1994 World Snooker Championship

Overview

• Two-time world champion Alex Higgins qualified for the championship for the last time, losing 6–10 in the first round to Ken Doherty
• Cliff Thorburn, another former champion making his final World Championship appearance, lost 9–10 in the first round to Nigel Bond after leading 9–2
• An 18-year-old Ronnie O'Sullivan knocked out 1985 champion Dennis Taylor, who was also making his final appearance at the World Championship. O'Sullivan won their first-round match 10–6, his first victory at the Crucible after losing in the first round on his debut the previous year
• Stephen Hendry won his third consecutive world title and his fourth in five years. This achievement was all the more remarkable because he played every match after the first round with a broken elbow
• This was Jimmy White's fifth consecutive final appearance, his fourth against Hendry, and his sixth overall. The match went to a deciding frame; White had the first chance but missed a off the, and Hendry to clinch the title. This was White's last appearance in a World Championship final and the closest he ever came to winning the tournament
• Earlier in the tournament, Hendry had sealed his position as world number one with a 16–9 semi-final victory over Steve Davis. This was Davis' eleventh and last appearance in a World Championship semi-final

  Prize fund

• Winner: £180,000
• Runner-up: £110,000
• Semi-final: £55,000
• Quarter-final: £27,500
• Last 16: £15,000
• Last 32: £8,500
• Last 48: £6,000
• Last 64: £4,000
• Last 96: £1,750
• Last 128: £1,000
• Last 192: £600
• Stage one highest break: £5,000
• Stage two highest break: £15,400
• Stage two maximum break: £100,000
• Total: £1,068,000

  Main draw

Century breaks

• 143, 105, 102 Alan McManus
• 139, 102 Martin Clark
• 139 Cliff Thorburn
• 137 Billy Snaddon
• 134, 108 Brian Morgan
• 134, 101 Steve Davis
• 133, 112 Drew Henry
• 132 John Parrott
• 124, 120, 120, 109, 100 Stephen Hendry
• 124 Peter Ebdon
• 119, 100 Ken Doherty
• 118, 100 Fergal O'Brien
• 118 Willie Thorne
• 116, 112, 108, 107, 103 Jimmy White
• 115, 107, 100 Darren Morgan
• 114 Dene O'Kane
• 100 James Wattana