1995 World Snooker Championship

• Stephen Hendry won his fifth world title beating Nigel Bond 18–9. This was Hendry's fourth consecutive title, breaking Steve Davis' previous Crucible record of three.
• Hendry made the third 147 maximum break in the history of the tournament during his semi-final against Jimmy White.
• Before the first round match between Jimmy White and Peter Francisco, there were unusual gambling patterns on a 10–2 win for White and betting was suspended shortly before the match. A betting investigation was held and Francisco was banned for five years.[1]
• Future world champion John Higgins made his debut in this tournament. He lost in the first round to Alan McManus. Another debutant, Andy Hicks, reached the semi-finals, knocking out six time former champion (and #2 seed) Steve Davis en route.
• To date, this is the last World Championship to have finished on the last Sunday in April, rather than on the "May Day" Bank Holiday Monday, as is tradition. It is also the last time the main draw of the tournament started on a Friday.

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2][3]

• Winner: £190,000
• Runner-up: £115,000
• Semi-final: £57,000
• Quarter-final: £29,000
• Last 16: £15,500
• Last 32: £8,750
• Highest break: £16,000
• Maximum break: £147,000
• Total: £1,132,000

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).[2][4][5][6]

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Best of 19 frames

Best of 25 frames

Best of 25 frames

Best of 31 frames

14 April

Stephen Hendry (1)

10

19, 20 & 21 April

Stefan Mazrocis

3

Stephen Hendry (1)

13

14 & 15 April

Tony Drago (16)

6

Tony Drago (16)

10

24 & 25 April

Paul Cavney

2

Stephen Hendry (1)

13

15 & 16 April

Ronnie O'Sullivan (9)

8

Ronnie O'Sullivan (9)

10

20 & 21 April

Dave Harold

3

Ronnie O'Sullivan (9)

13

17 April

Darren Morgan (8)

8

Darren Morgan (8)

10

26, 27 & 28 April

Anthony Davies

3

Stephen Hendry (1)

16

18 April

Jimmy White (4)

12

John Parrott (5)

10

21, 22 & 23 April

Brian Morgan

5

John Parrott (5)

13

18 & 19 April

Joe Swail (12)

11

Joe Swail (12)

10

24 & 25 April

Nigel Gilbert

8

John Parrott (5)

11

16 & 17 April

Jimmy White (4)

13

David Roe (13)

10

22 & 23 April

Billy Snaddon

6

David Roe (13)

7

15 & 16 April

Jimmy White (4)

13

Jimmy White (4)

10

Peter Francisco

2

14 & 15 April

James Wattana (3)

8

20 & 21 April

Gary Wilkinson

10

Gary Wilkinson

13

16 April

Terry Griffiths (14)

9

Terry Griffiths (14)

10

24 & 25 April

Alain Robidoux

6

Gary Wilkinson

7

18 & 19 April

Nigel Bond (11)

13

Nigel Bond (11)

10

22 & 23 April

Stephen Lee

8

Nigel Bond (11)

13

16 & 17 April

Alan McManus (6)

10

Alan McManus (6)

10

26, 27 & 28 April

John Higgins

3

Nigel Bond (11)

16

14 & 15 April

Andy Hicks

11

Ken Doherty (7)

7

19 & 20 April

Mark Davis

10

Mark Davis

7

14 & 15 April

Peter Ebdon (10)

13

Peter Ebdon (10)

10

24 & 25 April

Rod Lawler

2

Peter Ebdon (10)

8

17 & 18 April

Andy Hicks

13

Willie Thorne (15)

10

21, 22 & 23 April

Tai Pichit

6

Willie Thorne (15)

7

17 & 18 April

Andy Hicks

13

Steve Davis (2)

7

Andy Hicks

10

Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 29 & 30 April 1995. Referee: John Street[7]
Stephen Hendry (1)  Scotland	18–9	Nigel Bond (11)  England
68–20, 42–87, 29–74, 0–81, 72–8, 4–76, 105–0, 77–7, 1–85, 65–32, 90–1, 70–31, 74–13, 124–1, 70–25, 84–0, 75–9, 115–9, 74–41, 14–63, 59–73, 44–67, 76–19, 83–0, 92–36, 0–135, 103–28	Century breaks: 4 (Hendry 3, Bond 1) Highest break by Hendry: 124 Highest break by Bond: 111	68–20, 42–87, 29–74, 0–81, 72–8, 4–76, 105–0, 77–7, 1–85, 65–32, 90–1, 70–31, 74–13, 124–1, 70–25, 84–0, 75–9, 115–9, 74–41, 14–63, 59–73, 44–67, 76–19, 83–0, 92–36, 0–135, 103–28
Stephen Hendry wins the 1995 Embassy World Snooker Championship

There were 30 centuries in the 1995 Embassy World Championship.[2][8][9] Stephen Hendry made the third maximum break in the championship's history and became the first to go on to win the title after making a 147 break.[10] Hendry's 12 centuries in the tournament beat the record of 10 set by Joe Davis in 1946 and equalled his own record for a ranking event, set at the 1994 UK Championship.[11]