The 1992 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 13 November 1992 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 21 and 29 November 1992.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13–29 November 1992 |
| Venue | Preston Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £70,000 |
| Highest break |  Peter Ebdon (ENG) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Jimmy White (ENG) |
| Runner-up | John Parrott (ENG) |
| Score | 16–9 |
← 1991 1993 → | |
It was the last UK Final to be staged over two days and to use the best of 31 frames format.[1] The highest break of the televised stages was 136 made by James Wattana and the same of the non-televised stages was 147 made by Peter Ebdon.
In a repeat of the previous year's final Jimmy White won his first and only UK Championship title by defeating defending champion John Parrott 16–9 in a reverse of the result in 1991, winning back-to-back ranking events after victory in the Grand Prix a month earlier.
Prize fund edit
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £70,000
- Runner-up: £35,000
- High break: £5,000
Main draw edit
Final edit
| Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Len Ganley The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 28 and 29 November 1992. | ||
| Jimmy White (3) England | 16–9 | John Parrott (1) England |
| First session: 76–8 (54), 10–66, 77–0, 61–52, 85–36 (65), 49–44, 66–57 (53) Second session: 18–88 (87), 111–9 (110), 0–73 (72), 110–9 (50, 50), 29–66, 114–4 (66), 54–55 Third session: 95–10 (74), 95–28 (54), 0–126 (126), 79–0 (71), 29–81 (70), 77–6, 2–94 (90) Fourth session: 80–1 (74), 14–57, 73–54, 59–34 | ||
| 110 | Highest break | 126 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 10 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Century breaks edit
All rounds
- 147, 117 – Peter Ebdon
- 145, 123, 117, 115, 103, 102 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 140 – Chris Scanlon
- 140 – Michael Valentine
- 136, 110 – James Wattana
- 132, 109, 104 – Steve James
- 132 – Paul Davies
- 130 – Darren Hackeson
- 129, 109 – Peter Francisco
- 128 – Dave Harold
- 126, 103, 103 – John Parrott
- 122, 100 – Darren Morgan
- 120, 119, 104, 103 – Alan McManus
- 119, 109 – Jimmy Michie
- 118, 118, 116, 109, 101 – Stephen Hendry
- 118 – Joe Canny
- 116, 115, 106, 105, 102 – Steve Davis
- 114 – Leigh Griffin
- 111 – John Giles
- 111 – Jimmy White
- 109 – Tony Drago
- 107 – Dominic Dale
- 107 – Noppadon Noppachorn
- 107 – Mark Williams
- 105 – Nick Dyson
- 105 – Will Jerram
- 105 – Wayne Jones
- 105 – Peter Lines
- 105 – Lee Richardson
- 105 – Gary Wilkinson
- 104 – Stephen Lee
- 104 – Alain Robidoux
- 103 – Garry Baldrey
- 102 – Phillip Seaton
- 101 – Dave Gilbert
- 101 – Dene O'Kane
- 101 – John Rees
- 100 – Mark Johnston-Allen
- 100 – Billy Snaddon
- 100 – Joe Swail
References edit
- ^ Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ "1992 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2012.