1994 British Open

1994 British OpenTournament information

Dates| 30 March – 7 April 1994 (1994-03-30 – 1994-04-07)
Venue| Plymouth Pavilions
City| Plymouth
Country| England
Organisation| WPBSA
Format| Ranking event
Total prize fund| £200,000[1]
Winner's share| £36,000[2]
Highest break|  Chris Small (SCO) (140)[3]
Final
Champion|  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up|  James Wattana (THA)
Score| 9–4

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The 1994 British Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 30 March to 7 April 1994 at the Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England.[4]

Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament by defeating James Wattana 9–4 in the final. The defending champion Steve Davis was defeated in the semi-final by Wattana.[5]

There were three notable factors in this year's tournament: There was no title sponsor, there was a new venue, and there was no TV coverage after 14 years of being shown on ITV.

## Main draw

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| Last 64
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 32
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 16
Best of 9 frames | | | Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames | | | Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames | | | Final
Best of 17 frames |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
|  Steve Davis | 5 | | | | | |
|  Paul McPhillips | 2 |
| |  Steve Davis | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Brian Morgan | 1 |
|  Brian Morgan | 5 |

|  Tony Jones | 0 |
| |  Steve Davis | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Andy Hicks | 4 |
|  Andy Hicks | 5 | |

|  Neal Foulds | 2 |
| |  Andy Hicks | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Mike Hallett | 4 |
|  Mike Hallett | 5 |

|  Chris Small | 4 |
| |  Steve Davis | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Doug Mountjoy | 0 |
|  Dennis Taylor | 5 | | |

|  Jason Prince | 2 |
| |  Dennis Taylor | 4 |
|  |
| | |  Doug Mountjoy | 5 |
|  Doug Mountjoy | 5 |

|  Ian Graham | 1 |
| |  Doug Mountjoy | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Dave Harold | 3 |
|  Dave Harold | 5 | |

|  Terry Griffiths | 2 |
| |  Dave Harold | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Darryn Walker | 4 |
|  Darryn Walker | 5 |

|  Tony Knowles | 4 |
| |  Steve Davis | 4 |
|  |
| | |  James Wattana | 6 |
|  Jimmy White | 5 | | | |

|  Billy Snaddon | 0 |
| |  Jimmy White | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Dominic Dale | 2 |
|  Dominic Dale | 5 |

|  Dean Reynolds | 3 |
| |  Jimmy White | 2 |
|  |
| | |  Tony Drago | 5 |
|  Rod Lawler | 5 | |

|  Martin Clark | 4 |
| |  Rod Lawler | 2 |
|  |
| | |  Tony Drago | 5 |
|  Tony Drago | 5 |

|  Matthew Couch | 2 |
| |  Tony Drago | 0 |
|  |
| | |  James Wattana | 5 |
|  Darren Morgan | 5 | | |

|  Stephen Murphy | 3 |
| |  Darren Morgan | 5 |
|  |
| | |  John Higgins | 4 |
|  John Higgins | 5 |

|  Mark Bennett | 0 |
| |  Darren Morgan | 4 |
|  |
| | |  James Wattana | 5 |
|  Mark Johnston-Allen | 5 | |

|  Nick Terry | 3 |
| |  Mark Johnston-Allen | 2 |
|  |
| | |  James Wattana | 5 |
|  James Wattana | 5 |

|  Danny Fowler | 2 |
| |  James Wattana | 4 |
|  |
| | |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 |
|  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 | | | | |

|  Peter Ebdon | 4 |
| |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Willie Thorne | 1 |
|  Willie Thorne | 5 |

|  Mark Williams | 3 |
| |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Ken Doherty | 4 |
|  Mick Price | 5 | |

|  Yasin Merchant | 3 |
| |  Mick Price | 1 |
|  |
| | |  Ken Doherty | 5 |
|  Ken Doherty | 5 |

|  Peter Francisco | 4 |
| |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Nigel Bond | 0 |
|  Nigel Bond | 5 | | |

|  Anton Bishop | 1 |
| |  Nigel Bond | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Alain Robidoux | 3 |
|  Alain Robidoux | 5 |

|  Jim Wych | 3 |
| |  Nigel Bond | 5 |
|  |
| | |  John Parrott | 3 |
|  Joe Swail | 5 | |

|  Brian Rowswell | 3 |
| |  Joe Swail | 1 |
|  |
| | |  John Parrott | 5 |
|  John Parrott | 5 |

|  Eugene Hughes | 1 |
| |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 |
|  |
| | |  Stephen Hendry | 2 |
|  Alan McManus | 5 | | | |

|  Tony Meo | 2 |
| |  Alan McManus | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Joe Johnson | 2 |
|  Joe Johnson | 5 |

|  Nigel Gilbert | 2 |
| |  Alan McManus | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Antony Bolsover | 1 |
|  David Roe | 5 | |

|  Jamie Bodle | 2 |
| |  David Roe | 3 |
|  |
| | |  Antony Bolsover | 5 |
|  Antony Bolsover | 5 |

|  Gary Wilkinson | 3 |
| |  Alan McManus | 4 |
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| | |  Stephen Hendry | 5 |
|  Steve James | 5 | | |

|  David Rippon | 1 |
| |  Steve James | 3 |
|  |
| | |  Jason Ferguson | 5 |
|  Jason Ferguson | 5 |

|  Ian Brumby | 1 |
| |  Jason Ferguson | 3 |
|  |
| | |  Stephen Hendry | 5 |
|  Dene O'Kane | 5 | |

|  Stephen O'Connor | 4 |
| |  Dene O'Kane | 2 |
|  |
| | |  Stephen Hendry | 5 |
|  Stephen Hendry | 5 |

|  Cliff Thorburn | 2 |

## Final

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Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Len Ganley
Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England. 7 April 1994.

Ronnie O'Sullivan
England | 9–4  | James Wattana
Thailand
Afternoon: 76–20 (67), 73–42, 59–25, 38–74, 70–41 (58), 112–0 (112), 18–103, 91–33 (90)
Evening: 29–56, 69–14 (52), 58–38, 16–74, 70–10 (70)
112 | Highest break  |
1 | Century breaks  | 0
6 | 50+ breaks  | 0

## References

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1. ^ "Little rest for Hendry". Herald Scotland. 4 April 1994. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
2. ^ "Bond runs out of shots". Herald Scotland. 6 April 1994. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
3. ^ "Bully for champion O'Sullivan". Herald Scotland. 8 April 1994. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
4. ^ a b Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 165.
5. ^ "British Open". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
6. ^ "British Open". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

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