Scottish Masters 1994

Scottish Masters 1994 Regal Masters 1994
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Venue:	Civic Center, Motherwell , Scotland
Opening:	September 20, 1994
Endgame:	September 25, 1994
Winner:	Ken Doherty
Finalist:	Stephen Hendry
Highest Break:	137 ( Ken Doherty )
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The Regal Scottish Masters 1994 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1994/95 season . The invitation tournament was held from September 20th to 25th. For the fifth time it took place in the Motherwell Civic Center near Glasgow .

The defending champion Ken Doherty reached the final for the second time in a row and met the world champion and world number one Stephen Hendry . Doherty won 9: 7, making him the fourth player in tournament history to win twice in a row.

Prize money

The prize money this year increased by as much as £ 15,000 compared to last year. The winner won an additional £ 5,000 and the final loser still won an additional £ 2,500. The other players received between £ 500 and £ 1,000 more.

placement	Prize money
winner	£ 50,000
final	£ 25,000
Semifinals	£ 13,500
Quarter finals	£ 7,750
Round 1	£ 4,250
Highest Break (Final Round)	£ 5,000
All in all	£ 155,000

Final round

In addition to the top 9 in the world rankings , the two next-best Scots Billy Snaddon and Drew Henry and the Englishman Mike Hallett were invited. In round 1, the players placed 5th to 12th competed against each other. The top 4 were set for the quarterfinals. There was a change in the game mode: In 1989 the final was increased to Best of 19 , from this year on they returned to Best of 17 (9 winning frames).

	Round 1 (Best of 9)					Quarter Finals (Best of 11)					Semi-finals (Best of 11)					Final (Best of 17)
						1	Ken Doherty	6th
	6th	John Parrott	4th
						10	Mike Hallett
	10	Mike Hallett	5								1	Ken Doherty	6th
											9	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
						4th	James Wattana	3
	7th	Alan McManus	2
						9	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6th
	9	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5													1	Ken Doherty	9
																2	Stephen Hendry	7th
						3	Steve Davis	6th
	8th	Darren Morgan	3
						8th	Billy Snaddon	3
	11	Billy Snaddon	5								3	Steve Davis	2
											2	Stephen Hendry	6th
						2	Stephen Hendry	6th
	5	Jimmy White	5
						5	Jimmy White	3
	12	Drew Henry	1

final

Stephen Hendry initiated the re-edition of the Scottish Masters in 1989 and then won it twice in a row. As defending champion, Ken Doherty had the chance to follow suit. Before that, Cliff Thorburn had been a double winner and Steve Davis had even been a triple winner . At the Irish Masters 1992 both players had already faced each other in a final and Hendry had won, but in the very first professional encounter before that in the same year Doherty had defeated the Scots once before.

Hendry took the lead twice at the beginning of the game, the Irishman equalized twice and then won three more frames. At the end of the session, Hendry was only able to reduce it to 3-5. In the evening Doherty increased the lead to three frames again and Hendry struggled to shorten it. It wasn't until 7: 8 that he came back within one frame, but that came too late. Unlike in the previous year, 9 frames won were enough to win ( Best of 17 ) and the Irishman then got the last necessary frame to 9: 7. For Doherty it was already the seventh win in a professional tournament, but there was only one ranking tournament below it.

Final: Best of 17 Frames Civic Center,  Motherwell , Scotland , September 25, 1994
Ken Doherty	9 : 7	Stephen Hendry
Afternoon : 29: 78 (73), 83 : 0 (83), 7: 85 (83), 74 : 39, 61 : 40 (59), 86 : 0 (86), 66 : 20 (62), 19: 79 (69); Evening : 83 : 43, 33: 57 , 1: 65 , 84 : 6 (83), 66 : 49, 56: 68 , 45: 70 (60), 77 : 20 (77)
86	Highest break	83
-	Century breaks	-
6th	50+ breaks	4th

Century breaks

5 of the 6 century breaks of the tournament were scored in the quarterfinals. The tournament winner Ken Doherty achieved the highest tournament break of 137 points and received an additional £ 5,000 in addition to his prize money.

Ken Doherty	137, 111
Ronnie O'Sullivan	119, 115, 102
Steve Davis	102

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1. ^ Scottish Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on December 5, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 1994 Scottish Masters - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed December 5, 2018 . 
3. ↑ 1994 Scottish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 5, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Rankings - 1994-1995. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 5, 2018 .