1993 UK Championship explained

Tournament Name:1993 Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship
Venue:Preston Guild Hall
Location:Preston
Country:England
Organisation:WPBSA
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£375,000
Winners Share:£70,000
Highest Break: (141)
Score:10–6
Previous:1992
Next:1994

The 1993 UK Championship (officially the 1993 Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 12 November 1993, and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 20 and 28 November 1993. The highest break of the tournament was a 141 made by David Roe.

Ronnie O'Sullivan became the youngest winner of a ranking event at the age of 17 years and 358 days[1] by defeating Stephen Hendry 10–6 in the final; as of 2023 this record still stands. This was the first of O'Sullivan's record eight titles at the tournament.

Prize fund

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

Main draw

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Bottom half

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: John Williams
The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 28 November 1993.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (57)
10–6Stephen Hendry (2)
First session: 78–45 (78), 108–23 (103), 8–132 (132), 64–73, 123–0 (121), 61–60, 85–35 (52), 72–32
Second session: 69–42, 16–74, 6–113 (67), 68–44 (62), 16–97 (65), 102–27 (73), 1–77 (76), 85–0 (85)
121Highest break132
2Century breaks1
750+ breaks4

Century breaks

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Various Snooker Records . cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk . Chris Turner's Snooker Archive . 16 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724174302/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Records.html . 24 July 2011 . dead .
  2. Web site: 1993 UK Championship Results. Snooker Database. 13 October 2010. 23 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160323014723/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=112. dead.
  3. Web site: UK Championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071813/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34. 24 January 2013. Snooker Scene. 16 August 2011.