1993 World Snooker Championship

The 1993 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1993 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 April and 3 May 1993 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

Embassy World Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Dates	17 April – 3 May 1993 (1993-04-17 – 1993-05-03)
Venue	Crucible Theatre
City	Sheffield
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£1,000,000
Winner's share	£175,000^[1]
Highest break	Steve Davis (ENG) (144)
Final
Champion	Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Runner-up	Jimmy White (ENG)
Score	18–5
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Stephen Hendry won his third World Championship title by defeating Jimmy White 18–5 in the final with a session to spare.^[1] The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

Tournament summary

• Ronnie O'Sullivan made his World Championship debut at the age of 17 years and 5 months, making him the second-youngest player since Stephen Hendry in 1986.^[2] O'Sullivan lost against Alan McManus 7–10 in the first round.^[3]
• Spencer Dunn made his Crucible debut, after winning eleven qualifying matches—a tournament record—to secure his place in the main draw. He defeated Ian Bullimore 5–1, Colin Mitchell 5–1, Elliott Clark 5–4, Neil Selman 5–1, Julian Goodyear 5–1, Kieran McAlinden 5–4, Mehmet Husnu 5–2, Bill Oliver 10–2, Colin Roscoe 10–7, Dave Harold 10–7, and Mark Bennett 10–9, before his first-round match against Nigel Bond. Fellow debutants O'Sullivan and John Giles both won ten qualifying matches to reach the Crucible stages.
• The other debutants this year were Brian Morgan, Joe Swail, Karl Payne, Shaun Mellish and Stephen O'Connor. The high number of debutants was partially a result of the governing body's decision to begin pre-qualifying at the beginning of the season. Of this year's rookies, only Morgan, O'Sullivan and Swail ever qualified for another World Championship.
• In frame three of his first-round match, Hendry compiled the 250th century break at the Crucible.^[4]
• 1981 runner-up and former Masters and twice UK Champion, Doug Mountjoy, played in his last World Championship main draw. He had appeared at every World Championship since the event moved to the Crucible in 1977, a run of 17 consecutive appearances. Mountjoy reached the second round, falling 6–13 to Jimmy White. Weeks later, Mountjoy had an operation to remove his left lung after being diagnosed with stage 2 lung cancer.
• Dennis Taylor's 13–11 second-round victory over Terry Griffiths set a record for the longest best-of-25-frames match in professional play at almost 800 minutes.
• James Wattana of Thailand became the first player from the Far East to reach the semi-finals of the event.^[5]
• Hendry's 18–5 victory over White was only the third time since the championship moved to the Crucible, and to date the last, that the title was settled in the afternoon with a session to spare. The previous two were in 1983 and 1989.^[6]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[7][8]

• Winner: £175,000
• Runner-up: £105,000
• Semi-final: £52,000
• Quarter-final: £26,000
• Last 16: £14,000
• Last 32: £8,000
• Highest break: £14,400
• Maximum break: £100,000
• Total: £1,000,000

Main draw

Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).^{[7][9][10][11]}

First round Best of 19 frames

Second round Best of 25 frames

Quarter-finals Best of 25 frames

Semi-finals Best of 31 frames

Final Best of 35 frames

17 April

Stephen Hendry (1)

10

22, 23 & 24 April

Danny Fowler

1

Stephen Hendry (1)

13

17 & 18 April

Darren Morgan (16)

4

Darren Morgan (16)

10

27 & 28 April

Les Dodd

5

Stephen Hendry (1)

13

18 & 19 April

Nigel Bond (9)

7

Nigel Bond (9)

10

23 & 24 April

Spencer Dunn

4

Nigel Bond (9)

13

19 & 20 April

Gary Wilkinson (8)

7

Gary Wilkinson (8)

10

29, 30 April & 1 May

Dean Reynolds

4

Stephen Hendry (1)

16

20 April

Alan McManus (13)

8

Neal Foulds (5)

10

25 & 26 April

Brian Morgan

5

Neal Foulds (5)

13

21 & 22 April

Martin Clark (12)

7

Martin Clark (12)

10

27 & 28 April

Karl Payne

6

Neal Foulds (5)

11

18 & 19 April

Alan McManus (13)

13

Alan McManus (13)

10

24, 25 & 26 April

Ronnie O'Sullivan

7

Alan McManus (13)

13

21 April

Steve Davis (4)

11

Steve Davis (4)

10

2 & 3 May

Peter Ebdon

3

Stephen Hendry (1)

18

17 & 18 April

Jimmy White (3)

5

Jimmy White (3)

10

24, 25 & 26 April

Joe Swail

4

Jimmy White (3)

13

21 & 22 April

Doug Mountjoy

6

Alain Robidoux (14)

6

27 & 28 April

Doug Mountjoy

10

Jimmy White (3)

13

19 April

Dennis Taylor (11)

8

Dennis Taylor (11)

10

23 & 24 April

Tony Drago

9

Dennis Taylor (11)

13

20 & 21 April

Terry Griffiths (6)

11

Terry Griffiths (6)

10

29, 30 April & 1 May

David Roe

6

Jimmy White (3)

16

20 & 21 April

James Wattana (7)

9

James Wattana (7)

10

25 & 26 April

Tony Jones

7

James Wattana (7)

13

19 & 20 April

Steve James (10)

7

Steve James (10)

10

27 & 28 April

John Giles

2

James Wattana (7)

13

17 April

John Parrott (2)

6

Willie Thorne (15)

10

22 & 23 April

Shaun Mellish

6

Willie Thorne (15)

9

18 April

John Parrott (2)

13

John Parrott (2)

10

Stephen O'Connor

1

Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2 & 3 May 1993. Referee: Len Ganley^[12]
Stephen Hendry (1)   Scotland	18–5	Jimmy White (3)   England
136–0, 37–65, 68–63, 63–48, 76–0, 126–1, 29–83, 39–68, 75–50, 80–0, 134–0, 38–69, 99–0, 77–38, 80–7, 68–6, 81–46, 68–20, 123–16, 1–84, 63–15, 72–0, 127–0	Century breaks: 3 (Hendry 3) Highest break by Hendry: 136 Highest break by White: 60	136–0, 37–65, 68–63, 63–48, 76–0, 126–1, 29–83, 39–68, 75–50, 80–0, 134–0, 38–69, 99–0, 77–38, 80–7, 68–6, 81–46, 68–20, 123–16, 1–84, 63–15, 72–0, 127–0
Stephen Hendry wins the 1993 Embassy World Snooker Championship

Century breaks

There were 35 century breaks in the championship,^[13] a new record, beating the 31 centuries of 1991. The highest break of the event was a 144 made by Steve Davis.^[14]

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

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

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