1993 UK Championship
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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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12–28 November 1993 |
| Venue | Preston Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £375,000 |
| Winner's share | £70,000 |
| Highest break | David Roe (ENG) (141) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| Score | 10–6 |
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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:
- Total prize money: £375,000
- Winner: £70,000
- Runner-up: £35,000
- Semi-final: £18,500
- Quarter-final: £10,325
- Last 16: £5,250
- Last 32: £3,000
- Last 64: £1,850
- Last 96: £650
- Last 128: £475
- High break (TV stages): £3,000
- High break (Pre-TV stages): £1,500
- Maximum break (TV stage): £20,000
- Maximum break (Pre-TV stage): £5,000
Main draw
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Perspective
Top half
Bottom half
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: John Williams The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 28 November 1993. | ||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (57) England |
10–6 | Stephen Hendry (2) Scotland |
| 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) | ||
| 121 | Highest break | 132 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
Century breaks
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References
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