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1994 World Snooker Championship

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Dates
  
16 April–2 May 1994

City
  
Sheffield

Organisation(s)
  
WPBSA

Venue
  
Crucible Theatre

Country
  
England

Format
  
Ranking event

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.

Contents

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.
  • 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. 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.

    • Prize fund

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

    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).

    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. The highest break of the qualifying stage was 146 made by Karl Payne.

    References

    1994 World Snooker Championship Wikipedia
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