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1992 World Snooker Championship

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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

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.

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
England John Parrott (1)10
23, 24 & 25 April
Australia Eddie Charlton0
England John Parrott (1)13
18 & 19 April
England Tony Knowles (16)4
England Tony Knowles (16)10
28 & 29 April
England Mark Johnston-Allen4
England John Parrott (1)12
20 & 21 April
Scotland Alan McManus13
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (9)6
24 & 25 April
England Mick Price10
England Mick Price10
19 & 20 April
Scotland Alan McManus13
England Mike Hallett (8)8
30 April, 1 & 2 May
Scotland Alan McManus10
Scotland Alan McManus7
21 April
England Jimmy White (4)16
England Gary Wilkinson (5)6
26 & 27 April
England Willie Thorne10
England Willie Thorne6
19 & 20 April
Canada Jim Wych13
England Dean Reynolds (12)7
28 & 29 April
Canada Jim Wych10
Canada Jim Wych9
22 & 23 April
England Jimmy White (4)13
Canada Alain Robidoux (13)10
25, 26 & 27 April
England Nigel Bond7
Canada Alain Robidoux (13)11
22 April
England Jimmy White (4)13
England Jimmy White (4)10
3 & 4 May
Malta Tony Drago4
England Jimmy White (4)14
19 April
Scotland Stephen Hendry (2)18
England Steve Davis (3)4
23 & 24 April
England Peter Ebdon10
England Peter Ebdon13
18 April
England Martin Clark (14)4
England Martin Clark (14)10
28 & 29 April
South Africa Peter Francisco7
England Peter Ebdon7
21 & 22 April
Wales Terry Griffiths (11)13
Wales Terry Griffiths (11)10
24 & 25 April
Canada Bob Chaperon8
Wales Terry Griffiths (11)13
20 & 21 April
England Neal Foulds (6)7
England Neal Foulds (6)10
30 April & 1 May
England Jason Ferguson8
Wales Terry Griffiths (11)4
21 & 22 April
Scotland Stephen Hendry (2)16
England Steve James (7)9
26 & 27 April
New Zealand Dene O'Kane10
New Zealand Dene O'Kane13
22 & 23 April
Scotland Chris Small10
Wales Doug Mountjoy (10)7
28 & 29 April
Scotland Chris Small10
New Zealand Dene O'Kane6
20 April
Scotland Stephen Hendry (2)13
England Tony Jones (15)5
25, 26 & 27 April
Thailand James Wattana10
Thailand James Wattana 10
18 & 19 April
Scotland Stephen Hendry (2)13
Scotland Stephen Hendry (2)10
Republic of Ireland 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
Scotland 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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