1993/94 snooker season

1993/94 snooker season
Season dates
Beginning of the season	August 1993
End of season	May 14, 1994
Ranked tournaments	9
Invitation tournaments	9
number of players	601
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Masters	Alan McManus
World Champion	Stephen Hendry
World ranking
Ranking first	Stephen Hendry
← 1992/93 1994/95 →

The 1993/1994 snooker season included 18 professional snooker tournaments that were held between September 22, 1993 and the World Cup final on May 2, 1994.

For the third time in a row, the Scot Stephen Hendry won the world title and with two more tournament wins and two second places he defended first place in the snooker world rankings . The later multiple world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan celebrated his first tournament victories on the Snooker Main Tour and the Thai James Wattana won his home tournament - the Thailand Open - for the first time.

The rule introduced a season earlier to equip tournaments with minor ranking status (i.e. 0.1 times the value for the snooker world ranking compared to a normal ranking tournament) has been abolished again. The Strachan Challenges and the Benson & Hedges Championship , which had been scheduled as a minor ranking tournament a year earlier , were downgraded to an invitation tournament. In the following season 94/95 the Strachan Challenges were then completely abolished.

Season results

The following table shows the seasonal results.

date	competition	venue	Art	winner	Final opponent	Result
August 1, 1993	Pot Black 1993	Birmingham	Invitation tournament	Steve Davis	Mike Hallett	2-0
September 22 to September 26, 1993	Scottish Masters 1993	Motherwell	Invitation tournament	Ken Doherty	Alan McManus	10: 9
October 4 to October 10, 1993	Dubai Classic 1993	Dubai	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Steve Davis	9: 3
October 18 to October 31, 1993	Grand Prix 1993	Reading	World ranking tournament	Peter Ebdon	Ken Doherty	9: 6
November 6th to November 10th 1993	Benson & Hedges Championship 1993	Glasgow	Invitation tournament	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Lardner	9: 6
November 12th to November 28th 1993	UK Championship 1993	Preston	World ranking tournament	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	10: 6
November 1993	Merseyside Professional 1993	Liverpool	Non-ranking tournament	Dave Harold	Tony Rampello	5: 3
December 12th to December 19th, 1993	European Open 1993	Antwerp	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9: 5
1st half of 1994	Matchroom League 1994		Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	John Parrott	10: 7
January 30th to February 5th 1994	Welsh Open 1994	Newport	World ranking tournament	Steve Davis	Alan McManus	9: 6
February 6 to February 13, 1994	Masters 1994	Wembley	Invitation tournament	Alan McManus	Stephen Hendry	9: 8
February 13 to February 19, 1994	International Open 1994	Bournemouth	World ranking tournament	John Parrott	James Wattana	9: 5
February 18 to February 27, 1994	Strachan Challenge 1994 - Event 1	Aldershot	Invitation tournament	Anthony Hamilton	Andy Hicks	9: 4
March 4 to March 12, 1994	Thailand Open 1994	Bangkok	World ranking tournament	James Wattana	Steve Davis	9: 7
March 12 to March 20, 1994	Strachan Challenge 1994 - Event 2	Leicester	Invitation tournament	Anthony Hamilton	Paul Davies	9: 4
March 22nd to March 27th, 1994	Irish Masters 1994	Kildare	Invitation tournament	Steve Davis	Alan McManus	9: 8
March 30th to April 7th, 1994	British Open 1994	Plymouth	World ranking tournament	Ronnie O'Sullivan	James Wattana	9: 4
April 16 to May 2, 1994	World Snooker Championship 1994	Sheffield	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Jimmy White	18:17
May 7 to May 14, 1994	Pontins Professional 1994	Prestatyn	Invitation tournament	Ken Doherty	Nigel Bond	9: 5

World ranking

The snooker world ranking is only updated after each full season and takes into account the performance of the past two seasons. The following table shows the 32 best players in the world rankings for the 1993/94 season; is based on the results of seasons 91/92 and 92/93 . The previous year's position is given in brackets.

Place 1 - 8		Place 9 - 16		17th - 24th place		Place 25 - 32
1	Stephen Hendry (1)	9	Nigel Bond (9)	17th	Gary Wilkinson (8)	25th	Joe Swail (53)
2	John Parrott (2)	10	Darren Morgan (16)	18th	Alain Robidoux (23)	26th	Joe Johnson (19)
3	Jimmy White (3)	11	Ken Doherty (21)	19th	Mike Hallett (17)	27	Mick Price (??)
4th	Steve Davis (4)	12	Martin Clark (12)	20th	Tony Drago (24)	28	Dean Reynolds (19)
5	James Wattana (7)	13	Steve James (10)	21st	Peter Ebdon (47)	29	Tony Jones (22)
6th	Alan McManus (13)	14th	Neal Foulds (5)	22nd	Dene O'Kane (18)	30th	Doug Mountjoy (26)
7th	Willie Thorne (15)	15th	Dennis Taylor (11)	23	Tony Knowles (31)	31	Mark Johnston-Allen (31)
8th	Terry Griffiths (6)	16	David Roe (32)	24	Mark Bennett (27)	32	Jason Ferguson (62)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Season 1993-1994 - Professional. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
2. ↑ 1993 Pot Black. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
3. ↑ 1993 Scottish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
4. ↑ 1993 Dubai Classic. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
5. ↑ 1993 Grand Prix. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
6. ↑ 1993 Benson and Hedges Championship. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
7. ↑ 1993 UK Championship. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
8. ↑ 1993 European Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
9. ↑ 1994 Matchroom League. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
10. ↑ 1994 Welsh Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
11. ↑ 1994 Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
12. ↑ 1994 International Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
13. ↑ 1994 Strachan Challenge - Event 1st Strachan Challenge Series. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
14. ↑ 1994 Thailand Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
15. ↑ 1994 Strachan Challenge - Event 2. Strachan Challenge Series. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
16. ↑ 1994 Irish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
17. ↑ 1994 British Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
18. ↑ 1994 World Championship. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
19. ↑ 1994 Pointins Professional. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
20. ↑ Rankings - 1993-1994. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 25, 2016 .