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
1936 World Snooker Championship 1936 World Snooker Championship The 1936 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament mostly held at the Thurston's Hall in London, England. There were a record thirteen entries; a significant increase from the five in the previous year and just two in 1934. Joe Davis won the Championship for the tenth time in a row, beating Horace Lindrum in the final. The final signalled that snooker became a major game, with the Daily Mail Gold Cup switching from billiards to snooker and "The Billiard Player" changing its name to "Billiards and Snooker" in October 1936. Horace Lindrum became the first