1992 UK Championship
The 1992 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 13 November 1992 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 21 and 29 November 1992.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13–29 November 1992 |
| Venue | Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £70,000 |
| Highest break | |
| Final | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | 16–9 |
← 1991 1993 → | |
It was the last UK Final to be staged over two days and to use the best of 31 frames format.[1] The highest break of the televised stages was 136 made by James Wattana and the same of the non-televised stages was 147 made by Peter Ebdon.
In a repeat of the previous year's final Jimmy White won his first and only UK Championship title by defeating defending champion John Parrott 16–9 in a reverse of the result in 1991, winning back-to-back ranking events after victory in the Grand Prix a month earlier.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £70,000
- Runner-up: £35,000
- High break: £5,000
Main draw
- Last 64
Best of 17 frames
John Parrott 9–3 Kirk Stevens .svg.png.webp)
Ken Doherty 9–4 Peter Ebdon 
Nigel Bond 9–5 Ian Graham 
Dean Reynolds 9–6 Chris Small 
Martin Clark 9–3 Frankie Chan .svg.png.webp)
Dene O'Kane 9–8 Anthony Hamilton 
Neal Foulds 3–9 Billy Snaddon 
Danny Fowler 3–9 Joe Swail .svg.png.webp)
Terry Griffiths 7–9 Jason Ferguson 
Tony Jones 8–9 John Rea 
Darren Morgan 9–3 Anthony Davies 
Tony Drago 9–6 Brian Morgan 
Steve James 9–3 Stephen Murphy 
Mark Bennett 6–9 Jason Prince .svg.png.webp)
Steve Davis 9–1 Wayne Jones 
Peter Francisco 8–9 Eugene Hughes 
Jimmy White 9–1 Dylan Leary 
David Roe 9–5 Jonathan Birch 
Willie Thorne 9–1 Jim Wych .svg.png.webp)
Mark Johnston-Allen 5–9 Mark Davis 
Dennis Taylor 9–7 Nigel Gilbert 
Mike Hallett 9–4 Stephen Lee 
James Wattana 9–3 Alex Higgins .svg.png.webp)
Doug Mountjoy 9–2 Jack McLaughlin .svg.png.webp)
Gary Wilkinson 9–6 Fergal O'Brien 
Joe Johnson 9–8 Darren Clarke 
Alan McManus 9–7 Shaun Mellish 
Eddie Charlton 9–7 Suriya Suwannasingh 
Alain Robidoux 7–9 Ronnie O'Sullivan 
Silvino Francisco 6–9 Cliff Wilson 
Stephen Hendry 9–8 Mark Williams 
Tony Knowles 9–6 Jason Wallace 
Final
| Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Len Ganley The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 28 and 29 November 1992. | ||
| Jimmy White |
16–9 | John Parrott |
| First session: 76–8 (54), 10–66, 77–0, 61–52, 85–36 (65), 49–44, 66–57 (53) Second session: 18–88 (87), 111–9 (110), 0–73 (72), 110–9 (50, 50), 29–66, 114–4 (66), 54–55 Third session: 95–10 (74), 95–28 (54), 0–126 (126), 79–0 (71), 29–81 (70), 77–6, 2–94 (90) Fourth session: 80–1 (74), 14–57, 73–54, 59–34 | ||
| 110 | Highest break | 126 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 10 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Century breaks
All rounds
- 147, 117 – Peter Ebdon
- 145, 123, 117, 115, 103, 102 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 140 – Chris Scanlon
- 140 – Michael Valentine
- 136, 110 – James Wattana
- 132, 109, 104 – Steve James
- 132 – Paul Davies
- 130 – Darren Hackeson
- 129, 109 – Peter Francisco
- 128 – Dave Harold
- 126, 103, 103 – John Parrott
- 122, 100 – Darren Morgan
- 120, 119, 104, 103 – Alan McManus
- 119, 109 – Jimmy Michie
- 118, 118, 116, 109, 101 – Stephen Hendry
- 118 – Joe Canny
- 116, 115, 106, 105, 102 – Steve Davis
- 114 – Leigh Griffin
- 111 – John Giles
- 111 – Jimmy White
- 109 – Tony Drago
- 107 – Dominic Dale
- 107 – Noppadon Noppachorn
- 107 – Mark Williams
- 105 – Nick Dyson
- 105 – Will Jerram
- 105 – Wayne Jones
- 105 – Peter Lines
- 105 – Lee Richardson
- 105 – Gary Wilkinson
- 104 – Stephen Lee
- 104 – Alain Robidoux
- 103 – Garry Baldrey
- 102 – Phillip Seaton
- 101 – Dave Gilbert
- 101 – Dene O'Kane
- 101 – John Rees
- 100 – Mark Johnston-Allen
- 100 – Billy Snaddon
- 100 – Joe Swail
References
- Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- "1992 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2012.