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1991 World Snooker Championship
The 1991 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1991 Embassy World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 April and 6 May 1991 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, it was the eighth and final ranking event of the 1990–91 snooker season and the fifteenth consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible, the first tournament at this location having taken place in 1977.
The defending champion was Stephen Hendry, who had defeated Jimmy White 18–12 in the final of the 1990 World Snooker Championship, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Steve James, becoming another champion who was unable to defend his first world title in an example of the "Crucible curse". John Parrott won his only World Championship title by defeating White 18–11 in the final. It was the third time that White had lost in the final after 1984 and 1990. The highest break of the tournament was 140, made by White during his second-round match against Neal Foulds.
A five-round qualifying event for the championship was held at the Preston Guild Hall from 22 March to 1 April to produce 16 players for the main stage, where they met the 16 invited seeded players. The tournament was broadcast in the United Kingdom by the BBC, and was sponsored by the Embassy cigarette company. Parrott received £135,000 from the total prize fund of £750,000.
The World Snooker Championship is an annual professional snooker tournament organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India, the cue sport was popular in the British Isles. However, in the modern era, which started in 1969 when the World Championship reverted to a knockout format, it has become increasingly popular worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand.
Joe Davis won the first World Championship in 1927, hosted by the Billiards Association and Control Council, the final match being held at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England. The 1991 championship featured 32 professional players competing in one-on-one snooker matches in a single-elimination format, each round being played over a pre-determined number of frames, and each match divided into two or more sessions containing a set number of frames. These competitors in the main tournament were selected using a combination of the top players in the snooker world rankings and the winners of a pre-tournament qualification stage. The top 16 players in the world rankings automatically qualified for the event, the remaining 16 players coming through the qualification rounds. It was the eighth and final ranking event of the 1990–91 snooker season, and the fifteenth consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible, the first tournament there having taken place in 1977. The defending champion in 1991 was Stephen Hendry, who had defeated Jimmy White 18–12 in the final of the 1990 World Snooker Championship. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette brand Embassy, and was also referred to as the Embassy World Snooker Championship. The tournament was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC 2, with around 100 hours of broadcast coverage, which attracted a peak viewing figure of 5.98 million.
The winner of the event received £135,000 from a total prize fund of £750,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The qualifying competition took place at Preston Guild Hall from 22 March to 1 April. Matches were the best-of-19 frames, played over two sessions. Six-time world champion Ray Reardon, who had turned professional in 1967, announced his retirement from the snooker circuit after being defeated 5–10 by Jason Prince in the second round. In the previous round, Prince had eliminated 77-year-old eight-time champion Fred Davis, a professional since 1930, 10–4. In the third round, Ray Edmonds defeated three-time winner John Spencer 10–4. The 1980 champion Cliff Thorburn was beaten 10-5 by Nick Dyson, so failed to qualify for the Crucible for the first time since the tournament moved there in 1977. The only former champion to progress to the main tournament from qualifying was Joe Johnson, who beat Nigel Bond 10–8 in the fifth round.
Derek Mienie, who had travelled from South Africa for his first-round match against Rod Lawler, conceded at 0–5 after his opponent was awarded the firth frame when Mienie was a few minutes late returning from the mid-session interval. Eddie Sinclair led Dyson 8–1 in the third round, but lost 8–10. Seven players from qualifying progressed to the Crucible for the first time, including first-season professionals Alan McManus and Ken Doherty, who had both started in the first round. The others were Dyson, Robert Marshall, Craig Edwards, Ian Graham and Barry Pinches. As Martin Clark was ranked within the top 16, he automatically qualified for his debut match at the Crucible. The highest break of the qualifying competition was 143 by Kirk Stevens in the 12th frame of his match against Jonathan Birch, equalling the record in world championship qualifying set by Darren Morgan in 1989.
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1991 World Snooker Championship
The 1991 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1991 Embassy World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 April and 6 May 1991 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, it was the eighth and final ranking event of the 1990–91 snooker season and the fifteenth consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible, the first tournament at this location having taken place in 1977.
The defending champion was Stephen Hendry, who had defeated Jimmy White 18–12 in the final of the 1990 World Snooker Championship, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Steve James, becoming another champion who was unable to defend his first world title in an example of the "Crucible curse". John Parrott won his only World Championship title by defeating White 18–11 in the final. It was the third time that White had lost in the final after 1984 and 1990. The highest break of the tournament was 140, made by White during his second-round match against Neal Foulds.
A five-round qualifying event for the championship was held at the Preston Guild Hall from 22 March to 1 April to produce 16 players for the main stage, where they met the 16 invited seeded players. The tournament was broadcast in the United Kingdom by the BBC, and was sponsored by the Embassy cigarette company. Parrott received £135,000 from the total prize fund of £750,000.
The World Snooker Championship is an annual professional snooker tournament organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India, the cue sport was popular in the British Isles. However, in the modern era, which started in 1969 when the World Championship reverted to a knockout format, it has become increasingly popular worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand.
Joe Davis won the first World Championship in 1927, hosted by the Billiards Association and Control Council, the final match being held at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England. The 1991 championship featured 32 professional players competing in one-on-one snooker matches in a single-elimination format, each round being played over a pre-determined number of frames, and each match divided into two or more sessions containing a set number of frames. These competitors in the main tournament were selected using a combination of the top players in the snooker world rankings and the winners of a pre-tournament qualification stage. The top 16 players in the world rankings automatically qualified for the event, the remaining 16 players coming through the qualification rounds. It was the eighth and final ranking event of the 1990–91 snooker season, and the fifteenth consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible, the first tournament there having taken place in 1977. The defending champion in 1991 was Stephen Hendry, who had defeated Jimmy White 18–12 in the final of the 1990 World Snooker Championship. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette brand Embassy, and was also referred to as the Embassy World Snooker Championship. The tournament was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC 2, with around 100 hours of broadcast coverage, which attracted a peak viewing figure of 5.98 million.
The winner of the event received £135,000 from a total prize fund of £750,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The qualifying competition took place at Preston Guild Hall from 22 March to 1 April. Matches were the best-of-19 frames, played over two sessions. Six-time world champion Ray Reardon, who had turned professional in 1967, announced his retirement from the snooker circuit after being defeated 5–10 by Jason Prince in the second round. In the previous round, Prince had eliminated 77-year-old eight-time champion Fred Davis, a professional since 1930, 10–4. In the third round, Ray Edmonds defeated three-time winner John Spencer 10–4. The 1980 champion Cliff Thorburn was beaten 10-5 by Nick Dyson, so failed to qualify for the Crucible for the first time since the tournament moved there in 1977. The only former champion to progress to the main tournament from qualifying was Joe Johnson, who beat Nigel Bond 10–8 in the fifth round.
Derek Mienie, who had travelled from South Africa for his first-round match against Rod Lawler, conceded at 0–5 after his opponent was awarded the firth frame when Mienie was a few minutes late returning from the mid-session interval. Eddie Sinclair led Dyson 8–1 in the third round, but lost 8–10. Seven players from qualifying progressed to the Crucible for the first time, including first-season professionals Alan McManus and Ken Doherty, who had both started in the first round. The others were Dyson, Robert Marshall, Craig Edwards, Ian Graham and Barry Pinches. As Martin Clark was ranked within the top 16, he automatically qualified for his debut match at the Crucible. The highest break of the qualifying competition was 143 by Kirk Stevens in the 12th frame of his match against Jonathan Birch, equalling the record in world championship qualifying set by Darren Morgan in 1989.