World Snooker Championship 1995
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14–30 April 1995 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £1,132,000 |
| Winner's share | £190,000 |
| Highest break |
 Stephen Hendry (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
Stephen Hendry
|
| Runner-up |
 Nigel Bond
|
| Score | 18–9 |
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The 1995 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1995 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14–30 April 1995 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
Before the first round match between Jimmy White and Peter Francisco, there were unusual gambling patterns on a 10–2 win for White and betting was suspended shortly before the match. A betting investigation was held and Francisco was banned for five years.
Future world champion John Higgins made his debut in this tournament. He lost in the first round to Alan McManus.
Stephen Hendry won his fifth world title beating Nigel Bond 18–9. 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: 124
Highest break by Bond: 111
There were 30 centuries in the 1995 Embassy World Championship.Stephen Hendry made the third maximum break in the championship's history and became the first to go on to win the title after making a 147 break. Hendry's 12 centuries in the tournament beat the record of 10 set by Joe Davis in 1946 and equalled his own record for a ranking event, set at the 1994 UK Championship.
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