1994 World Snooker Championship

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
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking 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
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
  • 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 the first chance 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

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

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

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[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

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
  1. "Alex Higgins, snooker's anti-hero, dies aged 61". The Guardian. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. "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. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. "World Championship 1994". global-snooker.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  5. "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. 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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