1993 UK Championship
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 12–28 November 1993 |
| Venue | 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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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 2021 this record still stands. This was the first of O'Sullivan's record seven 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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| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
 Darren Morgan | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Darren Morgan | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Darren Morgan | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Ken Doherty | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Tony Drago | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 6 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 9 | |||||||||||||
| David Roe | 3 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Drew Henry | 6 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
 James Wattana | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Jones | 2 | |||||||||||||
| James Wattana | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Martin Clark | 5 | |||||||||||||
Final[]
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: John Williams The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 28 November 1993. | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan England
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10–6 | Stephen Hendry Scotland
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| 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[]
All Rounds
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References[]
- ^ "Various Snooker Records". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ "1993 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- UK Championship (snooker)
- 1993 in snooker
- 1993 in English sport
- November 1993 sports events in the United Kingdom