary

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.

Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates16 April – 2 May 1994 (1994-04-16 – 1994-05-02)
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£1,068,000
Winner's share£180,000
Highest break Alan McManus (SCO) (143)
Final
Champion Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Runner-up Jimmy White (ENG)
Score18–17
← 1993
1995 →

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 edit

  • Two-time world champion Alex Higgins qualified for the championship for the last time, losing 6–10 in the first round to Ken Doherty.[1]
  • Cliff Thorburn, another former champion making his final World Championship appearance, lost 9–10 in the first round to Nigel Bond after leading 9–2.[2]
  • An 18-year-old Ronnie O'Sullivan knocked out 1985 champion Dennis Taylor, who was also making his final appearance at the World Championship. O'Sullivan won their first-round match 10–6, his first victory at the Crucible after losing in the first round on his debut the previous year.
  • Stephen Hendry won his third consecutive world title and his fourth in five years. This achievement was all the more remarkable because he played every match after the first round with a broken elbow.[3]
  • 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 had a great chance to win his first World title when leading 37–24 and only needing a handful of pots to win the title but missed a black off the spot, and Hendry cleared up to clinch the title. This was White's last appearance in a World Championship final and the closest he ever came to winning the tournament.
  • Earlier in the tournament, Hendry had sealed his position as world number one with a 16–9 semi-final victory over Steve Davis.[2] This was Davis' eleventh and last appearance in a World Championship semi-final.

Prize fund edit

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4][5][6]

Main draw edit

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).[4][5][7][8][9]

First round
Best of 19 frames		Second round
Best of 25 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 25 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 31 frames		Final
Best of 35 frames
16 April
  Stephen Hendry (1)10
21 & 22 April
  Surinder Gill1
  Stephen Hendry (1)13
16 & 17 April
  Dave Harold2
  David Roe (16)8
26 & 27 April
  Dave Harold10
  Stephen Hendry (1)13
17 & 18 April
  Nigel Bond (9)8
  Nigel Bond (9)10
22 & 23 April
  Cliff Thorburn9
  Nigel Bond (9)13
18 & 19 April
  Terry Griffiths (8)8
  Terry Griffiths (8)10
28, 29 & 30 April
  Mark Davis7
  Stephen Hendry (1)16
19 April
  Steve Davis (4)9
  James Wattana (5)10
24 & 25 April
  Peter Ebdon6
  James Wattana (5)13
20 & 21 April
  Brian Morgan9
  Martin Clark (12)9
26 & 27 April
  Brian Morgan10
  James Wattana (5)9
17 & 18 April
  Steve Davis (4)13
  Steve James (13)10
23 & 24 April
  Les Dodd9
  Steve James (13)3
20 April
  Steve Davis (4)13
  Steve Davis (4)10
1 & 2 May
  Dene O'Kane3
  Stephen Hendry (1)18
16 & 17 April
  Jimmy White (3)17
  Jimmy White (3)10
23, 24 & 25 April
  Billy Snaddon6
  Jimmy White (3)13
20 & 21 April
  Neal Foulds (14)10
  Neal Foulds (14)10
26 & 27 April
  Anthony Davies7
  Jimmy White (3)13
18 April
  Ken Doherty (11)10
  Ken Doherty (11)10
22 & 23 April
  Alex Higgins6
  Ken Doherty (11)13
19 & 20 April
  Alan McManus (6)11
  Alan McManus (6)10
28, 29 & 30 April
  Fergal O'Brien7
  Jimmy White (3)16
19 & 20 April
  Darren Morgan (10)8
  Willie Thorne (7)10
24 & 25 April
  Gary Ponting2
  Willie Thorne (7)12
18 & 19 April
  Darren Morgan (10)13
  Darren Morgan (10)10
26 & 27 April
  Mark King5
  Darren Morgan (10)13
16 April
  John Parrott (2)11
  Dennis Taylor (15)6
21 & 22 April
  Ronnie O'Sullivan10
  Ronnie O'Sullivan3
17 April
  John Parrott (2)13
  John Parrott (2)10
  Drew Henry9
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 1 & 2 May 1994. Referee: John Williams[10]
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 edit

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.[11][12] The highest break of the qualifying stage was 143 made by Karl Payne.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Alex Higgins, snooker's anti-hero, dies aged 61". The Guardian. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "1994: Hendry beats White in classic". BBC Sport. 7 April 2004. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ Hodgson, Guy (3 May 1994). "Snooker / World Championship: Hendry holds nerve to deny White again: Champion staggers rather than swaggers on to equal Davis's record of winning title for third successive year at The Crucible". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "World Championship 1994". global-snooker.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  5. ^ a b "1994 Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship". WWW Snooker. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  6. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 130.
  7. ^ "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  8. ^ "1994 World Championships Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  9. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. pp. 38–39.
  10. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 143.
  11. ^ "Crucible Centuries". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  12. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 148.

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