World Snooker Championship 1992

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World Snooker Championship 1992
Embassy World Snooker Championship
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Attendees: 32
Venue: Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening: April 18, 1992
Endgame: 3rd / 4th May 1992

Winner: ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
Finalist: EnglandEngland Jimmy White
Highest Break: 147 ( Jimmy White ) EnglandEngland
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The 1992 Embassy Snooker World Championship was the 55th edition of the World Snooker Championship . It took place from April 18 to May 4, 1992 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and formed the conclusion of the 1991/92 snooker season .

The Scottish Stephen Hendry became world champion with an 18:14 victory in the final against the Englishman Jimmy White . After 1990 it was his second world title. Defending champion John Parrott was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Alan McManus . In the first round game against Tony Drago White played the twelfth maximum break .

Main round

  Round 1 Round of 16 Quarter finals Semifinals final
                                               
1  EnglandEngland John Parrott 10                
 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 0  
1  EnglandEngland John Parrott 13
  16  EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 4th  
16  EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 10
 EnglandEngland Mark Johnston-Allen 4th  
1  EnglandEngland John Parrott 12
   ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 13  
9  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 6th    
 EnglandEngland Mick Price 10  
 EnglandEngland Mick Price 10
   ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 13  
8th  EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 8th
 ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 10  
 ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 7th
  4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 16  
5  EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 6th
 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 10  
 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 6th
   CanadaCanada Jim Wych 13  
12  EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 7th
 CanadaCanada Jim Wych 10  
 CanadaCanada Jim Wych 9
  4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 13  
13  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 10    
 EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 7th  
13  CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 11
  4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 13  
4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 10
 MaltaMalta Tony Drago 4th  
4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 14th
2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 18th
3  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 4th
 EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 10  
 EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 13
  14th  EnglandEngland Martin Clark 4th  
14th  EnglandEngland Martin Clark 10
 South Africa 1961South Africa Peter Francisco 7th  
 EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 7th
  11  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 13  
11  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 10    
 CanadaCanada Bob chaperone 8th  
11  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 13
  6th  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 7th  
6th  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 10
 EnglandEngland Jason Ferguson 8th  
11  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 4th
  2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 16  
7th  EnglandEngland Steve James 9
 New ZealandNew Zealand Dene O'Kane 10  
 New ZealandNew Zealand Dene O'Kane 13
   ScotlandScotland Chris Small 10  
10  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 7th
 ScotlandScotland Chris Small 10  
 New ZealandNew Zealand Dene O'Kane 6th
  2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 13  
15th  ThailandThailand James Wattana 10    
 EnglandEngland Tony Jones 4th  
15th  ThailandThailand James Wattana 10
  2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 13  
2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 10
 IrelandIreland Stephen Murphy 3  

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames
Referee: John Street
Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 3rd – 4th May 1992
Jimmy White EnglandEngland 14: 18 ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
1st session: 0: 107 , 117 : 16, 57: 70 , 101 : 15, 69 : 54, 8: 76 , 68 : 53, 67 : 65
2nd session: 29: 75 , 92 : 9, 47: 63 , 62 : 54, 128 : 6, 71 : 8, 11: 70 , 83 : 28, 90 : 0
3rd session: 134 : 0, 0: 86 , 7: 76 , 76 : 8, 86 : 52, 35: 77 , 53: 62 , 61: 63
4th session: 56: 70 , 19: 70 , 0: 128 , 30: 59 , 26: 81 , 0: 134 , 5: 112
134 Highest break 134
2 Century breaks 4th
- 50+ breaks -

Century breaks

EnglandEngland Jimmy White 147 , 135, 134, 104, 101, 100
ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 134, 130, 128, 112, 105, 103
EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 134, 108 (2 ×)
EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 132, 117
EnglandEngland Mick Price 132
EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 129
New ZealandNew Zealand Dene O'Kane 114, 107
EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 114
ScotlandScotland Chris Small 110
EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 108
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 106

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1992: Hendry on top. In: news.bbc.co.uk. BBC , April 18, 2003, accessed April 30, 2015 .
  2. ↑ 1992 World Championships Results Grid. snookerdatabase, accessed April 30, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Crucible Centuries. snooker.org, accessed April 30, 2015 .