1992 World Snooker Championship

The 1992 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1992 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 April and 4 May 1992 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates18 April – 4 May 1992 (1992-04-18 – 1992-05-04)
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£850,000
Winner's share£150,000
Highest break Jimmy White (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Runner-up Jimmy White (ENG)
Score18–14
1991
1993

John Parrott was the defending champion but he lost 12–13 to Alan McManus in the quarter-finals and fell to the Crucible curse, becoming another champion unable to defend his first world title.

Stephen Hendry was the eventual winner, after defeating Jimmy White 18–14 in the final. At one point White led by 14–8, but Hendry then won 10 successive frames to secure his second World Championship title.[1] The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

Tournament summary edit

Prize fund edit

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[9][17]

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).[9][18][19][20]

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
18 April
John Parrott (1)10
23, 24 & 25 April
Eddie Charlton0
John Parrott (1)13
18 & 19 April
Tony Knowles (16)4
Tony Knowles (16)10
28 & 29 April
Mark Johnston-Allen4
John Parrott (1)12
20 & 21 April
Alan McManus13
Dennis Taylor (9)6
24 & 25 April
Mick Price10
Mick Price10
19 & 20 April
Alan McManus13
Mike Hallett (8)8
30 April, 1 & 2 May
Alan McManus10
Alan McManus7
21 April
Jimmy White (4)16
Gary Wilkinson (5)6
26 & 27 April
Willie Thorne10
Willie Thorne6
19 & 20 April
Jim Wych13
Dean Reynolds (12)7
28 & 29 April
Jim Wych10
Jim Wych9
22 & 23 April
Jimmy White (4)13
Alain Robidoux (13)10
25, 26 & 27 April
Nigel Bond7
Alain Robidoux (13)11
22 April
Jimmy White (4)13
Jimmy White (4)10
3 & 4 May
Tony Drago4
Jimmy White (4)14
19 April
Stephen Hendry (2)18
Steve Davis (3)4
23 & 24 April
Peter Ebdon10
Peter Ebdon13
18 April
Martin Clark (14)4
Martin Clark (14)10
28 & 29 April
Peter Francisco7
Peter Ebdon7
21 & 22 April
Terry Griffiths (11)13
Terry Griffiths (11)10
24 & 25 April
Bob Chaperon8
Terry Griffiths (11)13
20 & 21 April
Neal Foulds (6)7
Neal Foulds (6)10
30 April & 1 May
Jason Ferguson8
Terry Griffiths (11)4
21 & 22 April
Stephen Hendry (2)16
Steve James (7)9
26 & 27 April
Dene O'Kane10
Dene O'Kane13
22 & 23 April
Chris Small10
Doug Mountjoy (10)7
28 & 29 April
Chris Small10
Dene O'Kane6
20 April
Stephen Hendry (2)13
Tony Jones (15)5
25, 26 & 27 April
James Wattana10
James Wattana 10
18 & 19 April
Stephen Hendry (2)13
Stephen Hendry (2)10
Stephen Murphy3
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 3 and 4 May 1992. Referee: John Street.[21]
Jimmy White (4)
 England
14–18Stephen Hendry (2)
 Scotland
0–107, 117–16, 57–70, 101–15, 69–54, 8–76, 68–53, 67–65, 29–75, 92–9, 47–63, 62–54, 128–6, 71–8, 11–70, 83–28, 90–0, 134–0, 0–86, 7–76, 76–8, 86–52, 35–77, 53–62, 61–63, 56–70, 19–70, 0–128, 30–59, 26–81, 0–134, 5–112Century breaks: 6 (White 2, Hendry 4)

Highest break by White: 134
Highest break by Hendry: 134

0–107, 117–16, 57–70, 101–15, 69–54, 8–76, 68–53, 67–65, 29–75, 92–9, 47–63, 62–54, 128–6, 71–8, 11–70, 83–28, 90–0, 134–0, 0–86, 7–76, 76–8, 86–52, 35–77, 53–62, 61–63, 56–70, 19–70, 0–128, 30–59, 26–81, 0–134, 5–112
Stephen Hendry wins the 1992 Embassy World Snooker Championship

Century breaks edit

There were 25 century breaks in the championship.[22][23]

References edit