1994 World Snooker Championship 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers). There were 35 century breaks in the Championship, a joint record with the 1993 tournament. The highest break of the tournament was 143 made by Alan McManus. The highest break of the qualifying stage was 143 made by Karl Payne. 1994 World Snooker Championship The 1994 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1994 Embassy World Snooker Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 April and 2 May 1994 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Stephen Hendry won his fourth world title by defeating Jimmy White 18–17 in
1948 World Snooker Championship 1948 World Snooker Championship The 1948 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament. The final was held at the Leicester Square Hall in London, England from 19 April to 1 May. For the second year running the final was contested by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. Davis won his first World title by defeating Donaldson 81–64 in the final, although he reached the winning margin already at 73–52. Davis also made the highest break of the tournament with 109. Sources: All qualifying matches were held at Burroughes Hall in London. The first-round matches were held from 1 to 13