British Open 1994

British Open 1994
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Attendees:	561
Venue:	Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth , England
Opening:	March 30, 1994
Endgame:	April 7, 1994
Winner:	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Finalist:	James Wattana
Highest Break:	140 ( Chris Small )
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The 1994 British Open was a snooker tournament of the 1993/94 season that was held in Plymouth from March 30th to April 7th . This edition marked a deep turning point in tournament history. After 9 years as a ranking tournament in Derby (including previous tournaments even 14 years) the British Open had moved from the Midlands to the south-west coast of England. There were also some other changes, for example the tournament was postponed by a month and thus became the last tournament before the World Cup . In addition, the tournament had to do without a name sponsor in this and the following years.

Defending champion Steve Davis made it to the semi-finals, where there was a new edition of the previous year's final with James Wattana . This time the Thai prevailed. He reached the final for the third time in a row, but this time again he failed to win the tournament. This time it was Ronnie O'Sullivan who defeated him 9: 4. In his second year as a professional, it was the fourth tournament win for the Englishman, the third of this season.

Main tournament

After four qualifying rounds, in which the players from 33rd place in the world rankings had participated, 32 players were left. The top 32 were placed directly for the main tournament, the 32 qualifiers were drawn for the first round. The mode remained unchanged until the semi-finals, but the final was only played over 9 winning frames ( best-of-17 ) instead of over 10 as in the previous year.

	First round best of 9 frames					Second round best of 9 frames					Round of 16 best of 9 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-final best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Steve Davis	5
	74	Paul McPhillips	2
						1	Steve Davis	5
						37	Brian Morgan	1
	29	Tony Jones	0
	37	Brian Morgan	5
											1	Steve Davis	5
											54	Andy Hicks	4th
	14th	Neal Foulds	2
	54	Andy Hicks	5
						54	Andy Hicks	5
						19th	Mike Hallett	4th
	19th	Mike Hallett	5
	98	Chris Small	4th
																1	Steve Davis	5
																30th	Doug Mountjoy	0
	15th	Dennis Taylor	5
	42	Jason Prince	2
						15th	Dennis Taylor	4th
						30th	Doug Mountjoy	5
	30th	Doug Mountjoy	5
	55	Ian Graham	1
											30th	Doug Mountjoy	5
											50	Dave Harold	3
	8th	Terry Griffiths	2
	50	Dave Harold	5
						50	Dave Harold	5
						163	Darryn Walker	4th
	23	Tony Knowles	4th
	163	Darryn Walker	5
																					1	Steve Davis	4th
																					5	James Wattana	6th
	31	Mark Johnston-Allen	5
	53	Nick Terry	3
						31	Mark Johnston-Allen	2
						5	James Wattana	5
	5	James Wattana	5
	35	Danny Fowler	2
											5	James Wattana	5
											10	Darren Morgan	4th
	10	Darren Morgan	5
	60	Stephen Murphy	3
						10	Darren Morgan	5
						122	John Higgins	4th
	24	Mark Bennett	0
	122	John Higgins	5
																5	James Wattana	5
																20th	Tony Drago	0
	12	Martin Clark	4th
	45	Rod Lawler	5
						45	Rod Lawler	2
						20th	Tony Drago	5
	20th	Tony Drago	5
	347	Matthew Couch	2
											20th	Tony Drago	5
											4th	Jimmy White	2
	28	Dean Reynolds	3
	164	Dominic Dale	5
						164	Dominic Dale	2
						4th	Jimmy White	5
	4th	Jimmy White	5
	59	Billy Snaddon	0
																									5	James Wattana	4th
																										57	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
	3	John Parrott	5
	62	Eugene Hughes	1
						3	John Parrott	5
						25th	Joe Swail	1
	25th	Joe Swail	5
	86	Brian Rowswell	3
											3	John Parrott	3
											9	Nigel Bond	5
	9	Nigel Bond	5
	272	Anton Bishop	1
						9	Nigel Bond	5
						18th	Alain Robidoux	3
	18th	Alain Robidoux	5
	40	Jim Wych	3
																9	Nigel Bond	0
																57	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	27	Mick Price	5
	188	Yasin Merchant	3
						27	Mick Price	1
						11	Ken Doherty	5
	11	Ken Doherty	5
	38	Peter Francisco	4th
											11	Ken Doherty	4th
											57	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	57	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	21st	Peter Ebdon	4th
						57	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
						7th	Willie Thorne	1
	7th	Willie Thorne	5
	119	Mark Williams	3
																				57	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6th
																					2	Stephen Hendry	2
	6th	Alan McManus	5
	51	Tony Meo	2
						6th	Alan McManus	5
						26th	Joe Johnson	2
	26th	Joe Johnson	5
	52	Nigel Gilbert	2
											6th	Alan McManus	5
											209	Antony Bolsover	1
	16	David Roe	5
	281	Jamie Bodle	2
						16	David Roe	3
						209	Antony Bolsover	5
	17th	Gary Wilkinson	3
	209	Antony Bolsover	5
																6th	Alan McManus	4th
																2	Stephen Hendry	5
	13	Steve James	5
	187	David Rippon	1
						13	Steve James	3
						32	Jason Ferguson	5
	32	Jason Ferguson	5
	121	Ian Brumby	1
											32	Jason Ferguson	3
											2	Stephen Hendry	5
	22nd	Dene O'Kane	5
	114	Stephen O'Connor	4th
						22nd	Dene O'Kane	2
						2	Stephen Hendry	5
	2	Stephen Hendry	5
	41	Cliff Thorburn	2

final

Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Len Ganley Plymouth Pavilions,  Plymouth , England , April 7, 1994
James Wattana	4: 9	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Afternoon : 20: 76 (67), 42: 73 , 25: 59 , 74 : 38, 41: 70 (58), 0: 112 (112), 103 : 18, 33: 91 (90); Evening : 56 : 29, 14: 69 (52), 38: 58 , 74 : 16, 10:70 (70)
-	Highest break	112
-	Century breaks	1
-	50+ breaks	6th

swell

1. ↑ British Open Including British Gold Cup, Yamaha Organs Trophy and Yamaha International Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on November 11, 2019 . 
2. ↑ 1994 British Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed November 11, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Rankings - 1993-1994. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed November 11, 2019 .