1990 World Snooker Championship 1990 World Snooker Championship The 1990 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1990 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 29 April 1990 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The final was contested by Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White. Hendry led 9–7 after the first day's play and won the first four frames of the second day to lead 13–7, before White reduced the gap to four frames. At 16–12 Hendry compiled breaks of 81 and 71 to win the match 18–12, to
2012 World Snooker Championship 2012 World Snooker Championship The 2012 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2012 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 21 April to 7 May 2012 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 36th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible and the last ranking event of the 2011/2012 season. Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth world title by defeating Ali Carter 18–11 in the final. Aged 36, and just 55 days older than Dennis Taylor when winning