1991 World Snooker Championship

The 1991 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1991 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 April and 6 May 1991 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates20 April – 6 May 1991
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£750,000
Winner's share£135,000
Highest break Jimmy White (140)
Final
Champion John Parrott
Runner-up Jimmy White
Score18–11
← 1990
1992 →

Stephen Hendry was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals and fell to the Crucible curse, becoming another champion who was unable to defend his first world title.

John Parrott won his only World Championship title by defeating Jimmy White 18–11 in the final. It was the third time that White had lost in the final after 1984 and 1990.[1][2] The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

The highest break of the tournament was 140, made by Jimmy White.

Tournament summary
  • Future champion Ken Doherty made his Crucible debut, losing to Steve Davis 8–10;[3] former champion Joe Johnson qualified for the last time, losing to Dennis Taylor 6–10.[4] Both of these were first-round matches.
  • Future three-time semi-finalist Alan McManus also made his debut this year. He came through five rounds of qualifying and reached the second round at the Crucible, where he narrowly lost 12–13 to Terry Griffiths.
  • Cliff Thorburn failed to qualify for the first time, after playing in every championship since 1973.[5]
  • Defending champion Stephen Hendry lost to Steve James 11–13 in the quarter-finals. Hendry would not suffer another defeat at the Crucible until the 1997 final against Doherty.[6]
  • Steve Davis made his ninth semi-final in a row, a record that still stands,[7][8] but lost 10–16 against John Parrott.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[9][10]

  • Winner: £135,000
  • Runner-up: £80,000
  • Semi-final: £42,000
  • Quarter-final: £20,000
  • Last 16: £11,000
  • Last 32: £6,500
  • Highest break: £12,000
  • Maximum break: £100,000
  • Total: £750,000

Main draw

Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[9][11][12][13]

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 31 frames
                           
20 April            
  Stephen Hendry (1)  10
25, 26 & 27 April
  Warren King  4  
  Stephen Hendry (1)  13
20 & 21 April
    Alain Robidoux (16)  8  
  Alain Robidoux (16)  10
30 April & 1 May
  Steve Newbury  5  
  Stephen Hendry (1)  11
21 & 22 April
    Steve James (9)  13  
  Steve James (9)  10
28 & 29 April
  Ian Graham  3  
  Steve James (9)  13
24 & 25 April
    Dean Reynolds (8)  12  
  Dean Reynolds (8)  10
2, 3 & 4 May
  Robert Marshall  8  
  Steve James (9)  9
22 & 23 April
    Jimmy White (4)  16
  Doug Mountjoy (5)  2
26 & 27 April
  Gary Wilkinson  10  
  Gary Wilkinson  13
23 April
    Martin Clark (12)  9  
  Martin Clark (12)  10
30 April
  Mark Bennett  6  
  Gary Wilkinson  3
21 & 22 April
    Jimmy White (4)  13  
  Neal Foulds (13)  10
27, 28 & 29 April
  Eddie Charlton  7  
  Neal Foulds (13)  12
24 April
    Jimmy White (4)  13  
  Jimmy White (4)  10
  Nick Dyson  3  
23 & 24 April            
  John Parrott (3)  10
27 & 28 April
  Nigel Gilbert  6  
  John Parrott (3)  13
21 April
    Tony Knowles  1  
  John Virgo (14)  8
30 April & 1 May
  Tony Knowles  10  
  John Parrott (3)  13
23 & 24 April
    Terry Griffiths (6)  10  
  Willie Thorne (11)  8
26 & 27 April
  Alan McManus  10  
  Alan McManus  12
22 & 23 April
    Terry Griffiths (6)  13  
  Terry Griffiths (6)  10
2, 3 & 4 May
  Barry Pinches  3  
  John Parrott (3)  16
24 & 25 April
    Steve Davis (2)  10
  Mike Hallett (7)  4
28 & 29 April
  Tony Jones  10  
  Tony Jones  8
22 April
    Dennis Taylor (10)  13  
  Dennis Taylor (10)  10
30 April & 1 May
  Joe Johnson  6  
  Dennis Taylor (10)  7
20 April
    Steve Davis (2)  13  
  Tony Meo (15)  10
25 & 26 April
  Craig Edwards  7  
  Tony Meo (15)  6
20 & 21 April
    Steve Davis (2)  13  
  Steve Davis (2)  10
  Ken Doherty  8  
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 5 & 6 May 1991 Referee: John Williams[14]
Jimmy White (4)
 England		 11–18 John Parrott (3)
 England
0–97, 34–96, 0–82, 24–75, 6–88, 16–79, 0–117, 87–26, 67–32, 0–77, 63–77, 28–88, 69–49, 82–2, 64–6, 8–120, 136–0, 70–60, 50–51, 75–8, 55–58, 4–59, 68–55, 8–91, 8–112, 103–0, 13–74, 89–42, 24–76 Century breaks: 3 (Parrott 3)

Highest break by White: 92
Highest break by Parrott: 117

 0–97, 34–96, 0–82, 24–75, 6–88, 16–79, 0–117, 87–26, 67–32, 0–77, 63–77, 28–88, 69–49, 82–2, 64–6, 8–120, 136–0, 70–60, 50–51, 75–8, 55–58, 4–59, 68–55, 8–91, 8–112, 103–0, 13–74, 89–42, 24–76
John Parrott wins the 1991 Embassy World Snooker Championship

Qualifying rounds

Century breaks

There were 31 century breaks in the championship. The highest break of the tournament was 140 made by Jimmy White.[15][16]

References
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