1994 Grand Prix (snooker)

Skoda Grand Prix 1994 10 10 1994 10 23 y Assembly Rooms Derby England WPBSA Ranking event £325,000Snooker: Higgins faces tough task https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/snooker-higgins-faces-tough-task-1379062.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/snooker-higgins-faces-tough-task-1379062.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent 11 May 2012 London 28 August 1994 £60,000 Dave Harold ENG (140) John Higgins SCO Dave Harold ENG 9–6 1993 1995 The 1994 Skoda Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, England. The event started on 10 October 1994 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 16 and 23 October 1994. John Higgins won in the final 9–6 against Dave Harold to claim his first ranking title. Higgins, ranked 51 at the time, defeated four top 16 seeded players at the event: Willie Thorne (15) in the first round; James Wattana (4) in the last 16; Ronnie O'Sullivan (10) in a 5–0 whitewash in the quarter-finals and Joe Swail (12) in the semi-finals. Prize fund and ranking points The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event are shown below: Prize money Ranking pointsWinner £60,000 2700 Runner-up £32,000 2025 Semi-final £16,000 1520 Quarter-final £9,050 1330 Last 16 £4,550 1140 Last 32 £2,600 855 Last 64 Unseeded £1,900 640 Seeded 427 Highest break Prize money Break Non-televised £1,200 145 FIN Robin Hull Televised £2,400 140 ENG Dave Harold Main draw 1994 New Skoda Grand Prix http://www.snooker.org/trn/skoda_res.shtml/ Snooker.org 5 January 2011 Last 64Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames FinalBest of 17 frames 1 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 IRL Stephen O'Connor 3 17 ENG Steve James 2 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 27 ENG Mick Price 4 ENG Ian Brumby 5 11 ENG Nigel Bond 1 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 12 NIR Joe Swail 5 WAL Dominic Dale 2 28 ENG Jason Ferguson 5 PAK Shokat Ali 3 20 NZL Dene O'Kane 2 ENG Wayne Brown 5 6 ENG John Parrott 4 53 WAL Tony Chappel 5 8 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Ken Owers 3 22 ENG Gary Wilkinson 4 ENG Mark King 5 32 CAN Alain Robidoux 5 ENG Darren Clarke 2 10 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 ENG Jason Weston 3 15 ENG Willie Thorne 4 51 SCO John Higgins 5 18 ENG Martin Clark 5 40 ENG Stephen Lee 4 21 ENG Tony Knowles 5 47 NIR Jason Prince 3 4 THA James Wattana 5 ENG John Read 1 3 ENG Steve Davis 5 NIR Terry Murphy 3 31 WAL Mark Bennett 0 37 ENG Joe Johnson 5 25 ENG Neal Foulds 1 35 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 13 ENG David Roe 1 62 WAL Steve Newbury 5 14 WAL Terry Griffiths 5 ENG Steve Judd 0 23 ENG Mike Hallett 4 33 ENG Andy Hicks 5 24 NIR Dennis Taylor 0 SCO Euan Henderson 5 5 ENG Jimmy White 5 59 SCO Paul McPhillips 2 7 SCO Alan McManus 5 49 ENG Nigel Gilbert 1 26 WAL Doug Mountjoy 5 ENG Karl Payne 4 19 ENG Dave Harold 5 55 WAL Paul Davies 3 9 WAL Darren Morgan 5 54 CAN Cliff Thorburn 1 16 MLT Tony Drago 5 ENG Mark Flowerdew 1 30 ENG Brian Morgan 3 45 ENG Rod Lawler 5 29 ENG Dean Reynolds 5 58 WAL Mark Williams 1 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 SCO Chris Small 4 1 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 3   ENG Ian Brumby 4 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 12 NIR Joe Swail 5 28 ENG Jason Ferguson 0 ENG Wayne Brown 5 53 WAL Tony Chappel 4 8 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Mark King 0 32 CAN Alain Robidoux 4 10 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 51 SCO John Higgins 5 18 ENG Martin Clark 4 21 ENG Tony Knowles 3 4 THA James Wattana 5 3 ENG Steve Davis 5 37 ENG Joe Johnson 0 35 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 62 WAL Steve Newbury 2 14 WAL Terry Griffiths 1 33 ENG Andy Hicks 5 SCO Euan Henderson 5 5 ENG Jimmy White 2 7 SCO Alan McManus 5 26 WAL Doug Mountjoy 2 19 ENG Dave Harold 5 9 WAL Darren Morgan 3 16 MLT Tony Drago 2 45 ENG Rod Lawler 5 29 ENG Dean Reynolds 3 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 1 ENG Peter Ebdon 3 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 12 NIR Joe Swail 5 ENG Wayne Brown 3 8 IRL Ken Doherty 3 10 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 51 SCO John Higgins 5 4 THA James Wattana 3 3 ENG Steve Davis 5 35 ENG Anthony Hamilton 1 33 ENG Andy Hicks 5 SCO Euan Henderson 3 7 SCO Alan McManus 2 19 ENG Dave Harold 5 45 ENG Rod Lawler 0 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Jimmy Michie 4 12 NIR Joe Swail 5 10 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 0 51 SCO John Higgins 5 3 ENG Steve Davis 3 33 ENG Andy Hicks 5 19 ENG Dave Harold 5 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 2 12 NIR Joe Swail 5 51 SCO John Higgins 9 33 ENG Andy Hicks 8 19 ENG Dave Harold 9 51 SCO John Higgins 9 19 ENG Dave Harold 6 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Williams.Assembly Rooms, Derby, England, 23 October 1994. John Higgins (51) 9–6 Dave Harold (19)Afternoon: 98–10, 41–64, 82–48 (67), 72–9, 1–75 (70), 67–9, 74–0 (62), 93–36 (92)Evening: 91–23, 6–123 (99), 22–82 (72), 118–0 (118), 46–58, 28–77, 82–1 (82) 118 Highest break 99 1 Century breaks 0 5 50+ breaks 3 References 1994 Grand Prix Grand Prix (snooker) Grand Prix