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

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Prize fund

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

Main draw

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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
14–18 Stephen 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, 5–112 Century 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

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

References

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