World Snooker Championship 1994

World Snooker Championship 1994
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 16, 1994
Endgame:	1./2. May 1994
Winner:	Stephen Hendry
Finalist:	Jimmy White
Highest Break:	143 ( Alan McManus )
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The Embassy Snooker World Championship in 1994 was the 57th edition of the World Snooker Championship . It took place from April 16 to May 2, 1994 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and formed the conclusion of the 1993/94 snooker season .

The Scot Stephen Hendry became world champion for the fourth time after 1990 , 1992 and 1993 by beating England's Jimmy White in the final.

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	£ 180,000
finalist	£ 110,000
Semi-finalist	£ 55,000
Quarter finalist	£ 27,500
Round of 16	£ 15,000
Last 32	£ 8,500
Last 48	£ 6,000
Last 64	£ 4,000
Last 96	£ 1,750
Last 128	£ 1,000
Last 192	600 pounds
Highest Break (Qualification)	£ 5,000
Highest Break (Main Round)	£ 15,400
Maximum break (main round)	£ 100,000
All in all	£ 1,068,000

Main round

	Round 1					Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Stephen Hendry	10
		Surinder Gill	1
						1	Stephen Hendry	13
							Dave Harold	2
	16	David Roe	8th
		Dave Harold	10
											1	Stephen Hendry	13
											9	Nigel Bond	8th
	9	Nigel Bond	10
		Cliff Thorburn	9
						9	Nigel Bond	13
						8th	Terry Griffiths	8th
	8th	Terry Griffiths	10
		Mark Davis	6th
																1	Stephen Hendry	16
																4th	Steve Davis	9
	5	James Wattana	10
		Peter Ebdon	6th
						5	James Wattana	13
							Brian Morgan	9
	12	Martin Clark	9
		Brian Morgan	10
											5	James Wattana	9
											4th	Steve Davis	13
	13	Steve James	10
		Les Dodd	9
						13	Steve James	3
						4th	Steve Davis	13
	4th	Steve Davis	10
		Dene O'Kane	3
																					1	Stephen Hendry	18th
																					3	Jimmy White	17th
	3	Jimmy White	10
		Billy Snaddon	6th
						3	Jimmy White	13
						14th	Neal Foulds	10
	14th	Neal Foulds	10
		Anthony Davies	7th
											3	Jimmy White	13
											11	Ken Doherty	10
	11	Ken Doherty	10
		Alex Higgins	6th
						11	Ken Doherty	13
						6th	Alan McManus	11
	6th	Alan McManus	10
		Fergal O'Brien	7th
																3	Jimmy White	16
																10	Darren Morgan	8th
	7th	Willie Thorne	10
		Gary Ponting	2
						7th	Willie Thorne	12
						10	Darren Morgan	13
	10	Darren Morgan	10
		Mark King	5
											10	Darren Morgan	13
											2	John Parrott	11
	15th	Dennis Taylor	6th
		Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
							Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
						2	John Parrott	13
	2	John Parrott	10
		Drew Henry	9

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: John Williams Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 1st – 2nd May 1994
Stephen Hendry	18 : 17	Jimmy White
Session 1: 7: 94 , 64 : 52, 89 : 0, 68 : 21, 93 : 24, 76 : 0, 1: 85 , 68: 70 2 Session: 42: 85 , 29: 72 , 15: 110 , 37: 84 , 71 : 54, 59: 60 , 94 : 27, 15: 64 , 71 : 26 3rd session: 89 : 0, 0: 77 , 25: 69 , 73 : 4, 88 : 13, 53: 64 , 72 : 34, 56: 61 , 68 : 31, 66 : 34 4th session: 67 : 34, 0: 116 , 72 : 39, 66: 71 , 66: 67 , 68 : 0, 0: 85 , 82 : 37
89	Highest break	116
-	Century breaks	1
-	50+ breaks	-

Century breaks

Alan McManus 143, 105, 102 Martin Clark 139, 102 Cliff Thorburn 139 Billy Snaddon 137 Brian Morgan 134, 108 Steve Davis 134, 101 Drew Henry 133, 112 John Parrott 132 Stephen Hendry 124, 120 (2 ×), 109, 100

Peter Ebdon 124 Ken Doherty 119, 100 Fergal O'Brien 118, 100 Willie Thorne 118 Jimmy White 116, 112, 108, 107, 103 Darren Morgan 115, 107, 100 Dene O'Kane 114 James Wattana 100

Individual evidence

1. ^ Embassy World Championship. (No longer available online.) In: snookerscene.co.uk. SnookerScene, archived from the original on January 24, 2013 ; accessed on May 1, 2015 . 
2. ↑ 1994 Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship. snooker.org, accessed May 1, 2015 . 
3. ↑ 1994 World Championships Results. In: snookerdatabase.co.uk. Snookerdatabase, accessed May 1, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Crucible Centuries. snooker.org, accessed May 1, 2015 .