1993 UK Championship

The 1993 Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 12 November 1993, and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 20 and 28 November 1993. The highest break of the tournament was a 141 made by David Roe.

Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	12–28 November 1993
Venue	Guild Hall
City	Preston
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£375,000
Winner's share	£70,000
Highest break	David Roe (141)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Stephen Hendry
Score	10–6
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Ronnie O'Sullivan became the youngest winner of a ranking event at the age of 17 years and 358 days[1] by defeating Stephen Hendry 10–6 in the final; as of 2020 this record still stands. This was the first of O'Sullivan's record seven titles at the tournament.

Main draw

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Last 64 results (Best of 17 frames) Jimmy White 9–6 David McDonnell Andy Hicks 9–5 Joe Swail Darren Morgan 9–7 Darren Clarke Tony Chappel 9–8 Mark Bennett Dave Harold 9–3 Neal Foulds Dean Reynolds 9–1 Jonathan Birch Terry Griffiths 9–8 Mark Davis Craig Edwards 9–7 Joe Johnson Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–5 Alan McManus Nigel Gilbert 9–8 Mark Johnston-Allen Ken Doherty 9–3 Nick Terry Terry Murphy 9–8 Jason Ferguson Dennis Taylor 9–3 Alex Higgins Tony Drago 9–5 Jamie Burnett Steve Davis 9–2 Silvino Francisco Mike Hallett 9–5 Troy Shaw John Parrott 9–4 Garry Baldrey Tony Knowles 9–4 Steve Newbury David Roe 9–6 Steve Campbell Alain Robidoux 9–4 Danny Fowler Nigel Bond 9–5 Karl Broughton Doug Mountjoy 9–8 Cliff Wilson Drew Henry 9–8 Willie Thorne Dene O'Kane 9–5 Les Dodd James Wattana 9–1 Jimmy Chambers Peter Ebdon 9–3 Darryn Walker Tony Jones 9–4 Wayne Jones Steve James 9–8 Rod Lawler Mick Price 9–6 Jason Prince Martin Clark 9–2 Eddie Charlton Stephen Hendry 9–5 Fergal O'Brien Anthony Hamilton 9–3 Gary Wilkinson

Last 32 (Best of 17 frames) Jimmy White 9–3 Andy Hicks Darren Morgan 9–5 Tony Chappel Terry Griffiths 9–6 Craig Edwards Dean Reynolds 9–7 Dave Harold Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 Nigel Gilbert Ken Doherty 9–5 Terry Murphy Steve Davis 9–4 Mike Hallett Tony Drago 9–7 Dennis Taylor John Parrott 9–2 Tony Knowles David Roe 9–7 Alain Robidoux Nigel Bond 9–5 Doug Mountjoy Drew Henry 9–4 Dene O'Kane James Wattana 9–3 Peter Ebdon Tony Jones 9–3 Steve James Martin Clark 9–4 Mick Price Stephen Hendry 9–5 Anthony Hamilton

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Darren Morgan	9
	Jimmy White	7
					Darren Morgan	9
					Terry Griffiths	5
	Terry Griffiths	9
	Dean Reynolds	6
									Darren Morgan	5
									Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
	Ken Doherty	5
					Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
					Steve Davis	6
	Steve Davis	9
	Tony Drago	3
													Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
													Stephen Hendry	6
	John Parrott	9
	David Roe	3
					John Parrott	9
					Nigel Bond	5
	Nigel Bond	9
	Drew Henry	6
									John Parrott	3
									Stephen Hendry	9
	James Wattana	9
	Tony Jones	2
					James Wattana	7
					Stephen Hendry	9
	Stephen Hendry	9
	Martin Clark	5

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: John Williams The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 28 November 1993.
Ronnie O'Sullivan  England	10–6	Stephen Hendry  Scotland
First session: 78–45 (78), 108–23 (103), 8–132 (132), 64–73, 123–0 (121), 61–60, 85–35 (52), 72–32 Second session: 69–42, 16–74, 6–113 (67), 68–44 (62), 16–97 (65), 102–27 (73), 1–77 (76), 85–0 (85)
121	Highest break	132
2	Century breaks	1
7	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks

All Rounds

141 David Roe 140 Stuart Pettman 138, 120 John Parrott 136 Nick Walker 135 Jim Chambers 132, 131, 123, 114, 111, 109, 109, 108, 107, 106 Stephen Hendry 131 Mike Hallett 131 John Shilton 129, 128, 106, 105 Darren Morgan 126, 115, 103 Martin O'Neill 126, 110, 106 Steve Davis 122, 121, 118, 114, 113, 107, 105, 103 Ronnie O'Sullivan 122, 120, 106 Tony Drago 121, 114 Ken Doherty 120, 115, 110 Anthony Hamilton 119 Richy McDonald 116, 109, 100 Dave Harold 116 Alex Borg

114, 106 Joe Canny 112 Wilfred Dijkstra 112 Daniel Haenga 111 Spencer Dunn 109, 103, 101 Jimmy White 109 Tony Jones 108 Mark Whatley 106 Matthew Couch 106 Paul McPhillips 106 Paul Tanner 105 Troy Shaw 102, 101 Nigel Bond 102 Martin Clark 102 Anthony Harris 102 Sonic Multani 102 James Wattana 101 Gay Burns 100 Dean Reynolds

References

1. "Various Snooker Records". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
2. "1993 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
3. "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2011.