1993 UK Championship

The 1993 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 12 November 1993, and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 20 and 28 November 1993. The highest break of the tournament was a 141 made by David Roe.

Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates12–28 November 1993
VenueGuild Hall
CityPreston
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£375,000
Winner's share£70,000
Highest break David Roe (141)
Final
Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up Stephen Hendry
Score10–6
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Ronnie O'Sullivan became the youngest winner of a ranking event at the age of 17 years and 358 days[1] by defeating Stephen Hendry 10–6 in the final; as of 2020 this record still stands. This was the first of O'Sullivan's record seven titles at the tournament.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

  • Total Prize money: £375,000
  • Winner: £70,000
  • Runner-up: £35,000
  • Semi-Final: £18,500
  • Quarter-Final: £10,325
  • Last 16: £5,250
  • Last 32: £3,000
  • Last 64: £1,850
  • Last 96: £650
  • Last 128: £475
  • High break (TV stages): £3,000
  • High break (Pre TV stages): £1,500
  • Maximum break (TV stage): £20,000
  • Maximun break (Pre TV stage): £5,000

Main draw

[2][3]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Darren Morgan9
 
 
 
 Jimmy White7
 
 Darren Morgan9
 
 
 
 Terry Griffiths5
 
 Terry Griffiths9
 
 
 
 Dean Reynolds6
 
 Darren Morgan5
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan9
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan9
 
 
 
 Ken Doherty5
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan9
 
 
 
 Steve Davis6
 
 Steve Davis9
 
 
 
 Tony Drago3
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan10
 
 
 
 Stephen Hendry6
 
 John Parrott9
 
 
 
 David Roe3
 
 John Parrott9
 
 
 
 Nigel Bond5
 
 Nigel Bond9
 
 
 
 Drew Henry6
 
 John Parrott3
 
 
 
 Stephen Hendry9
 
 James Wattana9
 
 
 
 Tony Jones2
 
 James Wattana7
 
 
 
 Stephen Hendry9
 
 Stephen Hendry9
 
 
 Martin Clark5
 

Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: John Williams
The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 28 November 1993.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
 England		 10–6 Stephen Hendry
 Scotland
First session: 78–45 (78), 108–23 (103), 8–132 (132), 64–73, 123–0 (121), 61–60, 85–35 (52), 72–32
Second session: 69–42, 16–74, 6–113 (67), 68–44 (62), 16–97 (65), 102–27 (73), 1–77 (76), 85–0 (85)
121 Highest break 132
2 Century breaks 1
7 50+ breaks 4

Century breaks

All Rounds

References
  1. "Various Snooker Records". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  2. "1993 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  3. "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
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