Stephen Hendry met veteran player Willie Thorne. Hendry led 5–4 at the end of their first session and then took the first four frames in the second, before Thorne won three in-a-row. Hendry then took the 17th frame to achieve a 10–7 win. At age 18 years and 97 days, Stephen Hendry became the youngest-ever player to win a match at the Crucible, Steve Longworth led 5–4 after the first session of his match, and won five successive frames to beat Kirk Stevens 10–5. Terry Griffiths also progressed from a 5–4 interval lead to a 10–4 win, against Jim Wych. Alex Higgins, due to start a six-month ban after the Championship, beat first-year professional Jon Wright 10–6. Murdo MacLeod defeated Rex Williams 10–5, despite Williams making the highest break of the first round, a 112. The win made MacLeod the first Scottish player to win a match at the Crucible Theatre.