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1994 World Snooker Championship

Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates 16 April–2 May 1994
Venue Crucible Theatre
City Sheffield
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £1,068,000
Winner's share £180,000
Highest break Scotland Alan McManus (143)
Final
Champion Scotland Stephen Hendry
Runner-up England Jimmy White
Score 18–17
1993
1995

The 1994 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1994 Embassy World Snooker Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 April and 2 May 1994 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

Stephen Hendry won his fourth world title by defeating Jimmy White 18–17 in the final. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

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).

Highest break by Hendry: 89
Highest break by White: 116

There were 35 century breaks in the Championship, a joint record with the 1993 tournament. The highest break of the tournament was 143 made by Alan McManus. The highest break of the qualifying stage was 146 made by Karl Payne.


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