The third round consisted of 16 matches between winners from the second round. Hendry led 8–1 at the end of their first session, with Rempe winning three consecutive frames in their second session before Hendry won the match at 10–4. Gino Rigitano conceded the 11th frame of his match against Steve Newbury when there were still enough balls on the table for him to win, and when 4–9 down decided not to play the next frame, thereby losing 4–10. There were two 10–0 whitewashes: by Jon Wright over Mark Wildman and by Tony Jones over van Rensberg.