1994 UK Championship

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 five centuries in seven frames. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost 7–9 to Doherty in the quarter-finals.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

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