1995 World Snooker Championship

The 1995 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1995 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 30 April 1995 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates14–30 April 1995
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£1,132,000
Winner's share£190,000
Highest break Stephen Hendry (147)
Final
Champion Stephen Hendry
Runner-up Nigel Bond
Score18–9
← 1994
1996 →

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.[1]
  • 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:[2][3]

  • 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).[2][4][5][6]

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 31 frames
                           
14 April            
  Stephen Hendry (1)  10
19, 20 & 21 April
  Stefan Mazrocis  3  
  Stephen Hendry (1)  13
14 & 15 April
    Tony Drago (16)  6  
  Tony Drago (16)  10
24 & 25 April
  Paul Cavney  2  
  Stephen Hendry (1)  13
15 & 16 April
    Ronnie O'Sullivan (9)  8  
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (9)  10
20 & 21 April
  Dave Harold  3  
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (9)  13
17 April
    Darren Morgan (8)  8  
  Darren Morgan (8)  10
26, 27 & 28 April
  Anthony Davies  3  
  Stephen Hendry (1)  16
18 April
    Jimmy White (4)  12
  John Parrott (5)  10
21, 22 & 23 April
  Brian Morgan  5  
  John Parrott (5)  13
18 & 19 April
    Joe Swail (12)  11  
  Joe Swail (12)  10
24 & 25 April
  Nigel Gilbert  8  
  John Parrott (5)  11
16 & 17 April
    Jimmy White (4)  13  
  David Roe (13)  10
22 & 23 April
  Billy Snaddon  6  
  David Roe (13)  7
15 & 16 April
    Jimmy White (4)  13  
  Jimmy White (4)  10
  Peter Francisco  2  
14 & 15 April            
  James Wattana (3)  8
20 & 21 April
  Gary Wilkinson  10  
  Gary Wilkinson  13
16 April
    Terry Griffiths (14)  9  
  Terry Griffiths (14)  10
24 & 25 April
  Alain Robidoux  6  
  Gary Wilkinson  7
18 & 19 April
    Nigel Bond (11)  13  
  Nigel Bond (11)  10
22 & 23 April
  Stephen Lee  8  
  Nigel Bond (11)  13
16 & 17 April
    Alan McManus (6)  10  
  Alan McManus (6)  10
26, 27 & 28 April
  John Higgins  3  
  Nigel Bond (11)  16
14 & 15 April
    Andy Hicks  11
  Ken Doherty (7)  7
19 & 20 April
  Mark Davis  10  
  Mark Davis  7
14 & 15 April
    Peter Ebdon (10)  13  
  Peter Ebdon (10)  10
24 & 25 April
  Rod Lawler  2  
  Peter Ebdon (10)  8
17 & 18 April
    Andy Hicks  13  
  Willie Thorne (15)  10
21, 22 & 23 April
  Tai Pichit  6  
  Willie Thorne (15)  7
17 & 18 April
    Andy Hicks  13  
  Steve Davis (2)  7
  Andy Hicks  10  
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 29 & 30 April 1995. Referee: John Street[7]
Stephen Hendry (1)
 Scotland		 18–9 Nigel Bond (11)
 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 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
Stephen Hendry wins the 1995 Embassy World Snooker Championship

Century breaks

There were 30 centuries in the 1995 Embassy World Championship.[2][8][9] 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.[10] 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.[11]

gollark: It probably couldn't work at all without that, but still.
gollark: It is kind of a shame that all the cutting-edge AI stuff requires ridiculously powerful hardware now.
gollark: Did you see GLIDE?
gollark: Ah, I see.
gollark: What are you doing? CLIP isn't that big or slow, it runs very fast on my underpowered laptop GPU.

References
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  2. "1995 Embassy World Championship". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  3. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 130.
  4. "1995 Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  5. "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  6. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. pp. 40–41.
  7. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 143.
  8. "Crucible Centuries". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  9. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 148.
  10. Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  11. Eric, Hayton (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. London: Rose Villa Publications. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
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