World Snooker Championship 1991
World Snooker Championship 1991 Embassy World Snooker Championship
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Attendees: | 32 |
Venue: | Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England |
Opening: | April 20, 1991 |
Endgame: | May 6, 1991
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Winner: | John Parrott |
Finalist: | Jimmy White |
Highest Break: | 140 ( Jimmy White ) |
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The 1991 World Snooker Championship , which took place from April 20 to May 6, 1991 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield , marked the end of the 1990/91 snooker season .
Defending champion Stephen Hendry failed in the quarterfinals to Steve James . In the final, John Parrott won 18:11 against Jimmy White and became (two years after his defeat in the final ( 1989 against Steve Davis)) for the first and only time snooker world champion. After 1984 and 1990 , it was the third of a total of six World Cup final defeats for White.
Prize money and world ranking points
Prize money | World ranking points |
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winner | £ 135,000 | 10,000 |
finalist | £ 80,000 | 8,000 |
Semi-finalist | £ 42,000 | 6,400 |
Quarter finalist | £ 20,000 | 5,000 |
Round of 16 | £ 11,000 | 3,800 |
Last 32 | £ 6,500 | 2,800 (1,400) |
Highest Break (Main Round) | £ 12,000 | |
Maximum break | £ 100,000 | |
All in all | £ 750,000 |
Main round
final
Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: John Williams Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England , 5th / 6th May 1991 |
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Jimmy White | 11: 18 | John Parrott |
0: 97 , 34: 96 , 0: 82 , 24: 75 , 6: 88 , 16: 79 , 0: 117 , 87 : 26, 67 : 32, 0: 77 , 63: 77 , 28: 88 , 69 : 49, 82 : 2, 64 : 6, 8: 120 , 136 : 0, 70 : 60, 50: 51 , 75 : 8, 55: 58 , 4: 59 , 68 : 55, 8: 91 , 8: 112 , 103 : 0, 13: 74 , 89 : 42, 24: 76 |
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92 | Highest break | 117 |
- | Century breaks | 2 |
5 | 50+ breaks | 11 |
qualification
The results of the two final qualifying rounds for the unset players are shown in the following overview:
4th round
game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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1 | Warren King | 10 : 7 | Rod Lawler |
2 | Les Dodd | 10 : 7 | Mick Price |
3 | Ian Graham | 10 : 7 | Mario Morra |
4th | Robert Marshall | 10 : 9 | Mark Johnston-Allen |
5 | Chris Cookson | 10 : 4 | Brian Morgan |
6th | Mark Bennett | 10 : 6 | Jason Smith |
7th | Ray Edmonds | 10 : 7 | Darren Morgan |
8th | Nick Dyson | 10 : 3 | Mark Rowing |
9 | Nigel Gilbert | 10 : 9 | John Campbell |
10 | Jim Wych | 10 : 7 | Bob Harris |
11 | Alan McManus | 10 : 6 | Jason Ferguson |
12 | Barry Pinches | 10 : 8 | Steve Meakin |
13 | Tony Jones | 10 : 5 | Steve Duggan |
14th | Nigel Bond | 10 : 5 | Eugene Hughes |
15th | Craig Edwards | 10 : 6 | Jason Prince |
16 | Ken Doherty | 10 : 6 | Paddy Browne |
5th round
game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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1 | Warren King | 10 : 2 | Barry West |
2 | Steve Newbury | 10 : 1 | Les Dodd |
3 | Ian Graham | 10 : 7 | Dene O'Kane |
4th | Robert Marshall | 10 : 9 | Peter Francisco |
5 | Gary Wilkinson | 10 : 2 | Chris Cookson |
6th | Mark Bennett | 10 : 8 | Wayne Jones |
7th | Eddie Charlton | 10 : 2 | Ray Edmonds |
8th | Nick Dyson | 10 : 5 | Cliff Thorburn |
9 | Nigel Gilbert | 10 : 8 | Bob chaperone |
10 | Tony Knowles | 10 : 2 | Jim Wych |
11 | Alan McManus | 10 : 8 | Tony Drago |
12 | Barry Pinches | 10 : 5 | Danny Fowler |
13 | Tony Jones | 10 : 6 | Silvino Francisco |
14th | Joe Johnson | 10 : 8 | Nigel Bond |
15th | Craig Edwards | 10 : 8 | James Wattana |
16 | Ken Doherty | 10 : 5 | Cliff Wilson |
Century breaks
There were 31 century breaks in the tournament. The highest break was a 140 by Jimmy White .
- 140, 138, 136, 117, 115 Jimmy White
- 138, 137, 131, 122, 117, 112, 112, 101 John Parrott
- 137 Alan McManus
- 135, 122, 116, 105, 102, 100 Stephen Hendry
- 135, 126, 106, 102 Steve James
- 123, 114 Tony Meo
- 120, 112 Gary Wilkinson
- 106 Dean Reynolds
- 103 Martin Clark
- 102 Tony Jones
Individual evidence
- ^ Chris Turner: World Professional Championship . In: cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk . Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- ^ Hall of Fame . Snooker.org. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- ↑ Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac 2012, p. 130.
- ↑ Tournament results (including qualification) (cuetracker.net)
- ↑ Crucible Centuries . Snooker.org. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- ↑ Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac 2012, p. 147.