The 1994 UK Championship (officially the 1994 Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 11 November 1994, and the televised stages were shown on the BBC between 19 and 27 November 1994.

Stephen Hendry won the tournament with record 12 century breaks, beating Ken Doherty 10–5 in the final. During the match Hendry scored seven century breaks; which remains a joint record for a professional match and a standalone record for a best-of-19 match. Hendry also made six centuries in eight frames. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost 7–9 to Doherty in the quarter-finals.

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Ranking points

Champion Runner-up Semifinalist Quarterfinalist Third round Second round First round (unseeded) First round (seeded) 4800 3600 2700 2025 1520 1140 855 570

Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Champion Runner-up Semifinalist Quarterfinalist Third round Second round First round Qualifying round £70,000 £37,000 £18,500 £10,325 £5,250 £3,000 £2,200 £775

Highest Break (TV) Highest Break (Non-TV) £3,000 £1,200

Main draw

Top half

Bottom half

Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: John StreetThe Guild Hall, Preston, England, 27 November 1994. Stephen Hendry (2) 10–5 Ken Doherty (8) First session: 46–72 (72), 112–0 (112), 114–9 (114), 130–0 (130), 10–71 (71), 109–23 (109), 61–66 (Hendry 52), 106–20 (106)Second session: 117–9 (110), 64–65, 20–61 (56), 67–50, 113–17 (106), 74–25 (57), 72–45130 Highest break 72 7 Century breaks 0 9 50+ breaks 3

Century breaks

139, 106 Ronnie O'Sullivan 138, 118, 113, 112, 104, 103 Ken Doherty 135 Dave Harold 135 Mick Price 130, 128, 120, 114, 113, 112, 110, 109, 106, 106, 103, 101 Stephen Hendry 128, 121 Chris Small 125, 115, 111, 101 Peter Ebdon 124, 100 Terry Murphy 119 Alex Higgins 116, 114, 113, 112, 107 James Wattana 115 Bradley Jones 114 Billy Snaddon 113 Jamie Burnett 112 Martin Clark 112 Lee Richardson 107, 103, 100 Darren Morgan 107, 100 Matthew Stevens 107 Joe Swail 106 John Read 105, 104 Willie Thorne 102 Yasin Merchant 102 Fergal O'Brien

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