World Snooker Championship 1995

World Snooker Championship 1995
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 14, 1995
Endgame:	29./30. April 1995
Winner:	Stephen Hendry
Finalist:	Nigel Bond
Highest Break:	147 ( Stephen Hendry)
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The 1995 Embassy Snooker World Championship was the 58th edition of the World Snooker Championship . It took place from April 14th to 30th, 1995 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and marked the end of the 1994/95 snooker season .

The Scottish Stephen Hendry became world champion with an 18: 9 victory in the final against the Englishman Nigel Bond . It was Hendry's fourth consecutive world title and his fifth overall. Jimmy White , who has been vice world champion five times since 1990 , was eliminated in the semi-finals against Hendry. Hendry played the fourteenth maximum break in this game , making him the third player who managed to play two maximums.

In the course of the first round match between Jimmy White and the South African Peter Francisco , there was a betting scandal. Shortly before the start of the game, unusually large amounts were placed on a 10-2 win for White. After subsequent investigations by the WPBSA , Peter Francisco was banned as a professional for five years.

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	£ 190,000
finalist	£ 115,000
Semi-finalist	£ 57,000
Quarter finalist	£ 29,000
Round of 16	£ 15,500
Last 32	£ 8,750
Highest break	£ 16,000
Maximum break	£ 147,000
All in all	£ 1,132,000

Main round

	Round 1					Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Stephen Hendry	10
		Stefan Mazrocis	3
						1	Stephen Hendry	13
						16	Tony Drago	6th
	16	Tony Drago	10
		Paul Cavney	2
											1	Stephen Hendry	13
											9	Ronnie O'Sullivan	8th
	9	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
		Dave Harold	3
						9	Ronnie O'Sullivan	13
						8th	Darren Morgan	8th
	8th	Darren Morgan	10
		Anthony Davies	3
																1	Stephen Hendry	16
																4th	Jimmy White	12
	5	John Parrott	10
		Brian Morgan	5
						5	John Parrott	13
						12	Joe Swail	11
	12	Joe Swail	10
		Nigel Gilbert	8th
											5	John Parrott	11
											4th	Jimmy White	13
	13	David Roe	10
		Billy Snaddon	6th
						13	David Roe	7th
						4th	Jimmy White	13
	4th	Jimmy White	10
		Peter Francisco	2
																					1	Stephen Hendry	18th
																					11	Nigel Bond	9
	3	James Wattana	8th
		Gary Wilkinson	10
							Gary Wilkinson	13
						14th	Terry Griffiths	9
	14th	Terry Griffiths	10
		Alain Robidoux	6th
												Gary Wilkinson	7th
											11	Nigel Bond	13
	11	Nigel Bond	10
		Stephen Lee	8th
						11	Nigel Bond	13
						6th	Alan McManus	10
	6th	Alan McManus	10
		John Higgins	3
																11	Nigel Bond	16
																	Andy Hicks	11
	7th	Ken Doherty	7th
		Mark Davis	10
							Mark Davis	7th
						10	Peter Ebdon	13
	10	Peter Ebdon	10
		Rod Lawler	2
											10	Peter Ebdon	8th
												Andy Hicks	13
	15th	Willie Thorne	10
		Tai Pichit	6th
						15th	Willie Thorne	7th
							Andy Hicks	13
	2	Steve Davis	7th
		Andy Hicks	10

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: John Street Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , April 29-30. April 1995
Stephen Hendry	18 : 9	Nigel Bond
1st session: 68 : 20, 42: 87 , 29: 74 , 0: 81 , 72 : 8, 4: 76 , 105 : 0, 77 : 7 2nd session: 1: 85 , 65 : 32, 90 : 1 , 70 : 31, 74 : 13, 124 : 1, 70 : 25, 84 : 0, 75 : 9 3rd session: 115 : 9, 74 : 41, 14: 63 , 59: 73 , 44: 67 , 76 : 19, 83 : 0, 92 : 36 4th session: 0: 135 , 103 : 28
124	Highest break	111
3	Century breaks	1
-	50+ breaks	-

Century breaks

Stephen Hendry 147 , 133, 128, 124, 121, 119, 114, 105, 103 (2 ×), 101, 100 Andy Hicks 136, 117, 100 John Parrott 129, 123, 115, 110 Tony Drago 117 Nigel Bond 115, 111, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan 112, 111 Peter Ebdon 108, 107 Dave Harold 103 Alan McManus 100 Darren Morgan 100

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mike Anstead: Top 10 bad boys of snooker. In: thesun.co.uk. The Sun , accessed May 1, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Snooker 'match fixing' probe into Scots duo Stephen Maguire & Jamie Burnett dropped. In: dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record, May 18, 2011, accessed May 1, 2015 . 
3. ↑ 1995 Embassy World Championship. snooker.org, accessed May 1, 2015 . 
4. ^ 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 . 
5. ^ Chris Turner: World Professional Championship. (No longer available online.) In: cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Snooker Archive, archived from the original on April 16, 2013 ; accessed on May 1, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Crucible Centuries. snooker.org, accessed May 1, 2015 .