Tournament information | |
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Dates | 10β23 October 1994 (1994-10-10 β 1994-10-23) |
Venue | Assembly Rooms |
City | Derby |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | Β£325,000 |
Winner's share | Β£60,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 9β6 |
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The 1994 Skoda Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the: Assembly Rooms in Derby, England. The event started on 10 October 1994. And theββtelevised stages were shown on BBC between 16 and "23 October 1994."
John Higgins won in the final 9β6 against Dave Haroldββto claim his first ranking title. Higgins, ranked 51 at the "time," defeated four top 16 seeded players at the event: Willie Thorne (15) in the first round; James Wattana (4) in the last 16; Ronnie O'Sullivan (10) in a 5β0 whitewash in the quarter-finals and Joe Swail (12) in the semi-finals.
Prize fund and ranking pointsβ»
The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event are shown below:
Prize money | Ranking points | ||
Winner | Β£60,000 | 2700 | |
Runner-up | Β£32,000 | 2025 | |
Semi-final | Β£16,000 | 1520 | |
Quarter-final | Β£9,050 | 1330 | |
Last 16 | Β£4,550 | 1140 | |
Last 32 | Β£2,600 | 855 | |
Last 64 | Unseeded | Β£1,900 | 640 |
Seeded | 427 |
Highest break | Prize money | Break |
Non-televised | Β£1,200 | 145 ![]() |
Televised | Β£2,400 | 140 ![]() |
Main drawβ»
Finalβ»
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Williams. Assembly Rooms, Derby, England, 23 October 1994. | ||
John Higgins (51)![]() |
9β6 | Dave Harold (19)![]() |
Afternoon: 98β10, 41β64, 82β48 (67), 72β9, 1β75 (70), 67β9, 74β0 (62), 93β36 (92) Evening: 91β23, 6β123 (99), 22β82 (72), 118β0 (118), 46β58, 28β77, 82β1 (82) | ||
118 | Highest break | 99 |
1 | Century breaks | 0 |
5 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Snooker: Higgins faces tough task". London: The Independent. 28 August 1994. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "1994 New Skoda Grand Prix". Snooker.org. Retrieved 5 January 2011.