- World Snooker Championship 1995
= The Event =
The 1995 Embassy
World Snooker Championship took place at theCrucible Theatre , Sheffield between the 14th to the30th April 1995 .Stephen Hendry won his fifth world title beatingNigel Bond 18-9.Notable Moments
* Before the first round match between
Jimmy White andPeter Francisco , there were unusual (huge) bettings all over the UK on a 10-2 win for White. The match did indeed finished 10-2.WPBSA was informed before the match and the President of the Embassy World Championship organization watched every frame of it. White soon afterwards was free from the WPBSAinquiry into alleged match-fixing but Francisco later got a five-year ban from snooker when the inquiry concluded onMay 8th 1995. He was also stripped of his £8,750 prize money he got for losing in the match.*
Andy Hicks became the first player sinceTerry Griffiths in 1979 to reach the semi-finals at the first attempt. He beatSteve Davis ,Willie Thorne ,Peter Ebdon before losing toNigel Bond 11-16 in the semis.*
Stephen Hendry made the third 147 in the championship's history and the first to do that and going on to win the title for the fifth time.* This is so far the last World Championship to start on a Friday (which the 14th was on
Good Friday in 1995 and a Saturday and Sunday final (on 29 and 30th April) rather than the Sunday and May Day Holiday as it also did since it became a 17 day tournament in 1982, 1985 and 1990.Prize Money
Winner: £190,000
Runner-up: £115,000
Losing semi-finalists: £57,000
Losing quarter-finalists: £29,000
Last 16 losers: £15,500
Last 32 losers: £8,750
Highest break TV Stage: £16,000
Maximum break TV Stage: £147,000
Results
World Snooker Championship Rounds
|flagicon|ScotlandStephen Hendry |10|flagicon|EnglandStefan Mazrocis |3
|flagicon|MaltaTony Drago |10|flagicon|EnglandPaul Cavney |2
|flagicon|EnglandRonnie O'Sullivan |10|flagicon|EnglandDave Harold |3
|flagicon|WalesDarren Morgan |10|flagicon|WalesAnthony Davies |3
|flagicon|EnglandJohn Parrott |10|flagicon|EnglandBrian Morgan |5
|flagicon|Northern IrelandJoe Swail |10|flagicon|EnglandNigel Gilbert |8
|flagicon|EnglandDavid Roe |10|flagicon|ScotlandBilly Snaddon |6
|flagicon|EnglandJimmy White |10|flagicon|South Africa Peter Francisco|2
|flagicon|EnglandGary Wilkinson |10|flagicon|ThailandJames Wattana |8
|flagicon|WalesTerry Griffiths |10|flagicon|CanadaAlain Robidoux |6
|flagicon|EnglandNigel Bond |10|flagicon|EnglandStephen Lee |8
|flagicon|ScotlandAlan McManus |10|flagicon|ScotlandJohn Higgins |3
|flagicon|EnglandMark Davis |10|flagicon|IrelandKen Doherty |7
|flagicon|EnglandPeter Ebdon |10|flagicon|EnglandRod Lawler |2
|flagicon|EnglandWillie Thorne |10|flagicon|ThailandTai Pichit |6
|flagicon|EnglandAndy Hicks |10|flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis |7
|flagicon|ScotlandStephen Hendry |13|flagicon|MaltaTony Drago |6
|flagicon|EnglandRonnie O'Sullivan |13|flagicon|WalesDarren Morgan |8
|flagicon|EnglandJohn Parrott |13|flagicon|Northern IrelandJoe Swail |11
|flagicon|EnglandJimmy White |13|flagicon|EnglandDavid Roe |7
|flagicon|EnglandGary Wilkinson |13|flagicon|WalesTerry Griffiths |9
|flagicon|EnglandNigel Bond |13|flagicon|ScotlandAlan McManus |10
|flagicon|EnglandPeter Ebdon |13|flagicon|EnglandMark Davis |7
|flagicon|EnglandAndy Hicks |13|flagicon|EnglandWillie Thorne |7
|flagicon|ScotlandStephen Hendry |13|flagicon|EnglandRonnie O'Sullivan |8
|flagicon|EnglandJimmy White |13|flagicon|EnglandJohn Parrott |11
|flagicon|EnglandNigel Bond |13|flagicon|EnglandGary Wilkinson |7
|flagicon|EnglandAndy Hicks |13|flagicon|EnglandPeter Ebdon |8
|flagicon|ScotlandStephen Hendry |16|flagicon|EnglandJimmy White |12
|flagicon|EnglandNigel Bond |16|flagicon|EnglandAndy Hicks |11
("Best of 35 frames") Crucible Theatre, Sheffield,29 April &30 April 1995 . Referee: John Street
flagicon|ScotlandStephen Hendry
18-9Nigel Bond flagicon|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|
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
flagicon|ScotlandStephen Hendry wins the 1995 EmbassyWorld Snooker Championship
"Best of 19 frames"
"Best of 25 frames"
"Best of 25 frames"
"Best of 31 frames"Highest Break
147
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