1993 World Snooker Championship

1993 World Snooker Championship
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Attendees:	533
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 16, 1993
Endgame:	2nd / 3rd May 1993
Winner:	Stephen Hendry
Finalist:	Jimmy White
Highest Break:	144 ( Steve Davis )
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The 1993 Embassy Snooker World Championship was the 56th edition of the World Snooker Championship . It took place from April 16 to May 3, 1993 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and formed the conclusion of the 1992/93 snooker season .

World champion became for the third time the Scot Stephen Hendry who defeated the Englishman Jimmy White in the final, as in the previous year . The Englishman Steve Davis , who played the highest break with 144 points, was eliminated in the round of 16 against the Scottish Alan McManus . The Thai James Wattana was the first East Asian to reach the semi-finals of a World Cup. In the quarterfinals he had won against John Parrott , the 1991 world champion. Ronnie O'Sullivan , who was 17 years and 5 months old at the time, qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time and was the second youngest player to succeed after Hendry in 1986 .

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	£ 175,000
finalist	£ 105,000
Semi-finalist	£ 52,000
Quarter finalist	£ 26,000
Round of 16	£ 14,000
Last 32	£ 8,000
Highest break	£ 14,000
Maximum break	£ 100,000
All in all	£ 1,000,000

Main round

	Round 1					Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Stephen Hendry	10
		Danny Fowler	1
						1	Stephen Hendry	13
						16	Darren Morgan	4th
	16	Darren Morgan	10
		Les Dodd	6th
											1	Stephen Hendry	13
											9	Nigel Bond	7th
	9	Nigel Bond	10
		Spencer Dunn	4th
						9	Nigel Bond	13
						8th	Gary Wilkinson	7th
	8th	Gary Wilkinson	10
		Dean Reynolds	4th
																1	Stephen Hendry	16
																13	Alan McManus	9
	5	Neal Foulds	10
		Brian Morgan	5
						5	Neal Foulds	13
						12	Martin Clark	7th
	12	Martin Clark	10
		Karl Payne	6th
											5	Neal Foulds	11
											13	Alan McManus	13
	13	Alan McManus	10
		Ronnie O'Sullivan	7th
						13	Alan McManus	13
						4th	Steve Davis	11
	4th	Steve Davis	10
		Peter Ebdon	3
																					1	Stephen Hendry	18th
																					3	Jimmy White	5
	3	Jimmy White	10
		Joe Swail	4th
						3	Jimmy White	13
							Doug Mountjoy	6th
	14th	Alain Robidoux	6th
		Doug Mountjoy	10
											3	Jimmy White	13
											11	Dennis Taylor	8th
	11	Dennis Taylor	10
		Tony Drago	9
						11	Dennis Taylor	13
						6th	Terry Griffiths	11
	6th	Terry Griffiths	10
		David Roe	6th
																3	Jimmy White	16
																7th	James Wattana	9
	7th	James Wattana	10
		Tony Jones	7th
						7th	James Wattana	13
						10	Steve James	7th
	10	Steve James	10
		John Giles	2
											7th	James Wattana	13
											2	John Parrott	6th
	15th	Willie Thorne	10
		Shaun Mellish	6th
						15th	Willie Thorne	9
						2	John Parrott	13
	2	John Parrott	10
		Stephen O'Connor	3

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Len Ganley Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 2nd – 3rd May 1993
Stephen Hendry	18 : 5	Jimmy White
1st session: 136 : 0, 37: 65 , 68 : 63, 63 : 48, 76 : 0, 126 : 1, 29: 83 , 39: 68 2nd session: 75 : 50, 80 : 0, 134 : 0 , 38: 69 , 99 : 0, 77 : 38, 80 : 7, 68 : 6, 81 : 46, 68 : 20 3rd session: 123 : 16, 1: 84 , 63 : 15, 72 : 0, 127 : 0
136	Highest break	60
3	Century breaks	-
-	50+ breaks	-

Century breaks

Steve Davis 144 Nigel Bond 139, 122, 101 Steve James 138, 106 Stephen Hendry 136, 129, 128, 126, 124, 123, 113, 110 Terry Griffiths 133 Neal Foulds 124, 108, 100 (2 ×) John Parrott 122, 102

Martin Clark 121 Alan McManus 112 James Wattana 110, 104 (2 ×), 103 Jimmy White 108, 105, 104 Willie Thorne 108, 104 Peter Ebdon 105 Gary Wilkinson 104, 101

Individual evidence

1. ^ Chris Turner: World Professional Championship. (No longer available online.) In: cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on April 16, 2013 ; accessed on May 1, 2015 . 
2. ↑ John Dee: Ebdon ousts holder. In: telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph , April 27, 2006, accessed May 1, 2015 . 
3. ↑ World Snooker: Stephen Hendry wins Crucible qualifier. In: bbc.com. BBC , April 15, 2012, accessed May 1, 2015 . 
4. ↑ 1993: White trounced by Hendry. In: bbc.com. BBC , April 18, 2003, accessed May 1, 2015 . 
5. ↑ 1993 World Championships Results. In: snookerdatabase.co.uk. Snookerdatabase, accessed May 1, 2015 . 
6. ^ Embassy World Championship. In: snookerscene.co.uk. Snookerscene, archived from the original on January 24, 2013 ; accessed on May 1, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Crucible Centuries. snooker.org, accessed May 1, 2015 .