1993 World Snooker Championship

Professional snooker tournament May 2020 April 2014 1993 Embassy World Snooker Championship 1993 04 17 1993 05 3 y Crucible Theatre Sheffield England WPBSA Ranking event £1,000,000 £175,000 athlete Steve Davis ENG (144) athlete Stephen Hendry SCO athlete Jimmy White ENG 18–5 1992 1994 The 1993 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1993 Embassy World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 April and 3 May 1993 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, it was the ninth and final ranking event of the 1992–93 snooker season and the seventeenth consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible, the first tournament at this location having taken place in 1977. Stephen Hendry was the defending champion, having defeated Jimmy White 18–14 in the 1992 final. The two players reached the final again in 1993, and Hendry won 18–5 with a session to spare. Hendry compiled a break of 136 at his first visit to the table in the first frame of the final, setting a new record of 204 career century breaks. Eleven rounds of qualifying for the championship were held from 19 July to 20 September at the Norbreck Hotel, Blackpool. The qualifying competition produced 16 players for the main stage, where they met the 16 invited seeded players. The tournament was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC2, and was sponsored by the Embassy cigarette brand. Hendry received £175,000 from the total prize fund of £1,000,000. The highest break of the main stage was 144, the fourth-highest in championship history, made by Steve Davis. Overview The World Snooker Championship is an annual professional snooker tournament organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA).Harris 2020 227–237 Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India,Williams 2015 286 the cue sport was popular in the British Isles.Harris 2020 227–237 However, in the modern era, which started in 1969 when the World Championship reverted to a knockout format,John Higgins Eyes More Crucible Titles https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/5276218/John-Higgins-eyes-more-Crucible-titles.html The Telegraph London 5 May 2009 13 April 2020 registration "the modern era, which began in 1969 when the World Championship became a knockout event." https://web.archive.org/web/20100430020307/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/5276218/John-Higgins-eyes-more-Crucible-titles.html 30 April 2010 live it has become increasingly popular worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand.The Rise Of China wst.tv World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 26 February 2018 13 March 2019 http://www.worldsnooker.com/the-rise-of-china/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180419145915/http://www.worldsnooker.com/the-rise-of-china/ 19 April 2018 liveWilson Bill 24 April 2015 Snooker Looks to Cue up More Big Breaks in China https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32429022 BBC News 9 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200305033819/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32429022 5 March 2020 liveAgence France-Presse 17 March 2018 Snooker World Champion, Hongkonger Ng On-Yee Aims to Change Image of Male-Dominated Game https://hongkongfp.com/2018/03/17/snooker-world-champion-hongkonger-ng-yee-aims-change-image-male-dominated-game/ Hong Kong Free Press 9 May 2020 16 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190816141250/https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/17/snooker-world-champion-hongkonger-ng-yee-aims-change-image-male-dominated-game/ live Joe Davis won the first World Championship in 1927, hosted by the Billiards Association and Control Council, the final match being held at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England.Everton 2012 23History of Snooker – a Timeline https://www.wpbsa.com/about/history/ wpbsa World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 21 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190418140049/https://www.wpbsa.com/about/history/ 18 April 2019 live The 1993 championship featured 32 professional players competing in one-on-one snooker matches in a single-elimination format, each round being played over a pre-determined number of frames, and each match divided into two or more sessions containing a set number of frames.Downer 2026 36–37 These competitors in the main tournament were selected using a combination of the top players in the snooker world rankings and the winners of a pre-tournament qualification stage. The top 16 players in the world rankings automatically qualified for the event, the remaining 16 players coming through the qualification rounds.Lee David War of the worlds Evening Telegraph Derby 15 April 1993 28 https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-telegraph-wotw/192583435/ Newspapers.com It was the seventeenth consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible, the first tournament there having taken place in 1977.Smith 1991 10Crucible Celebrates 40 Years of Hosting Snooker Worlds https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/crucible-reaches-a-milestone/55590 Sporting Life UK 12 April 2017 16 March 2021 9 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231109003024/https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/crucible-reaches-a-milestone/55590 live The defending champion in 1993 was Stephen Hendry, who had defeated Jimmy White 18–14 in the final of the 1992 World Snooker Championship.Everton Clive Whirlwind Hendry blows White away The Guardian 5 May 1992 14 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-wwh/184230851/ Newspapers.com The tournament was sponsored by cigarette brand Embassy, and was also referred to as the Embassy World Snooker Championship.Embassy Bow out on High Note Snooker Scene June 2005 3Crucible climax Snooker Scene April 1993 3 The championship was broadcast on BBC2 in the UK.O'Carroll Lisa Back from the dead Evening Standard 12 May 1993 34 https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard/198201397/ Newspapers.com It was the ninth and final ranking event of the 1992–93 snooker season.Ranking point tariffs for new season Snooker Scene August 1992 7 The event attracted 542 entrants, a record.Crucible factfile Leicester Mercury 16 April 1993 63 https://www.newspapers.com/article/leicester-mercury/198136356/ Newspapers.com Prize fund The tournament had a total prize fund of £1,000,000,Downer 2026 172 broken down as shown below. Main stageWorld Championship 1993 http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-snooker-tournaments-archive-world-championship-1993.asp Global Snooker 6 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110310183920/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-snooker-tournaments-archive-world-championship-1993.asp 10 March 2011 usurpedDowner 2026 172 Winner: £175,000Downer 2026 172 Runner-up: £105,000Downer 2026 172 Semi-final: £52,000Downer 2026 172 Quarter-final: £26,000Downer 2026 172 Last 16: £14,000Downer 2026 172 Last 32: £8,000Downer 2026 172 11th qualifying round losers: £5,750 10th qualifying round losers: £3,400 9th qualifying round losers: unknown 8th qualifying round losers: £850No Crucible return for Small Snooker Scene September 1992 24 Highest break in qualifying: £4,000 Highest break in main event: £14,400Downer 2026 172 Maximum break: £100,000Downer 2026 172 Tournament summary Qualifying There were 11 rounds of matches in the qualifying competition,Downer 2026 246–247 which was held at the Norbreck Hotel, Blackpool, from 19 July to 20 September 1992.Immingham's top cuemen prepare for qualifiers Grimsby Evening Telegraph 15 July 1992 28 https://www.newspapers.com/article/grimsby-evening-telegraph/198033676/ Newspapers.comHodgson Guy A craving for the Crucible 19 September 1992 The Independent 51 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent/198034011/ Newspapers.comWe're first with the professional tournament diary Pot Black July 1992 13 The first seven rounds were the best-of-9-frames, and the later rounds were best-of-19.Downer 2026 246–247 Sixteen players progressed from qualifying to the main stage where they met the 16 invited seeded players.Downer 2026 36–37Downer 2026 246–247 The reigning world amateur champion Noppadon Noppachorn beat reigning English Amateur champion Stephen Lee 5–2 in the second round. Noppachorn lost 4–5 to Darren Lennox in round 4. In the sixth round, Pat Kenny made a break of 143 during his 5–4 defeat of Norman Maher, which turned out to be the highest break of the qualifying rounds.O'Sullivan still winning Snooker Scene August 1992 18–19 For the record Pot Black June 1993 6 The women's world champion Allison Fisher defeated Michael Valentine and Robert Champman to reach round six, then lost on the final black ball, 4–5 to Craig MacGillivray.Donovan Mike Fisher gets ready to take on the world The Argus 20 July 1992 31 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-argus/198443626/ Newspapers.com Ronnie O'Sullivan lost only two frames in his first five matches, which included a whitewash of Guy Dennis in round 6. Eight-time champion Fred Davis was also whitewashed, by Mark King, and two-time champion John Spencer withdrew.Downer 2026 246–247Hall of Fame snooker.org https://www.snooker.org/trn/hof.asp?pEvent=World 28 May 2026 Alex Higgins, the champion in 1972 and 1982, started in the seventh round and defeated Steve Judd 5–1, Murdo MacLeod 10–9 and Kirk Stevens 10–5.Downer 2026 246–247Yates Phil Higgins walks tightrope Snooker Scene November 1992 6 In the penultimate round of qualifying, Higgins lost 1–10 to Brian Morgan, and said afterwards that there should be drug tests for him and his opponent, Morgan had played so well: "I've never seen anyone play like a machine before. It was surreal snooker."Everton Clive Higgins row The Guardian 21 September 1992 17 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/198009210/ Newspapers.comDowner 2026 246–247 Morgan responded by demanding that he was drug-tested as he had nothing to hide, and a test was carried out.Yates Phil Higgins falls to earth Snooker Scene November 1992 8–9 The test result was negative.Craddock Brian Looking like a world beater Crosby Herald 17 December 1993 42 https://www.newspapers.com/article/crosby-herald/198135437/ Newspapers.com The 1980 winner Cliff Thorburn lost in his first match, 7–10 to Stephen O'Connor in round nine.Yates Phil Higgins still standing Snooker Scene November 1992 7 In the last round of qualifying, Les Dodd had a walkover when Eddie Charlton's flight back from a pool tournament in the United States was delayed, meaning that he was in the plane at the time that match started.Everton Clive Hendry carries on where he left off The Guardian 19 April 1993 17 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/198001291/ Newspapers.com Joe Johnson, the 1986 World Champion, lost 6–10 to Karl Payne. Joe Swail, the Irish professional champion, won eight consecutive frames from 2–7 down to beat Mike Hallett 10–7. Eight players qualified for their debut at the main stage of the World Championship.Downer 2026 156 First-season professional Spencer Dunn won 11 matches to reach the main stage, which remained a record as of 2026.Downer 2026 156 Two other players in their first professional season, John Giles and O'Sullivan, each won ten matches to qualify.Downer 2026 156 O'Sullivan was the youngest player ever to qualify for the World Championship main stage.Everton 1993a 178 He became the second-youngest player to compete at the main stage, at 17 years and 5 months old, two months older than Stephen Hendry had been at his debut in 1986.World Snooker: Stephen Hendry wins Crucible qualifier https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/17714402 BBC Sport 10 June 2012 The other debutants this year were Morgan, Swail, Payne, Shaun Mellish and O'Connor.Yates Phil O'Sullivan among eight to earn Crucible debuts Snooker Scene November 1992 10–11 Snooker historian Clive Everton attributed the high number of debutants to the governing body's decision to hold pre-qualifying at the beginning of the season.Everton 1993a 177–178 According to Everton, "This had created the situation whereby relatively inexperienced players could become match hardened in the summer qualifying school and then catch cold many established players just outside the top 16 in the rankings, which would have exempted them from the qualifying competition."Everton 1993a 178 First round thumb|alt=Ronnie O'Sullivan playing snooker|Ronnie O'Sullivan (pictured in 2015) was the youngest player ever to qualify for the World Championship main stage, and the second-youngest player to compete at the main stage.Everton 1993a 178 The first round took place between 17 and 22 April, each match played over two sessions as the best of 19 frames.Downer 2026 36–37 In frame three of his first-round match against Danny Fowler, Hendry compiled the 250th century break at the Crucible, a 124.Downer 2026 223 Three frames later, he made a 128 break, the 200th century break of his career.Lancaster Joe Hendry coasts to 10–1 victory The Sunday Telegraph 18 April 1993 37 https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-telegraph/197940711/ Newspapers.com Fowler won only the tenth frame; Hendry won 10–1. Morgan established a 5–1 lead against Dodd before Dodd took the last three frames of the first session to trail 4–5. In the second session, Morgan lost only the second frame and completed a 10–5 victory.Everton Clive Yates Phil Embassy World Snooker: Hendry in a class of his own Snooker Scene June 1993 4–17 Nigel Bond converted a 6–3 first-session lead into a 10–4 win against Spencer Dunn. The first session of the match between Gary Wilkinson and Dean Reynolds was described by Everton as "perhaps the worst ever seen here in 16 years of championship play." The highest break of the session was only 34, and both players made numerous unforced errors. Wilkinson made two breaks of 58 and a break of 101 in the second session as he ran out a 10–4 winner. Martin Clark defeated Karl Payne 10–6 and commented afterwards that "He's a bit of a slow player that likes to grind it out and that made it a struggle".5 Guy Hodgson of The Independent wrote that "it was tortuous progress at times as the play was heavily laced with safety. By the end the audience was exhausted, never mind the players."Hodgson Guy Imperious Hendry on March The Independent 23 April 1993 37 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-imperious-hendry-on-marc/199435031/ Newspapers.com Neal Foulds retained his place in the top 16 of the rankings by progressing to the second round with a 10–5 win against Morgan; the highest break of the match was 108 by Foulds in frame nine to lead 6–3.Everton Clive Foulds passes stalled Morgan The Guardian 21 April 1993 21 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-fpsm/176770968/ Newspapers.com O'Sullivan lost 7–10 against Alan McManus.1993: White trounced by Hendry https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/2954013.stm BBC Sport 10 June 2012 18 April 2003 Everton felt that O'Sullivan had been affected by the pressure, and that his "brilliant long pots were counter-balanced by unforced errors at close quarters." Peter Ebdon had defeated Steve Davis 10–4 in the previous year's championship. In the two months leading up to the 1993 Championship, Davis had won the European Open, the British Open and the Irish Masters, and he beat Ebdon 10–3. Davis remarked that "There were no feelings of revenge. If you have a grudge it's more difficult to play well.6 Jimmy White took a 7–2 lead against Swail into the second session of their match, and although Swail won frames ten and eleven, White went on to win 10–4.Dee John Wary White buries past The Daily Telegraph 19 April 1993 39 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/197941017/ Newspapers.com Alain Robidoux's 6–10 loss to Doug Mountjoy meant that he would drop out of the top 16; Mountjoy commented after that he sensed that Robidoux had played "with fear in his heart".Everton Clive Hendry takes command as Morgan is put on the spot The Guardian 23 April 1993 16 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/198002971/ Newspapers.com Dennis Taylor's 10–9 win against Tony Drago was sealed with a break of 46 in the deciding frame after Drago had missed an attempt to pot a red after a poor positional shot.Everton Clive Taylor survives another nail-biter The Guardian 20 April 1993 20 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/198001824/ Newspapers.com Terry Griffiths won the first six frames against David Roe, and Roe won the next four frames. Griffiths compiled a break of 133 in frame 12, and won the match 10–6. James Wattana made a break of 103 in the seventh frame of his 10–7 win against Tony Jones. Steve James made two century breaks, 106 and 138, while establishing an 8–1 lead against Giles and won the match 10–2 after needing a snooker to take frame 12. Willie Thorne won five of the nine frames of the first session against Mellish. Mellish was again only one frame behind at 6–7, then Thorne took three consecutive frames to prevail 10–6. O'Connor won frame six as he lost 1–10 to 1991 champion John Parrott. Second round thumb|alt=Steve Davis wearing a waistcoat|Steve Davis (pictured in 2014) made a break of 144, the highest break of the tournament, and the fourth-highest in championship history. The second round, which took place between 22 and 26 April, was played as best-of-25-frames matches spread over three sessions.Downer 2026 36–37 Hendry won both of the first two sessions against Morgan 6–2, and had a break of 113 in frame 16.Everton Clive Parrot nips Thorne recovery in the bud as Hendry hits form The Guardian 24 April 1993 31 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/197515902/ Newspapers.com He won 13–4.Lancaster Joe Cool Hendry inches nearer world crown The Sunday Telegraph 25 April 1993 35 https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-telegraph/197516166/ Newspapers.com Bond recovered from 2–4 down to lead Wilkinson 9–7, and won 13–9. Foulds had never beaten Clark in any of their four previous meetings in ranking tournaments, but led 6–2 after the first session, then 10–6 after the second session, and won 13–7. Davis made the highest break of the tournament, and the fourth-highest in championship history, with a 144 in the third frame against McManus. Despite this, he trailed 1–4 before levelling at 4–4. McManus built a 12–9 lead, which Davis narrowed by winning the next two frames.Hodgson Guy Davis turned into idle idol by McManus 27 April 1993 The Independent 23 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-davis-turned-into-idle-i/199431503/ Newspapers.com After Davis missed an attempt to pot the blue ball in frame 24, McManus cleared the colours to win 13–11. Speaking after the match, Davis said about the missed blue, "I'm not upset about missing it. You're allowed to miss balls in this championship." White compiled five breaks over 50, including a 108 as he built a 5–3 lead against Mountjoy. From 11–5 at the end of the second session, he beat Mountjoy 13–6. Griffiths and Taylor faced each other at the championship for the first time since the 1979 final; Taylor won 13–11 in a match that lasted over 13 hours and finished at 1:40 am.Everton Clive Late-stop Taylor The Guardian 26 April 1993 18 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/198003605/ Newspapers.com Wattana made three century breaks in his 13–7 defeat of James: a 110 in frame six and 104s in frames 10 and 13.Downer 2026 36 Thorne and Parrott were level at 4–4 after their first session, but Parrott took the next five frames and eventually won 13–9. Quarter-finals thumb|alt=James Wattana playing snooker|James Wattana (pictured in 2013) became the first player from the Far East ever to reach the championship semi-finals. The quarter-finals were played as best-of-25-frames matches over three sessions on 27 and 28 April.Downer 2026 36 Hendry led Bond 6–2 after one session. In the second session, Hendry made a break of 129, while Bond had breaks of 139 and 110.Dee John Bond's best not enough to break champion The Daily Telegraph 28 April 1993 38 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/198006031/ Newspapers.com Hendry moved from a 11–5 lead after two sessions to a 13–7 victory. Foulds made a 124 break in the first session against McManus, which finished 4–4. He had breaks of 100 in both the second and third sessions,Downer 2026 37 but lost 11–13. White trailed Taylor 2–5 but then won seven of the next eight frames, and eventually won 13–8. Wattana, from Thailand, became the first player from the Far East ever to reach the semi-finals of the event when he beat Parrott.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/2336004/Ebdon-ousts-holder.html Ebdon ousts holder Dee John 27 April 2006 10 June 2012 The Daily Telegraph London In the first session, both players made a number of mistakes. Despite Parrott compiling a 122 break, Wattana took a 5–3 lead. They were tied at 5–5 but Wattana then took six consecutive frames and went on to win 13–6.Everton 1993a 180Dee John Six-frame burst puts Wattana in semi-finals The Daily Telegraph 29 April 1993 30 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/198006604/ Newspapers.com Semi-finals The semi-finals took place between 29 April and 1 May as best-of-31-frames matches played over four sessions.Downer 2026 36 McManus and Hendry, both from Scotland, entered the arena to music played by a Scottish piper. Hendry later wrote that he was annoyed by this, as he felt it was inappropriate for a serious match and "if there's one thing I can't stand it's the sound of those bloody pipes. I'm furious but there's little I can do except grit my teeth and get on with focusing on the game."Hendry 2019 141 Hendry took a 3–0 lead, but McManus won the next four frames; their first session finished with them at 4–4.Dee John McManus seizes initiative in all-Scottish showdown The Daily Telegraph 30 April 1993 33 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/198007126/ Newspapers.com The first frame of the second session was won by McManus, but Hendry took the other seven. It was 15–7 to Hendry after the third session, and he won 16–8. Hendry's break of 110 in the 22nd frame was his 33rd in a World Championship match, surpassing Davis's record.Downer 2026 37Ridley Ian White purple patch lifts snooker blues The Observer 2 May 1993 43 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-observer/198008091/ Newspapers.com It also brought Hendry, who had been a professional for eight years, to a career total of 203 century breaks, equalling the record number that Davis had achieved in 15 years.Lancaster Joe Action replay: Hendry and White finally together The Sunday Telegraph 2 May 1993 19 https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-telegraph/198008423/ Newspapers.com Wattana built a 5–0 lead against White, and finished the first session 5–2 up. From 2–6, White made breaks of 104 and 108 and won 12 consecutive frames for a 14–8 lead.Dee John White shows vintage form in 12-frame master class The Daily Telegraph 1 May 1993 21 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-vintform/192995882/ Newspapers.com After losing 9–16, Wattana remarked that his concentration had been "very much on and off" during the match.15 Guy Hodgson of The Independent commented that in winning the streak of 12 frames, White had "an almost hypnotic intensity about him".Hodgson Guy White lines up repeat of 1992 final 2 May 1993 The Independent 32 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-white-lines-up-repeat-of/199431219/ Newspapers.com The match was broadcast live by BBC satellite transmission to around 13 million viewers in Thailand.Everton 1993a 180 Final thumb|alt=Stephen Hendry playing snooker|Stephen Hendry (pictured in 2011) won the title for the third time.Stephen Hendry World Snooker Tour https://wst.tv/players/stephen-hendry/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20230318234645/https://wst.tv/players/stephen-hendry/ 18 March 2023 The final between Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White was played as the best-of-35 frames across four sessions on 2 and 3 May.Downer 2026 36–37 Hendry compiled a break of 136 at his first visit to the table to win the first frame, setting a new record of 204 career century breaks.Everton 1993a 181 White took the second frame, but lost frame three despite a break of 54, after Hendry made a 63. Hendry moved into a 5–1 lead, making breaks of 76 in the fifth frame and 126 in the sixth frame, then White won the last frame of the first session. After session two, Hendry was 12–4 ahead.Dee John Hendry on cue to deal second blow to arch-rival The Daily Telegraph 3 May 1993 33 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-honcue/192995096/ Newspapers.com A 123 in the ninth frame was Hendry's eighth century break of the tournament, equalling the record held by Davis and Parrott. Hendry's 18–5 victory over White was only the third time since the championship moved to the Crucible that the title was settled in the afternoon with a session to spare. The previous two were in 1983 and 1989.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/may/06/worldsnookerchampionship.snooker Quick-fire win confirms that O'Sullivan is in class of his own Everton Clive 6 May 2008 10 June 2012 The Guardian London Everton wrote that Hendry "dominated the championship so thoroughly that it was easy to forget the inconsistency which had plagued him for most of the season."Everton 1993a 177 In The Independent Hodgson wrote that the difference between the players during the final "was every bit as emphatic as the scoreline suggests. Indeed, there were some who believed it flattered White."Hodgson Guy White gets not change out of Hendry 4 May 1993 The Independent 29 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-white-gets-no-change-out/199431644/ Newspapers.com Hodgson saw a recurring pattern during the match where White would miss and then Hendry would make a significant break. White wrote in his autobiography Second Wind that he had low expectations coming into the championship, as he was separated from his wife Maureen and had "spent months on the piss"on the piss" – drinking a large amount of alcohol and cokecocaine, running around like a madman, and generally just forgetting about snooker."White 2015 166 He added that he felt he "fell over the line" in each match on the way to the final, and that in the final was "out-played and outclassed by the best player in the world."White 2015 166–167 In Hendry's autobiography Me and the Table, he wrote that he was confident of victory going into the tournament: "I don't take winning for granted, yet I knew I was going to win this, and maybe I don't feel it's that big a deal."Hendry 2019 143 The final attracted a peak of 4.6m viewers on BBC2. Everton wrote in Snooker Scene that "some snooker tournaments produce a series of dramatic conflicts and developments that catch the imagination of the public. Others do not and this was one of them."Everton Clive Disservices to snooker Snooker Scene June 1993 4 The world rankings received their annual revision after the championship.Official world rankings Snooker Scene June 1993 18–20 Hendry retained his first place in the 1993–94 ranking list, extending his lead over second-placed John Parrott with 50,050 points to Parrott's 44,200. White and Davis stayed in third and fourth places respectively. Wattana moved from seventh to fifth, and McManus rose from 13th to 6th. Main draw Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seedings.Embassy World Championship http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071753/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 14 June 2012Downer 2026 36–37 32TeamBracket-Info numbered high First roundBest of 19 frames Second roundBest of 25 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 25 frames Semi-finalsBest of 31 frames FinalBest of 35 frames 17 April athlete Stephen Hendry SCO (1) 10 athlete Danny Fowler ENG 1 17 & 18 April athlete Darren Morgan WAL (16) 10 athlete Les Dodd ENG 5 18 & 19 April athlete Nigel Bond ENG (9) 10 athlete Spencer Dunn ENG 4 19 & 20 April athlete Gary Wilkinson ENG (8) 10 athlete Dean Reynolds ENG 4 20 April athlete Neal Foulds ENG (5) 10 athlete Brian Morgan ENG 5 21 & 22 April athlete Martin Clark ENG (12) 10 athlete Karl Payne ENG 6 18 & 19 April athlete Alan McManus SCO (13) 10 athlete Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 7 21 April athlete Steve Davis ENG (4) 10 athlete Peter Ebdon ENG 3 17 & 18 April athlete Jimmy White ENG (3) 10 athlete Joe Swail IRE 4 21 & 22 April athlete Alain Robidoux CAN (14) 6 athlete Doug Mountjoy WAL 10 19 April athlete Dennis Taylor NIR (11) 10 athlete Tony Drago MLT 9 20 & 21 April athlete Terry Griffiths WAL (6) 10 athlete David Roe ENG 6 20 & 21 April athlete James Wattana THA (7) 10 athlete Tony Jones ENG 7 19 & 20 April athlete Steve James ENG (10) 10 athlete John Giles ENG 2 17 April athlete Willie Thorne ENG (15) 10 athlete Shaun Mellish ENG 6 18 April athlete John Parrott ENG (2) 10 athlete Stephen O'Connor IRE 1 22, 23 & 24 April athlete Stephen Hendry SCO (1) 13 athlete Darren Morgan WAL (16) 4 23 & 24 April athlete Nigel Bond ENG (9) 13 athlete Gary Wilkinson ENG (8) 7 25 & 26 April athlete Neal Foulds ENG (5) 13 athlete Martin Clark ENG (12) 7 24, 25 & 26 April athlete Alan McManus SCO (13) 13 athlete Steve Davis ENG (4) 11 24, 25 & 26 April athlete Jimmy White ENG (3) 13 athlete Doug Mountjoy WAL 6 23 & 24 April athlete Dennis Taylor NIR (11) 13 athlete Terry Griffiths WAL (6) 11 25 & 26 April athlete James Wattana THA (7) 13 athlete Steve James ENG (10) 7 22 & 23 April athlete Willie Thorne ENG (15) 9 athlete John Parrott ENG (2) 13 27 & 28 April athlete Stephen Hendry SCO (1) 13 athlete Nigel Bond ENG (9) 7 27 & 28 April athlete Neal Foulds ENG (5) 11 athlete Alan McManus SCO (13) 13 27 & 28 April athlete Jimmy White ENG (3) 13 athlete Dennis Taylor NIR (11) 8 27 & 28 April athlete James Wattana THA (7) 13 athlete John Parrott ENG (2) 6 29, 30 April & 1 May athlete Stephen Hendry SCO (1) 16 athlete Alan McManus SCO (13) 8 29, 30 April & 1 May athlete Jimmy White ENG (3) 16 athlete James Wattana THA (7) 9 2 & 3 May athlete Stephen Hendry SCO (1) 18 athlete Jimmy White ENG (3) 5 Final: frame scores (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2 and 3 May 1993Referee: Len GanleyDowner 2026 189 athlete Stephen Hendry SCO (1) player seeding 185 athlete Jimmy White ENG (3) player seeding 53 71 (124) 61 (185) N/A 136 60 3 0 13 3 Stephen Hendry wins the 1993 World Snooker ChampionshipBreaks over 50 are shown in parentheses. Hendry White 136frame winner (136) 37 68frame winner (63) 63frame winner 76frame winner (76) 126frame winner (126) 29 39 75frame winner (69) 80frame winner (79) 134frame winner (88) 38 99frame winner (99) 77frame winner 80frame winner 68frame winner (59) N/A 81frame winner (59) 68frame winner 123frame winner (123) 1 63frame winner 72frame winner 127frame winner (54, 73) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 65frame winner (58) 63 (54) 48 0 1 83frame winner 68frame winner 50 0 0 69frame winner (60) 0 38 7 6 N/A 46 20 16 84frame winner 15 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Qualifying results Eleven qualifying rounds were played.Downer 2026 246–247 Rounds 1–7 Results for rounds 1 to 7 are shown below.Downer 2026 246–247Hayton Dee 2004 797 high 7 64 auto no yes yes First qualifying roundBest of 9 frames Second qualifying roundBest of 9 frames Third qualifying roundBest of 9 frames Fourth qualifying roundBest of 9 frames Fifth qualifying roundBest of 9 frames Sixth qualifying roundBest of 9 frames Seventh qualifying roundBest of 9 frames Paul Moss ENG 5 Robert Clifforth ENG 2 Carl Waters ENG 5 Martin O'Neill NIR 0 Paul Lawrence ENG 5 Mark Congram ENG 1 Gary Morris ENG 5 James Gibson ENG 4 Stephen Roberts ENG 5 Dean Bracey ENG 1 Neil Tomkins WAL 5 Richard Culham ENG 3 Eddie Lott ENG 5 Steve Gough ENG 1 Neil Davies ENG w/o Donald Lelievre CAN w/d Alfonso Bellusci ENG 5 Grant Peabody ENG 1 athlete Jamie Burnett SCO 5 Alexander Ferguson ENG 1 Mark Canovan NZL 5 Suriya Suwannasingh THA 4 athlete Spencer Dunn ENG 5 Ian Bullimore ENG 1 Chris Wright ENG 5 Alan Brookes ENG 4 Andrew Hannah ENG 5 Jonathan Saunders ENG 0 athlete Nick Pearce ENG 5 Brett Patmore ENG 1 Ian Sargeant WAL 5 athlete Mark Gray ENG 2 Bryngmar Valdimarsson ISL 5 Andrew Shaw ENG 2 David Mellon ENG 5 Mario Wehrmann NED 3 athlete Paul Davison ENG 5 Mark Whatley ENG 3 Darren Limburg ENG 5 Wilson Dornan SCO 0 Brian Smits NED 5 John Disney ENG 0 David Wilson ENG 5 athlete Mark Williams WAL 2 Ramu Vaswani ENG 5 Paul Davis ENG 3 Joe Canny IRE 5 athlete Ian McCulloch ENG 1 athlete Dominic Dale WAL 5 Charles Vos CAN 1 Anthony Halpin ENG 5 Richard Cleeter ENG 1 Andrew Essilfie ENG 5 Paul Florence ENG 1 Matthew Spade ENG 5 Andrea Barbacane ITA 0 Brent Wells NZL 5 Craig Harrison ENG 3 Shaun Berry ENG 5 Stephen Kiddle ENG 2 Peter Delaney ENG 3 Paul Moss ENG 5 Nicholas Segal ENG 1 Carl Waters ENG 5 Clive Bernstone ENG 3 Paul Lawrence ENG 5 Del Smith ENG 5 Gary Morris ENG 2 Kevin Johnstone ENG 2 Stephen Roberts ENG 5 Ronnie Shakespeare ENG 0 Neil Tomkins WAL 5 Foizur Rahman ENG 0 Eddie Lott ENG 5 Trevor Holtby ENG 5 Neil Davies ENG 0 Chris Milner ENG 1 Alfonso Bellusci ENG 5 Clement Walden ENG w/d athlete Jamie Burnett SCO w/o Barry O'Loughlin IRE 3 Mark Canovan NZL 5 Colin Mitchell ENG 1 athlete Spencer Dunn ENG 5 Gavin Burns ENG 5 Chris Wright ENG 3 Ryan Milton ENG 3 Andrew Hannah ENG 5 Frank Smith ENG 0 athlete Nick Pearce ENG 5 Glenn Stevenson ENG 5 Ian Sargeant WAL 4 Simon Morfitt ENG 5 Bryngmar Valdimarsson ISL 4 Alistair Fleming SCO 5 David Mellon ENG 1 Stephen Taylor ENG 5 athlete Paul Davison ENG 3 Steve Archer ENG 5 Darren Limburg ENG 2 athlete Chris Scanlon ENG 5 Brian Smits NED 3 Paul Clarke ENG 5 David Wilson ENG 3 Andrew Fisher ENG 2 Ramu Vaswani ENG 5 Ian Hurdman ENG 5 Joe Canny IRE 1 Jamie Bodle ENG 3 athlete Dominic Dale WAL 5 Alan Edmonds ENG 3 Anthony Halpin ENG 5 Brian Peddie ENG 5 Andrew Essilfie ENG 1 athlete Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 5 Matthew Spade ENG 0 Chris Henry ENG 5 Brent Wells NZL 4 Lee Walters ENG 5 Shaun Berry ENG 1 Sefton Payne ENG 5 Iain Trimble ENG 2 Matthew Davies ENG 5 Peter Kippie CAN 2 Nick Marsh ENG 5 Gunnar Valsson ISL 1 Len Davies ENG 5 Darren Martin ENG 2 Jayson Morris ENG 5 David Buskin ENG 3 David Mole ENG 5 Martin Dziewialtowski SCO 4 Jason Scott ENG 5 Mark Ganderton ENG 3 Steve Bradley ENG 5 Max Cockrell ENG 3 athlete Michael Judge IRE 5 David Stone ENG 1 Chris Hamson ENG 5 Michael O'Sullivan ENG 3 Nick Jones ENG 5 Gary Skipworth ENG 3 athlete Shawn Budd AUS 5 Philip Alden ENG 0 David Blagg ENG 5 Huseyin Hursid TUR 0 Donald Newcombe WAL 5 Matthew Couch ENG 2 James Vicarey ENG 5 Richard Batty ENG 3 Kieran McMahon NIR 5 Mark Williams ENG 3 David Thompson ENG 5 Gary Miller ENG 2 David Blakey ENG 5 Stephen Popplewell ENG 3 Paul Davison ENG 5 John Horsfall CAN 3 Steven Evans ENG 5 Andrew Farrow ENG 2 Ray van den Nouwland AUS 5 Russ Schuster ENG 4 Mark O'Sullivan IRE 5 Mike Russell ENG 3 athlete John Giles ENG 5 athlete Tessa Davidson ENG 3 Sonic Multani IND 5 athlete Yasin Merchant IND 2 Philip Freeman ENG 5 John McBride IRE 1 athlete John Higgins SCO 5 Malcolm Billaney ENG 0 John Knipe ENG 5 Peter Tolen ENG 3 athlete Noppadon Noppachorn THA 5 athlete Stephen Lee ENG 4 Gary Bampton ENG 5 Craig McDonald SCO 4 Jason Baker ENG 5 Darren Skinner ENG 3 Richard Wheelhouse ENG w/o Roger Garrett ENG w/d Peter Bullen BEL 5 Martin Lee ENG 1 Scott MacFarlane SCO 5 athlete Stuart Pettman ENG 4 Udesh Pillay ENG 5 Colin Hinds ENG 4 Aidan Murphy IRE 5 Paul Moss ENG 2 Stuart Pegrum ENG 1 Carl Waters ENG 5 Mark Darnes ENG 2 Paul Lawrence ENG 5 Lyndon Smith ENG 5 Del Smith ENG 3 Neil Martin SCO 4 Stephen Roberts ENG 5 Steve Harrison ENG 0 Neil Tomkins WAL 5 Simon Westcott ENG 1 Eddie Lott ENG 5 Richard Pipe ENG 4 Trevor Holtby ENG 5 Fjolnir Thorgeirsson ISL 5 Alfonso Bellusci ENG 4 athlete John Lardner SCO 3 athlete Jamie Burnett SCO 5 David Athorn ENG 5 Mark Canovan NZL 3 Elliott Clark ENG 4 athlete Spencer Dunn ENG 5 Mike Henson GER w/d Gavin Burns ENG w/o Nick Stanfield ENG 0 Andrew Hannah ENG 5 Andrew Prydden ENG 1 athlete Nick Pearce ENG 5 John Benton IRE 3 Glenn Stevenson ENG 5 Hitesh Lakhani ENG 5 Simon Morfitt ENG 2 David Hoggarth ENG 3 Alistair Fleming SCO 5 Richard McHugh IRE 5 Stephen Taylor ENG 3 Michael Eaves ENG 1 Steve Archer ENG 5 athlete Stuart Mann ENG 2 athlete Chris Scanlon ENG 5 Andrew Photiou ENG 5 Paul Clarke ENG 4 Mark Jervis ENG 1 Ramu Vaswani ENG 5 Tim Dunphy IRE 0 Ian Hurdman ENG 5 Philip Seaton ENG 3 athlete Dominic Dale WAL 5 Sacha Journet ENG 4 Anthony Halpin ENG 5 athlete Karen Corr NIR 5 Brian Peddie ENG 0 Robert Thallon SCO 1 athlete Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 5 Steven Cook ENG 3 Chris Henry ENG 5 Tony Bolahood CAN 1 Lee Walters ENG 5 Chris Capel ENG 4 Sefton Payne ENG 5 Ahmed Hussein Gamal EGY 2 Matthew Davies ENG 5 John Harrop ENG 2 Nick Marsh ENG 5 Graham Stevens ENG 2 Len Davies ENG 5 Gary Thomas SCO 4 Jayson Morris ENG 5 Jimmy O'Shea ENG 3 David Mole ENG 5 Kevin Brown ENG 1 Jason Scott ENG 5 Martin Grainger ENG 5 Steve Bradley ENG 2 Peter Peratikou ENG 4 athlete Michael Judge IRE 5 Richard King ENG 1 Chris Hamson ENG 5 Gerry Jones IRE 0 Nick Jones ENG 5 Chris Achilles ENG 2 athlete Shawn Budd AUS 5 Michael Valentine SCO 5 David Blagg ENG 4 Micky Roughan IRE 5 Donald Newcombe WAL 3 Christopher Booth ENG 1 James Vicarey ENG 5 Neil Cameron ENG 2 Kieran McMahon NIR 5 Luke Spiller ENG 5 David Thompson ENG 2 Andrew Alexandrou ENG 1 David Blakey ENG 5 Robert Yule ENG 4 Paul Davison ENG 5 Nick Jones WAL 3 Steven Evans ENG 5 Gary Peters WAL 2 Ray van den Nouwland AUS 5 Andrew Clark ENG 2 Mark O'Sullivan IRE 5 Stan Haslam ENG 1 athlete John Giles ENG 5 Jason Curtis ENG 4 Sonic Multani IND 5 Shane Haines ENG 5 Philip Freeman ENG 4 Paul Hurren ENG 0 athlete John Higgins SCO 5 Steve Whalley ENG 4 John Knipe ENG 5 Frank Fitzgerald ENG 0 athlete Noppadon Noppachorn THA 5 Roy Bigg ENG 5 Gary Bampton ENG 1 Peter Williams WAL 0 Jason Baker ENG 5 Gregg Tugby ENG 0 Richard Wheelhouse ENG 5 Timothy Paling ENG 3 Peter Bullen BEL 5 Karl Townsend ENG 5 Scott MacFarlane SCO 3 Mark Peevers ENG 4 Udesh Pillay ENG 5 Chris Nicholson ENG 5 Aidan Murphy IRE 2 Michael Kirkham ENG 1 Carl Waters ENG 5 John Clouden ENG 3 Paul Lawrence ENG 5 Anthony Buckley ENG 5 Lyndon Smith ENG 3 Pat Horne ENG 5 Stephen Roberts ENG 4 Lee Richardson ENG 4 Neil Tomkins WAL 5 Jonathan Bagley ENG 5 Eddie Lott ENG 1 Neil Figgins ENG 4 Trevor Holtby ENG 5 Mike Smith ENG 5 Fjolnir Thorgeirsson ISL 0 Pete Seager ENG 5 athlete Jamie Burnett SCO 1 Micky Wareham ENG 5 David Athorn ENG 3 Neil Selman ENG 1 athlete Spencer Dunn ENG 5 Louis Fazekas CAN 0 Gavin Burns ENG 5 athlete Geet Sethi IND 5 Andrew Hannah ENG 3 Sukhbir Grewal ENG 2 athlete Nick Pearce ENG 5 athlete Antony Bolsover ENG 5 Glenn Stevenson ENG 4 Garry Baldrey ENG 5 Hitesh Lakhani ENG 4 John Rees ENG 3 Alistair Fleming SCO 5 Nicky Lazarus ENG 5 Richard McHugh IRE 2 Kevin Lownds ENG 2 Steve Archer ENG 5 Paul Hefford ENG 5 athlete Chris Scanlon ENG 2 John Leahy IRE 5 Andrew Photiou ENG 3 George Wood ENG 1 Ramu Vaswani ENG 5 Anton Bishop ENG 3 Ian Hurdman ENG 5 Robert Harrhy WAL 1 athlete Dominic Dale WAL 5 John Herbert WAL 5 Anthony Halpin ENG 2 Richard Pincott ENG 5 athlete Karen Corr NIR 3 Patrick Mahon IRE 0 athlete Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 5 Michael Leach ENG 4 Chris Henry ENG 5 Wayne Lloyd WAL 5 Lee Walters ENG 4 David Rice ENG 2 Sefton Payne ENG 5 athlete Daryl Peach ENG 5 Matthew Davies ENG 4 Peter McCullagh ENG 5 Nick Marsh ENG 3 Marc Devon ENG 2 Len Davies ENG 5 athlete Mike Dunn ENG 4 Jayson Morris ENG 5 Jamie Rous ENG 5 David Mole ENG 0 Iwan Jones WAL 5 Jason Scott ENG 4 athlete David McLellan SCO 5 Martin Grainger ENG 0 Justin Buckingham ENG 3 athlete Michael Judge IRE 5 Gaye Burns IRE 4 Chris Hamson ENG 5 John Manley ENG 5 Nick Jones ENG 2 Chris Carpenter ENG 2 athlete Shawn Budd AUS 5 athlete Allison Fisher ENG 5 Michael Valentine SCO 4 Paul Smith ENG 1 Micky Roughan IRE 5 Jason Hawen ENG 5 James Vicarey ENG 4 Tony Emmott ENG 0 Kieran McMahon NIR 5 Paul McDonald ENG 5 Luke Spiller ENG 4 Cary Kikis ENG 5 David Blakey ENG 4 Anthony Taylor ENG 3 Paul Davison ENG 5 Jerry Williams ENG 4 Steven Evans ENG 5 Steve Elliott ENG 4 Ray van den Nouwland AUS 5 David Lazenby ENG 4 Mark O'Sullivan IRE 5 Paul Maskell ENG 1 athlete John Giles ENG 5 Hassan Vaizie ENG 3 Sonic Multani IND 5 Colin Kelly ENG 5 Shane Haines ENG 2 Michael Gold ENG 5 athlete John Higgins SCO 2 athlete Ann-Marie Farren ENG 3 John Knipe ENG 5 Darren Lennox IRE 5 athlete Noppadon Noppachorn THA 4 Terrance Burke ENG 5 Roy Bigg ENG 4 Michael Huntingdon ENG 5 Jason Baker ENG 0 Norman Maher WAL 5 Richard Wheelhouse ENG 4 Norman MacLachlan SCO 2 Peter Bullen BEL 5 Philip Minchin ENG 4 Karl Townsend ENG 5 David Singh IND 5 Udesh Pillay ENG 1 Simon Parker ENG 0 Chris Nicholson ENG 5 David Langton ENG 4 Carl Waters ENG 5 Craig Johnston-Allen ENG 5 Paul Lawrence ENG 4 John Burns ENG 5 Anthony Buckley ENG 4 Darryn Walker ENG 2 Pat Horne ENG 5 Anthony O'Connor IRE 5 Neil Tomkins WAL 4 Lee Grant ENG 3 Jonathan Bagley ENG 5 Tom Finstad CAN 5 Trevor Holtby ENG 2 athlete Stacey Hillyard ENG 4 Mike Smith ENG 5 Graham Fisken ENG 3 Pete Seager ENG 5 Steve Ventham ENG 4 Micky Wareham ENG 5 Julian Goodyear ENG 1 athlete Spencer Dunn ENG 5 Steve Russell ENG 5 Gavin Burns ENG 2 athlete Surinder Gill ENG 5 athlete Geet Sethi IND 2 Darren Hackeson ENG 0 athlete Nick Pearce ENG 5 athlete Steve Mifsud AUS 2 athlete Antony Bolsover ENG 5 Jason Wallace ENG 5 Garry Baldrey ENG 3 Paul Morgan ENG 5 Alistair Fleming SCO 1 Mark Flowerdew ENG 5 Nicky Lazarus ENG 0 Darren Guest ENG 5 Steve Archer ENG 4 Stuart Swinburn ENG 0 Paul Hefford ENG 5 athlete Mark King ENG 5 John Leahy IRE 2 Paul Dawkins WAL 5 Ramu Vaswani ENG 3 Michael Stocks ENG 3 Ian Hurdman ENG 5 athlete Bert Demarco SCO 0 athlete Dominic Dale WAL 5 athlete Robert Marshall ENG 5 John Herbert WAL 4 Leigh Robinson ENG 5 Richard Pincott ENG 3 Robert Tavagna AUS 1 athlete Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 5 athlete Steve Lemmens BEL 5 Chris Henry ENG 3 John Timson ENG 5 Wayne Lloyd WAL 2 Will Jerram ENG 1 Sefton Payne ENG 5 John Shilton ENG 4 athlete Daryl Peach ENG 5 Jason Walton ENG 1 Peter McCullagh ENG 5 Frank Maskell ENG 5 Len Davies ENG 0 athlete Graham Horne SCO 5 Jayson Morris ENG 2 Robert Dickson ENG 5 Jamie Rous ENG 2 Dean Venables ENG 1 Iwan Jones WAL 5 Roger Leighton ENG 5 athlete David McLellan SCO 3 Wayne Rendle ENG 4 athlete Michael Judge IRE 5 Nick Fruin ENG 1 Chris Hamson ENG 5 Marcus Campbell SCO 5 John Manley ENG 2 Jimmy Long IRE 5 athlete Shawn Budd AUS 0 Robert Chapman ENG 1 athlete Allison Fisher ENG 5 Mukesh Parmar ENG 1 Micky Roughan IRE 5 Stuart Parnell ENG 5 Jason Hawen ENG 1 Dylan Leary NIR 5 Kieran McMahon NIR 3 Dale Milton ENG 5 Paul McDonald ENG 4 Dermot McGlinchey NIR 1 Cary Kikis ENG 5 Vince McCluskey ENG 5 Paul Davison ENG 4 Carl Groves ENG 1 Steven Evans ENG 5 Graham MacDonald ENG 5 Ray van den Nouwland AUS 2 athlete Paul Wykes ENG 4 Mark O'Sullivan IRE 5 Barry Bunn ENG 2 athlete John Giles ENG 5 Richard Moore ENG 5 Sonic Multani IND 4 athlete Peter Gilchrist ENG 0 Colin Kelly ENG 5 Darren Clarke ENG 5 Michael Gold ENG 4 Sean Lanigan ENG 4 John Knipe ENG 5 David Coles ENG 5 Darren Lennox IRE 4 Simon Morris ENG 5 Terrance Burke ENG 1 athlete Karl Burrows ENG 5 Michael Huntingdon ENG 2 Craig Newson ENG 4 Norman Maher WAL 5 Jason Pegram ENG 5 Peter Bullen BEL 0 Stephen O'Connor IRE 5 Karl Townsend ENG 2 Peter Donegan ENG 5 David Singh IND 3 Brian Cassidy ENG 5 Chris Nicholson ENG 1 athlete Nick Walker ENG 4 Carl Waters ENG 5 Kevin Ashby ENG 5 Craig Johnston-Allen ENG 4 athlete Karl Broughton ENG 5 John Burns ENG 3 athlete Bradley Jones ENG 4 Pat Horne ENG 5 David Grimwood ENG 5 Anthony O'Connor IRE 4 Bjorn L'Orange NOR 5 Jonathan Bagley ENG 0 Dave Gilbert ENG 5 Tom Finstad CAN 3 athlete Sean Storey ENG 5 Mike Smith ENG 3 athlete Shokat Ali PAK 2 Pete Seager ENG 5 Frank Dezi ENG 2 Micky Wareham ENG 5 Kieran McAlinden NIR 4 athlete Spencer Dunn ENG 5 Robert Foxall ENG 5 Steve Russell ENG 4 athlete John Dunning ENG 3 athlete Surinder Gill ENG 5 athlete Mike Watterson ENG 1 athlete Nick Pearce ENG 5 athlete Jimmy Michie ENG 1 athlete Antony Bolsover ENG 5 Daniel Murphy ENG 2 Jason Wallace ENG 5 Steve Judd ENG 5 Paul Morgan ENG 2 Nic Barrow ENG 2 Mark Flowerdew ENG 5 athlete Eddie Sinclair SCO 4 Darren Guest ENG 5 athlete Joe Delaney IRE 5 Paul Hefford ENG 1 athlete Fred Davis ENG 0 athlete Mark King ENG 5 Oliver King ENG 5 Paul Dawkins WAL 2 Mark Boyd ENG 5 Ian Hurdman ENG 0 Tommy Murphy NIR 0 athlete Dominic Dale WAL 5 Matt Gibson SCO 4 athlete Robert Marshall ENG 5 Sam Chong MYS 0 Leigh Robinson ENG 5 Guy Dennis ENG 0 athlete Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 5 Mark Evans ENG 4 athlete Steve Lemmens BEL 5 athlete Fergal O'Brien IRE 5 John Timson ENG 4 Alan Peacock ENG 3 Sefton Payne ENG 5 Eddie Manning ENG 1 athlete Daryl Peach ENG 5 Tony Rampello ENG 5 Peter McCullagh ENG 3 Paul Tanner ENG 5 Frank Maskell ENG 2 athlete Steve Prest ENG 1 athlete Graham Horne SCO 5 athlete Mike Darrington ENG 5 Robert Dickson ENG 2 Colin Morton ENG 5 Iwan Jones WAL 0 Leigh Griffin ENG 2 Roger Leighton ENG 5 Alan Trigg ENG 5 athlete Michael Judge IRE 2 athlete Mick Fisher ENG 4 Chris Hamson ENG 5 David Rippon ENG 5 Marcus Campbell SCO 1 Sergio Beggiato ENG 5 Jimmy Long IRE 3 athlete Craig MacGillivray SCO 5 athlete Allison Fisher ENG 4 athlete Jeff Cundy ENG 3 Micky Roughan IRE 5 Paul Webb ENG 5 Stuart Parnell ENG 3 Sean Lynskey ENG 4 Dylan Leary NIR 5 athlete Stefan Mazrocis ENG 5 Dale Milton ENG 3 Jim Donnelly SCO 1 Cary Kikis ENG 5 athlete John Spencer ENG w/d Vince McCluskey ENG w/o Derek Heaton ENG 3 Steven Evans ENG 5 Mark Pugh ENG 5 Graham MacDonald ENG 4 athlete Pat Houlihan ENG 2 Mark O'Sullivan IRE 5 Simon Haggerty SCO 0 athlete John Giles ENG 5 athlete Adrian Rosa ENG 2 Richard Moore ENG 5 athlete Jack Fitzmaurice ENG 2 Colin Kelly ENG 5 Gino Rigitano CAN 5 Darren Clarke ENG 2 Anthony Harris ENG 5 John Knipe ENG 1 Steve Meakin ENG 5 David Coles ENG 4 athlete Paul Watchorn IRE 4 Simon Morris ENG 5 Gary Lees ENG 0 athlete Karl Burrows ENG 5 Pat Kenny ENG 5 Norman Maher WAL 4 Terry Murphy NIR 5 Jason Pegram ENG 3 athlete Dessie Sheehan IRE 0 Stephen O'Connor IRE 5 Paul Cavney ENG 2 Peter Donegan ENG 5 athlete Jon Wright ENG 5 Brian Cassidy ENG 1 athlete Mark Davis ENG 4 Carl Waters ENG 5 athlete Euan Henderson SCO 5 Kevin Ashby ENG 4 Gary Natale CAN w/d athlete Karl Broughton ENG w/o athlete Paul McPhillips SCO 5 Pat Horne ENG 2 Chris Cookson ENG 3 David Grimwood ENG 5 athlete Steve Campbell ENG 2 Bjorn L'Orange NOR 5 Craig Edwards ENG 4 Dave Gilbert ENG 5 athlete Anthony Hamilton ENG 5 athlete Sean Storey ENG 3 athlete Dave Harold ENG 5 Pete Seager ENG 1 athlete Bill Oliver ENG 5 Micky Wareham ENG 4 Mehmet Husnu CYP 2 athlete Spencer Dunn ENG 5 Paul Gibson ENG 0 Robert Foxall ENG 5 athlete Anthony Davies WAL 3 athlete Surinder Gill ENG 5 athlete Nick Dyson ENG 5 athlete Nick Pearce ENG 1 Jim Chambers ENG 1 athlete Antony Bolsover ENG 5 athlete Murdo MacLeod SCO 5 Jason Wallace ENG 2 athlete Alex Higgins NIR 5 Steve Judd ENG 1 athlete Ray Edmonds ENG 0 Mark Flowerdew ENG 5 Martin Smith ENG 1 Darren Guest ENG 5 athlete Karl Payne ENG 5 athlete Joe Delaney IRE 2 athlete Graham Cripsey ENG 0 athlete Mark King ENG 5 Amrik Cheema IND 3 Oliver King ENG 5 athlete Troy Shaw ENG 5 Mark Boyd ENG 0 Ian Brumby ENG 4 athlete Dominic Dale WAL 5 Alex Borg MLT 5 athlete Robert Marshall ENG 3 athlete Robby Foldvari AUS 5 Leigh Robinson ENG 4 athlete Chris Small SCO 1 athlete Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 5 athlete Jason Weston ENG 3 athlete Steve Lemmens BEL 5 athlete Steve Longworth ENG 5 athlete Fergal O'Brien IRE 4 Sefton Payne ENG 4 athlete Ken Owers ENG 5 athlete Drew Henry SCO 5 athlete Daryl Peach ENG 2 athlete Dave Martin ENG 1 Tony Rampello ENG 5 athlete David Taylor ENG 4 Paul Tanner ENG 5 athlete Nick Terry ENG 5 athlete Graham Horne SCO 1 athlete Jason Smith ENG 5 athlete Mike Darrington ENG 2 athlete Paul Medati ENG 4 Colin Morton ENG 5 athlete Rex Williams ENG 4 Roger Leighton ENG 5 athlete Joe Grech MLT 5 Alan Trigg ENG 1 athlete Peter Lines ENG 5 Chris Hamson ENG 2 athlete Marcel Gauvreau CAN 5 David Rippon ENG 1 Mark Rowing ENG 5 Sergio Beggiato ENG 3 Tony Wilson IOM 5 athlete Craig MacGillivray SCO 4 Barry Pinches ENG 3 Micky Roughan IRE 5 Peter Daubney ENG 5 Paul Webb ENG 4 athlete Joe O'Boye IRE 4 Dylan Leary NIR 5 athlete Andy Hicks ENG 5 athlete Stefan Mazrocis ENG 4 Bob Harris ENG 3 Cary Kikis ENG 5 David McDonnell IRE 5 Vince McCluskey ENG 1 athlete Warren King AUS 5 Steven Evans ENG 1 athlete Steve Duggan ENG 5 Mark Pugh ENG 1 Roger Bales ENG 3 Mark O'Sullivan IRE 5 Jamie Woodman ENG 2 athlete John Giles ENG 5 Andrew Cairns ENG 5 Richard Moore ENG 3 athlete Billy Snaddon SCO 5 Colin Kelly ENG 2 Brian Rowswell ENG 5 Gino Rigitano CAN 0 Tony Kearney IRE 2 Anthony Harris ENG 5 athlete Stuart Reardon ENG w/d Steve Meakin ENG w/o athlete Shaun Mellish ENG 5 Simon Morris ENG 2 Duncan Campbell SCO 3 athlete Karl Burrows ENG 5 Jason Whittaker ENG 3 Pat Kenny ENG 5 athlete Paddy Browne IRE 1 Terry Murphy NIR 5 athlete Ian Williamson ENG 0 Stephen O'Connor IRE 5 athlete John Rea SCO 5 Peter Donegan ENG 3 Note: w/o = walkover; w/d = withdrawn Rounds 8–11 Results for rounds 8 to 11 are shown below.Downer 2026 246–247 high 4 16 4 4 auto no Eighth qualifying roundBest of 19 frames Ninth qualifying roundBest of 19 frames Tenth qualifying roundBest of 19 frames Eleventh qualifying roundBest of 19 frames athlete Jon Wright ENG w/d Carl Waters ENG w/o athlete Euan Henderson SCO 8 athlete Karl Broughton ENG 10 athlete Paul McPhillips SCO 10 David Grimwood ENG 4 Bjorn L'Orange NOR 10 Dave Gilbert ENG 6 athlete Anthony Hamilton ENG 7 athlete Dave Harold ENG 10 athlete Bill Oliver ENG 2 athlete Spencer Dunn ENG 10 Robert Foxall ENG 10 athlete Surinder Gill ENG 9 athlete Nick Dyson ENG 10 athlete Antony Bolsover ENG 7 athlete Murdo MacLeod SCO 9 athlete Alex Higgins NIR 10 Mark Flowerdew ENG 10 Darren Guest ENG 4 athlete Karl Payne ENG 10 athlete Mark King ENG 7 Oliver King ENG 10 athlete Troy Shaw ENG 9 athlete Dominic Dale WAL 10 Alex Borg MLT 4 athlete Robby Foldvari AUS 4 athlete Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 10 athlete Steve Lemmens BEL 6 athlete Steve Longworth ENG 10 athlete Ken Owers ENG 0 athlete Drew Henry SCO 10 Tony Rampello ENG 5 Paul Tanner ENG 10 athlete Nick Terry ENG 10 athlete Jason Smith ENG 7 Colin Morton ENG 10 Roger Leighton ENG 9 athlete Joe Grech MLT 10 athlete Peter Lines ENG 7 athlete Marcel Gauvreau CAN 4 Mark Rowing ENG 10 Tony Wilson IOM 10 Micky Roughan IRE 7 Peter Daubney ENG 9 Dylan Leary NIR 10 athlete Andy Hicks ENG 10 Cary Kikis ENG 6 David McDonnell IRE 10 athlete Warren King AUS 7 athlete Steve Duggan ENG 10 Mark O'Sullivan IRE 7 athlete John Giles ENG 10 Andrew Cairns ENG 2 athlete Billy Snaddon SCO 6 Brian Rowswell ENG 10 Anthony Harris ENG 10 Steve Meakin ENG 6 athlete Shaun Mellish ENG 10 athlete Karl Burrows ENG 4 Pat Kenny ENG 10 Terry Murphy NIR 9 Stephen O'Connor IRE 10 athlete John Rea SCO 5 athlete Bob Chaperon CAN 10 Carl Waters ENG 2 athlete Barry West ENG 5 athlete Karl Broughton ENG 10 athlete Eugene Hughes IRE 6 athlete Paul McPhillips SCO 10 athlete Les Dodd ENG 10 Bjorn L'Orange NOR 9 Franky Chan HKG 1959 3 athlete Dave Harold ENG 10 athlete Colin Roscoe WAL 7 athlete Spencer Dunn ENG 10 athlete David Finbow ENG 10 Robert Foxall ENG 8 athlete Brady Gollan CAN 10 athlete Nick Dyson ENG 9 athlete Kirk Stevens CAN 5 athlete Alex Higgins NIR 10 athlete Brian Morgan ENG 10 Mark Flowerdew ENG 8 athlete Jason Prince NIR 9 athlete Karl Payne ENG 10 athlete Rod Lawler ENG 10 Oliver King ENG 1 athlete Jim Wych CAN 8 athlete Dominic Dale WAL 10 athlete Paul Davies WAL 5 athlete Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 10 athlete Peter Ebdon ENG 10 athlete Steve Longworth ENG 3 athlete Steve Newbury WAL 4 athlete Drew Henry SCO 10 athlete Cliff Wilson WAL 3 Paul Tanner ENG 10 athlete Joe Swail NIR 10 athlete Nick Terry ENG 8 athlete Tony Chappel WAL 10 Colin Morton ENG 9 athlete Stephen Murphy IRE 2 athlete Joe Grech MLT 10 athlete John Virgo ENG 7 Mark Rowing ENG 10 athlete Jason Ferguson ENG 9 Tony Wilson IOM 10 athlete Jack McLaughlin NIR 6 Dylan Leary NIR 10 athlete Nigel Gilbert ENG 10 athlete Andy Hicks ENG 9 athlete John Read ENG 10 David McDonnell IRE 7 athlete Jonathan Birch ENG 10 athlete Steve Duggan ENG 5 athlete Tony Meo ENG 9 athlete John Giles ENG 10 athlete John Campbell AUS 10 Brian Rowswell ENG 7 athlete Wayne Jones WAL 10 Anthony Harris ENG 0 Ian Graham ENG 7 athlete Shaun Mellish ENG 10 athlete Mick Price ENG 6 Pat Kenny ENG 10 athlete Cliff Thorburn CAN 7 Stephen O'Connor IRE 10 athlete Bob Chaperon CAN 4 athlete Karl Broughton ENG 10 athlete Paul McPhillips SCO 9 athlete Les Dodd ENG 10 athlete Dave Harold ENG 7 athlete Spencer Dunn ENG 10 athlete David Finbow ENG 10 athlete Brady Gollan CAN 6 athlete Alex Higgins NIR 1 athlete Brian Morgan ENG 10 athlete Karl Payne ENG 10 athlete Rod Lawler ENG 6 athlete Dominic Dale WAL 5 athlete Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 10 athlete Peter Ebdon ENG 10 athlete Drew Henry SCO 9 Paul Tanner ENG 6 athlete Joe Swail NIR 10 athlete Tony Chappel WAL 10 athlete Joe Grech MLT 6 Mark Rowing ENG 2 Tony Wilson IOM 10 Dylan Leary NIR 6 athlete Nigel Gilbert ENG 10 athlete John Read ENG 10 athlete Jonathan Birch ENG 4 athlete John Giles ENG 10 athlete John Campbell AUS 3 athlete Wayne Jones WAL 7 athlete Shaun Mellish ENG 10 Pat Kenny ENG 5 Stephen O'Connor IRE 10 athlete Danny Fowler ENG 10 athlete Karl Broughton ENG 0 athlete Eddie Charlton AUS w/d athlete Les Dodd ENG w/o athlete Mark Bennett WAL 9 athlete Spencer Dunn ENG 10 athlete Dean Reynolds ENG 10 athlete David Finbow ENG 8 athlete Silvino Francisco RSA 1982 6 athlete Brian Morgan ENG 10 athlete Joe Johnson ENG 6 athlete Karl Payne ENG 10 athlete Mark Johnston-Allen ENG 4 athlete Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 10 athlete Dene O'Kane NZL 5 athlete Peter Ebdon ENG 10 athlete Mike Hallett ENG 7 athlete Joe Swail NIR 10 athlete Doug Mountjoy WAL 10 athlete Tony Chappel WAL 2 athlete Tony Drago MLT 10 Tony Wilson IOM 5 athlete David Roe ENG 10 athlete Nigel Gilbert ENG 4 athlete Tony Jones ENG 10 athlete John Read ENG 9 athlete Tony Knowles ENG 6 athlete John Giles ENG 10 athlete Ken Doherty IRE 4 athlete Shaun Mellish ENG 10 athlete Peter Francisco RSA 1982 6 Stephen O'Connor IRE 10 Note: w/o = walkover; w/d = withdrawn Century breaks There were 35 century breaks in the championship,Downer 2026 198 a new record, beating the 31 centuries of the 1991 edition.Downer 2026 196–212 The highest break of the event was a 144 made by Steve Davis.Crucible Centuries http://www.snooker.org/Plr/wc_centuries.shtml Snooker.org 29 October 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110523045039/http://www.snooker.org/plr/wc_centuries.shtml 23 May 2011 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 Notes References Bibliography Downer Chris Crucible Almanac: 2025 edition 2026 Bournemouth self-published Everton Clive Clive Everton 1993a 1993 The Embassy Book of World Snooker Bloomsbury London 978-0-7475-1610-1 Everton 1993a Everton Clive Clive Everton 2012 Black Farce and Cue Ball Wizards Mainstream Edinburgh 978-1-78057-568-1 John Nauright Sarah Zipp Routledge Handbook of Global Sport Luke J. Harris 21. Snooker and billiards https://books.google.com/books?id=htTHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT277 3 January 2020 Taylor & Francis Abingdon 978-1-138-88723-7 227–237 3 September 2020 5 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200905220525/https://books.google.com/books?id=htTHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT277 live Hayton Eric Dee John 2004 The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History Rose Villa Publications Lowestoft 978-0-9548549-0-4 Hendry Stephen Stephen Hendry Me and the Table 2018 2019 Second John Blake London 978-1-78946-077-3 Smith Terry 1991 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Eighth London Pelham Books 978-0-7207-1983-3 White Jimmy Jimmy White Second Wind Sports Media Liverpool 2015 2014 978-1-910335-12-3 (paperback) Victoria R. Williams Weird Sports and Wacky Games around the World: From Buzkashi to Zorbing https://books.google.com/books?id=lpDdBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA286 2015 ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara 978-1-61069-639-5 286 3 September 2020 5 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200905220523/https://books.google.com/books?id=lpDdBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA286 live External links Snooker Scene Blog: The forgotten world championship by David Hendon 1993 1993 World Championship World Snooker Championship Category:Sports competitions in Sheffield Category:April 1993 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:May 1993 sports events in the United Kingdom