1995 World Snooker Championship

Overview

• Stephen Hendry won his fifth world title beating Nigel Bond 18–9. This was Hendry's fourth consecutive title, breaking Steve Davis' previous Crucible record of three.
• Hendry made the third 147 maximum break in the history of the tournament during his semi-final against Jimmy White.
• Before the first round match between Jimmy White and Peter Francisco, there were unusual gambling patterns on a 10–2 win for White and betting was suspended shortly before the match. A betting investigation was held and Francisco was banned for five years.
• Future world champion John Higgins made his debut in this tournament. He lost in the first round to Alan McManus. Another debutant, Andy Hicks, reached the semi-finals, knocking out six time former champion (and #2 seed) Steve Davis en route.
• Until 2020 this was the last World Championship to start on a Friday and finish on a Sunday, rather than starting on a Saturday and finishing on the "May Day" Bank Holiday, the first Monday in May, as is tradition.

Prize fund

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

• Winner: £190,000
• Runner-up: £115,000
• Semi-final: £57,000
• Quarter-final: £29,000
• Last 16: £15,500
• Last 32: £8,750
• Highest break: £16,000
• Maximum break: £147,000
• Total: £1,132,000

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 |14 April|Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)|10|England Stefan Mazrocis|3 |14 & 15 April|Malta Tony Drago (16)|10|England Paul Cavney|2 |15 & 16 April|England Ronnie O'Sullivan (9)|10|England Dave Harold|3 |17 April|Wales Darren Morgan (8)|10|Wales Anthony Davies|3 |18 April|England John Parrott (5)|10|England Brian Morgan|5 |18 & 19 April|Northern Ireland Joe Swail (12)|10|England Nigel Gilbert|8 |16 & 17 April|England David Roe (13)|10|Scotland Billy Snaddon|6 |15 & 16 April|England Jimmy White (4)|10|South Africa Peter Francisco|2 |14 & 15 April|Thailand James Wattana (3)|8|England Gary Wilkinson|10 |16 April|Wales Terry Griffiths (14)|10|Canada Alain Robidoux|6 |18 & 19 April|England Nigel Bond (11)|10|England Stephen Lee|8 |16 & 17 April|Scotland Alan McManus (6)|10|Scotland John Higgins|3 |14 & 15 April|Ireland Ken Doherty (7)|7|England Mark Davis|10 |14 & 15 April|England Peter Ebdon (10)|10|England Rod Lawler|2 |17 & 18 April|England Willie Thorne (15)|10|Thailand Tai Pichit|6 |17 & 18 April|England Steve Davis (2)|7|England Andy Hicks|10 |19, 20 & 21 April|Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)|13|Malta Tony Drago (16)|6 |20 & 21 April|England Ronnie O'Sullivan (9)|13|Wales Darren Morgan (8)|8 |21, 22 & 23 April|England John Parrott (5)|13|Northern Ireland Joe Swail (12)|11 |22 & 23 April|England David Roe (13)|7|England Jimmy White (4)|13 |20 & 21 April|England Gary Wilkinson|13|Wales Terry Griffiths (14)|9 |22 & 23 April|England Nigel Bond (11)|13|Scotland Alan McManus (6)|10 |19 & 20 April|England Mark Davis|7|England Peter Ebdon (10)|13 |21, 22 & 23 April|England Willie Thorne (15)|7|England Andy Hicks|13 |24 & 25 April|Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)|13|England Ronnie O'Sullivan (9)|8 |24 & 25 April|England John Parrott (5)|11|England Jimmy White (4)|13 |24 & 25 April|England Gary Wilkinson|7|England Nigel Bond (11)|13 |24 & 25 April|England Peter Ebdon (10)|8|England Andy Hicks|13 |26, 27 & 28 April|Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)|16|England Jimmy White (4)|12 |26, 27 & 28 April|England Nigel Bond (11)|16|England Andy Hicks|11 |29 & 30 April|Scotland Stephen Hendry (1)|18|England Nigel Bond (11)|9

|(Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 29 & 30 April 1995. Referee: John Street |Stephen Hendry (1)

|18–9 |Nigel Bond (11)

|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 |Century breaks: 4 (Hendry 3, Bond 1)

Highest break by Hendry: 124

Highest break by Bond: 111 |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 |Scotland Stephen Hendry wins the 1995 Embassy World Snooker Championship |Best of 19 frames |Best of 25 frames |Best of 25 frames |Best of 31 frames

Century breaks

There were 30 centuries in the 1995 Embassy World Championship. Stephen Hendry made the third maximum break in the championship's history and became the first to go on to win the title after making a 147 break. Hendry's 12 centuries in the tournament beat the record of 10 set by Joe Davis in 1946 and equalled his own record for a ranking event, set at the 1994 UK Championship.

• 147, 133, 128, 124, 121, 119, 114, 105, 103, 103, 101, 100 Stephen Hendry
• 136, 117, 100 Andy Hicks
• 129, 123, 115, 110 John Parrott
• 117 Tony Drago
• 115, 111, 101 Nigel Bond
• 112, 111 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 108, 107 Peter Ebdon
• 103 Dave Harold
• 100 Alan McManus
• 100 Darren Morgan

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