1993 World Snooker Championship

Tournament summary

• Ronnie O'Sullivan made his World Championship debut at the age of 17 years and 5 months, making him the second-youngest player since Stephen Hendry in 1986. O'Sullivan lost against Alan McManus 7–10 in the first round.
• Spencer Dunn made his Crucible debut, after winning eleven qualifying matches—a tournament record—to secure his place in the main draw. He defeated Ian Bullimore 5–1, Colin Mitchell 5–1, Elliott Clark 5–4, Neil Selman 5–1, Julian Goodyear 5–1, Kieran McAlinden 5–4, Mehmet Husnu 5–2, Bill Oliver 10–2, Colin Roscoe 10–7, Dave Harold 10–7, and Mark Bennett 10–9, before his first-round match against Nigel Bond. Fellow debutants O'Sullivan and John Giles both won ten qualifying matches to reach the Crucible stages.
• The other debutants this year were Brian Morgan, Joe Swail, Karl Payne, Shaun Mellish and Stephen O'Connor. The high number of debutants was partially a result of the governing body's decision to begin pre-qualifying at the beginning of the season. Of this year's rookies, only Morgan, O'Sullivan and Swail ever qualified for another World Championship.
• In frame three of his first-round match, Hendry compiled the 250th century break at the Crucible.
• 1981 runner-up and former Masters and twice UK Champion, Doug Mountjoy, played in his last World Championship main draw. He had appeared at every World Championship since the event moved to the Crucible in 1977, a run of 17 consecutive appearances. Mountjoy reached the second round, falling 6–13 to Jimmy White. Weeks later, Mountjoy had an operation to remove his left lung after being diagnosed with stage 2 lung cancer.
• Dennis Taylor's 13–11 second-round victory over Terry Griffiths set a record for the longest best-of-25-frames match in professional play at almost 800 minutes.
• James Wattana of Thailand became the first player from the Far East to reach the semi-finals of the event.
• Hendry's 18–5 victory over White was only the third time since the championship moved to the Crucible, and to date the last, that the title was settled in the afternoon with a . The previous two were in 1983 and 1989.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

• Winner: £175,000
• Runner-up: £105,000
• Semi-final: £52,000
• Quarter-final: £26,000
• Last 16: £14,000
• Last 32: £8,000
• Highest break: £14,400
• Maximum break: £100,000
• Total: £1,000,000

Main draw

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).

Best of 19 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 31 frames Best of 35 frames |17 April|Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)|10|England Danny Fowler|1 |17 & 18 April|Wales Darren Morgan (16)|10|England Les Dodd|5 |18 & 19 April|England Nigel Bond (9)|10|England Spencer Dunn|4 |19 & 20 April|England Gary Wilkinson (8)|10|England Dean Reynolds|4 |20 April|England Neal Foulds (5)|10|England Brian Morgan|5 |21 & 22 April|England Martin Clark (12)|10|England Karl Payne|6 |18 & 19 April|Scotland Alan McManus (13)|10|England Ronnie O'Sullivan|7 |21 April|England Steve Davis (4)|10|England Peter Ebdon|3 |17 & 18 April|England Jimmy White (3)|10|Northern Ireland Joe Swail|4 |21 & 22 April|Canada Alain Robidoux (14)|6|Wales Doug Mountjoy|10 |19 April|Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (11)|10|Malta Tony Drago|9 |20 & 21 April|Wales Terry Griffiths (6)|10|England David Roe|6 |20 & 21 April|Thailand James Wattana (7)|10|England Tony Jones|7 |19 & 20 April|England Steve James (10)|10|England John Giles|2 |17 April|England Willie Thorne (15)|10|England Shaun Mellish|6 |18 April|England John Parrott (2)|10|Ireland Stephen O'Connor|1 |22, 23 & 24 April|Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)|13|Wales Darren Morgan (16)|4 |23 & 24 April|England Nigel Bond (9)|13|England Gary Wilkinson (8)|7 |25 & 26 April|England Neal Foulds (5)|13|England Martin Clark (12)|7 |24, 25 & 26 April|Scotland Alan McManus (13)|13|England Steve Davis (4)|11 |24, 25 & 26 April|England Jimmy White (3)|13|Wales Doug Mountjoy|6 |23 & 24 April|Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (11)|13|Wales Terry Griffiths (6)|11 |25 & 26 April|Thailand James Wattana (7)|13|England Steve James (10)|7 |22 & 23 April|England Willie Thorne (15)|9|England John Parrott (2)|13 |27 & 28 April|Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)|13|England Nigel Bond (9)|7 |27 & 28 April|England Neal Foulds (5)|11|Scotland Alan McManus (13)|13 |27 & 28 April|England Jimmy White (3)|13|Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (11)|8 |27 & 28 April|Thailand James Wattana (7)|13|England John Parrott (2)|6 |29, 30 April & 1 May|Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)|16|Scotland Alan McManus (13)|8 |29, 30 April & 1 May|England Jimmy White (3)|16|Thailand James Wattana (7)|9 |2 & 3 May|Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)|18|England Jimmy White (3)|5

|(Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2 & 3 May 1993. Referee: Len Ganley |Stephen Hendry (1)

|18–5 |Jimmy White (3)

|136–0, 37–65, 68–63, 63–48, 76–0, 126–1, 29–83, 39–68, 75–50, 80–0, 134–0, 38–69, 99–0, 77–38, 80–7, 68–6, 81–46, 68–20, 123–16, 1–84, 63–15, 72–0, 127–0 |Century breaks: 3 (Hendry 3)

Highest break by Hendry: 136

Highest break by White: 60 |136–0, 37–65, 68–63, 63–48, 76–0, 126–1, 29–83, 39–68, 75–50, 80–0, 134–0, 38–69, 99–0, 77–38, 80–7, 68–6, 81–46, 68–20, 123–16, 1–84, 63–15, 72–0, 127–0 |Scotland Stephen Hendry wins the 1993 Embassy World Snooker Championship |Best of 19 frames |Best of 25 frames |Best of 25 frames |Best of 31 frames

Century breaks

There were 35 century breaks in the championship, a new record, beating the 31 centuries of 1991. The highest break of the event was a 144 made by Steve Davis.

• 144 Steve Davis
• 139, 122, 101 Nigel Bond
• 138, 106 Steve James
• 136, 129, 128, 126, 124, 123, 113, 110 Stephen Hendry
• 133 Terry Griffiths
• 124, 108, 100, 100 Neal Foulds
• 122, 102 John Parrott
• 121 Martin Clark
• 112 Alan McManus
• 110, 104, 104, 103 James Wattana
• 108, 105, 104 Jimmy White
• 108, 104 Willie Thorne
• 105 Peter Ebdon
• 104, 101 Gary Wilkinson

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