The 1994 British Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 30 March to 7 April 1994 at the Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England.[4]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 30 March – 7 April 1994 |
Venue | Plymouth Pavilions |
City | Plymouth |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £200,000[1] |
Winner's share | £36,000[2] |
Highest break | Chris Small (SCO) (140)[3] |
Final | |
Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
Runner-up | James Wattana (THA) |
Score | 9–4 |
← 1993 1995 → |
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament by defeating James Wattana 9–4 in the final. The defending champion Steve Davis was defeated in the semi-final by Wattana.[5]
There were three notable factors in this year's tournament: There was no title sponsor, there was a new venue, and there was no TV coverage after 14 years of being shown on ITV.
Main draw
editFinal
editFinal: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Len Ganley Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England. 7 April 1994. | ||
Ronnie O'Sullivan England |
9–4 | James Wattana Thailand |
Afternoon: 76–20 (67), 73–42, 59–25, 38–74, 70–41 (58), 112–0 (112), 18–103, 91–33 (90) Evening: 29–56, 69–14 (52), 58–38, 16–74, 70–10 (70) | ||
112 | Highest break | |
1 | Century breaks | 0 |
6 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
References
edit- ^ "Little rest for Hendry". Herald Scotland. 4 April 1994. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Bond runs out of shots". Herald Scotland. 6 April 1994. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Bully for champion O'Sullivan". Herald Scotland. 8 April 1994. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ a b Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 165.
- ^ "British Open". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "British Open". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2018.