1994–95 snooker season

1994–95 snooker season
Details
Duration1 August 1994 – May 1995
Tournaments22 (9 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Stephen Hendry
Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Championship Stephen Hendry

The 1994–95 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1994 and May 1995. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

Calendar

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
1 Aug 7 Aug AUS Australian Open Bentleigh Club Melbourne John Higgins Willie Thorne 9–5 [1][2]
9 Sep 14 Sep THA Top Rank Classic Hat Yai Stephen Hendry Alan McManus Round-robin[n 1] [3][4]
20 Sep 25 Sep SCO Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell Ken Doherty Stephen Hendry 9–7 [5]
30 Sep 7 Oct UAE Dubai Classic Al Nasr Stadium Dubai Alan McManus Peter Ebdon 9–6 [6][7]
10 Oct 23 Oct ENG Grand Prix Assembly Rooms Derby John Higgins Dave Harold 9–6 [8][9]
28 Oct 5 Nov SCO Benson & Hedges Championship JP Snooker Centre Edinburgh Mark Williams Rod Lawler 9–5 [10]
11 Nov 27 Nov ENG UK Championship Guild Hall Preston Stephen Hendry Ken Doherty 10–5 [11][12]
28 Nov 4 Dec MLT Malta Grand Prix Jerma Palace Hotel Valletta John Parrott Tony Drago 7–6 [13]
11 Dec 17 Dec BEL European Open Het Rool Stadium Antwerp Stephen Hendry John Parrott 9–3 [14][15]
? Dec ? Dec THA King's Cup Thai/Japan Youth Centre Bangkok Billy Snaddon Noppadon Noppachorn 8–4 [16]
4 Jan 8 Jan ENG Charity Challenge International Convention Centre Birmingham Stephen Hendry Dennis Taylor 9–1 [17]
22 Jan 29 Jan WAL Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport Steve Davis John Higgins 9–3 [18][19][20]
5 Feb 12 Feb ENG The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 9–3 [21][22][23]
13 Feb 19 Feb ENG International Open Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth John Higgins Steve Davis 9–5 [24][25][26]
10 Mar 18 Mar THA Thailand Open Imperial Queens Park Hotel Bangkok James Wattana Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 [27][28]
21 Mar 26 Mar IRL Irish Masters Goff's Kill Peter Ebdon Stephen Hendry 9–8 [29][30][31]
1 Apr 9 Apr ENG British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth John Higgins Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 [32][33]
8 Apr 20 May ENG Tenball The London Studios London Jimmy White Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–1 [34]
14 Apr 30 Apr ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Stephen Hendry Nigel Bond 18–9 [35][36]
2 May 7 May MLT Malta Masters Jerma Palace Hotel Marsascala David Roe Tony Drago 6–3 [37][38][39]
? Jan 7 May ENG European League Diamond Centre Irthlingborough Stephen Hendry Ken Doherty 10–2 [40]
? May ? May WAL Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Peter Ebdon Ken Doherty 9–8 [41]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1994/1995

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[42][43][44]

No. Ch. Name Points
1 Stephen Hendry 53300
2 Steve Davis 52300
3 James Wattana 49000
4 Jimmy White 49000
5 John Parrott 48300
6 Alan McManus 46750
7 Ken Doherty 42020
8 Darren Morgan 41500
9 Ronnie O'Sullivan 37620
10 Peter Ebdon 35240
11 Nigel Bond 34730
12 Joe Swail 32680
13 David Roe 32580
14 Terry Griffiths 31250
15 Willie Thorne 31250
16 Tony Drago 30250

Points distribution

1994/1995 points distribution of world ranking events from the televised stages:[45]

Tournament Round → L64 L32 L16 QF SF F W
Dubai Classic[7] Unseeded loser – 1140 1330 1520 2025 2700 3600
Seeded loser – 380 – – – – –
Grand Prix[9] Unseeded loser 640 855 1140 NA 1520 2025 2700
Seeded loser 427 – – – – – –
UK Championship[12] Unseeded loser 855 1140 1520 2025 2700 3600 4800
Seeded loser 570 – – – – – –
European Open[15] Unseeded loser – 1140 1330 1520 2025 2700 3600
Seeded loser – 380 – – – – –
Welsh Open[19] Unseeded loser 640 855 1140 1520 2025 2700 3600
Seeded loser 427 – – – – – –
International Open[25] Unseeded loser 640 855 1140 1520 2025 2700 3600
Seeded loser 427 – – – – – –
Thailand Open[28] Unseeded loser – 1140 1330 1520 2025 2700 3600
Seeded loser – 380 – – – – –
British Open[33] Unseeded loser 640 855 1140 1520 2025 2700 3600
Seeded loser 427 – – – – – –

Notes

  1. ^ No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only.

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