1995 World Snooker Championship

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Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates14–30 April 1995 (1995-04-14 – 1995-04-30)
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£1,132,000
Winner's share£190,000
Highest break Stephen Hendry (SCO) (147)
Final
Champion Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Runner-up Nigel Bond (ENG)
Score18–9
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1996 →

The 1995 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1995 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 30 April 1995 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

Overview[edit]

  • Stephen Hendry won his fifth world title beating Nigel Bond 18–9. This was Hendry's fourth consecutive title, breaking Steve Davis' previous Crucible record of three.
  • Hendry made the third 147 maximum break in the history of the tournament during his semi-final against Jimmy White.
  • Before the first round match between Jimmy White and Peter Francisco, there were unusual gambling patterns on a 10–2 win for White and betting was suspended shortly before the match. A betting investigation was held and Francisco was banned for five years.[1]
  • Future world champion John Higgins made his debut in this tournament. He lost in the first round to Alan McManus. Another debutant, Andy Hicks, reached the semi-finals, knocking out six time former champion (and #2 seed) Steve Davis en route.
  • Until 2020 this was the last World Championship to start on a Friday and finish on a Sunday, rather than starting on a Saturday and finishing on the "May Day" Bank Holiday, the first Monday in May, as is tradition.

Prize fund[edit]

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2][3]

  • Winner: £190,000
  • Runner-up: £115,000
  • Semi-final: £57,000
  • Quarter-final: £29,000
  • Last 16: £15,500
  • Last 32: £8,750
  • Highest break: £16,000
  • Maximum break: £147,000
  • Total: £1,132,000

Main draw[edit]

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).[2][4][5][6]

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
14 April
Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)10
19, 20 & 21 April
England Stefan Mazrocis3
Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)13
14 & 15 April
Malta Tony Drago (16)6
Malta Tony Drago (16)10
24 & 25 April
England Paul Cavney2
Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)13
15 & 16 April
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (9)8
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (9)10
20 & 21 April
England Dave Harold3
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (9)13
17 April
Wales Darren Morgan (8)8
Wales Darren Morgan (8)10
26, 27 & 28 April
Wales Anthony Davies3
Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)16
18 April
England Jimmy White (4)12
England John Parrott (5)10
21, 22 & 23 April
England Brian Morgan5
England John Parrott (5)13
18 & 19 April
Northern Ireland Joe Swail (12)11
Northern Ireland Joe Swail (12)10
24 & 25 April
England Nigel Gilbert8
England John Parrott (5)11
16 & 17 April
England Jimmy White (4)13
England David Roe (13)10
22 & 23 April
Scotland Billy Snaddon6
England David Roe (13)7
15 & 16 April
England Jimmy White (4)13
England Jimmy White (4)10
29 & 30 April
South Africa Peter Francisco2
Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)18
14 & 15 April
England Nigel Bond (11)9
Thailand James Wattana (3)8
20 & 21 April
England Gary Wilkinson10
England Gary Wilkinson13
16 April
Wales Terry Griffiths (14)9
Wales Terry Griffiths (14)10
24 & 25 April
Canada Alain Robidoux6
England Gary Wilkinson7
18 & 19 April
England Nigel Bond (11)13
England Nigel Bond (11)10
22 & 23 April
England Stephen Lee8
England Nigel Bond (11)13
16 & 17 April
Scotland Alan McManus (6)10
Scotland Alan McManus (6)10
26, 27 & 28 April
Scotland John Higgins3
England Nigel Bond (11)16
14 & 15 April
England Andy Hicks11
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty (7)7
19 & 20 April
England Mark Davis10
England Mark Davis7
14 & 15 April
England Peter Ebdon (10)13
England Peter Ebdon (10)10
24 & 25 April
England Rod Lawler2
England Peter Ebdon (10)8
17 & 18 April
England Andy Hicks13
England Willie Thorne (15)10
21, 22 & 23 April
Thailand Tai Pichit6
England Willie Thorne (15)7
17 & 18 April
England Andy Hicks13
England Steve Davis (2)7
England Andy Hicks10
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 29 & 30 April 1995. Referee: John Street[7]
Stephen Hendry (1)
 Scotland 		18–9 Nigel Bond (11)
 England
68–20, 42–87, 29–74, 0–81, 72–8, 4–76, 105–0, 77–7, 1–85, 65–32, 90–1, 70–31, 74–13, 124–1, 70–25, 84–0, 75–9, 115–9, 74–41, 14–63, 59–73, 44–67, 76–19, 83–0, 92–36, 0–135, 103–28 Century breaks: 4 (Hendry 3, Bond 1)

Highest break by Hendry: 124
Highest break by Bond: 111

68–20, 42–87, 29–74, 0–81, 72–8, 4–76, 105–0, 77–7, 1–85, 65–32, 90–1, 70–31, 74–13, 124–1, 70–25, 84–0, 75–9, 115–9, 74–41, 14–63, 59–73, 44–67, 76–19, 83–0, 92–36, 0–135, 103–28
Scotland Stephen Hendry wins the 1995 Embassy World Snooker Championship

Century breaks[edit]

There were 30 centuries in the 1995 Embassy World Championship.[2][8][9] Stephen Hendry made the third maximum break in the championship's history and became the first to go on to win the title after making a 147 break.[10] Hendry's 12 centuries in the tournament beat the record of 10 set by Joe Davis in 1946 and equalled his own record for a ranking event, set at the 1994 UK Championship.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Snooker 'match fixing' probe into Scots duo Stephen Maguire & Jamie Burnett dropped". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 29 July 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "1995 Embassy World Championship". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  3. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 130.
  4. ^ "1995 Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  6. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. pp. 40–41.
  7. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 143.
  8. ^ "Crucible Centuries". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  9. ^ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 148.
  10. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  11. ^ Eric, Hayton (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. London: Rose Villa Publications. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
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