| Tournament name | 1991 UK Championship |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23 November 1991 – 1 December 1991 |
| Venue | Preston Guild Hall |
| Location | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Winners share | £35,000 |
| Highest break | Martin Clark (England) (142) |
| Winner | John Parrott (England) |
| Runner up | Jimmy White (England) |
| Score | 16–13 |
| Previous | 1990 |
| Next | 1992 |
The 1991 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23 November and 1 December 1991 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.[1] The televised stages were shown on BBC.
The highest break of the televised stages was 142 made by Martin Clark and the same for the non-televised stages was 137 made by Mark Bennett.
John Parrott won his first and only UK Championship by defeating Jimmy White 16–13 in the final.[1]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: | £35,000 |
| Runner-up: | £20,000 |
| Highest break: | £2,500 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: John Street The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 30 November and 1 December 1991. | ||
| John Parrott | 16–13 | Jimmy White |
| First session: 9–103, 39–67, 74–10 (74), 8–80, 83–17 (83), 73–50 (White 50), 66–52 Second session: 61–1, 141–0 (137), 74–14, 55–60, 1–144 (55), 12–79 (53), 33–73 Third session: 51–63, 92–1, 75–45, 95–41 (81), 24–66, 85–31, 102–0 (58) Fourth session: 0–121 (56, 65), 57–48, 0–92 (54), 79–41, 5–114 (65), 94–24 (51), 0–83 (83), 92–0 (83) | ||
| 137 | Highest break | 83 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 8 |
Century breaks
All rounds
- 142, 100 – Martin Clark
- 139, 118, 100 – Drew Henry
- 138, 117 – Mark Boyd
- 138, 106, 101 – Neal Foulds
- 137 – Mark Bennett
- 137 – John Parrott
- 136, 107 – Jeff Cundy
- 136 – Gary Baldrey
- 136 – Nigel Bond
- 134, 115, 102 – Paul Dawkins
- 134 – Mark Davis
- 134 – Kevin Young
- 133 – Darren Hackeson
- 132 – Dave Harold
- 130, 110 – Stephen Hendry
- 129 – Anthony Hamilton
- 127 – Lee Richardson
- 126 – Oliver King
- 126 – Alain Robidoux
- 125 – Peter Lines
- 124, 105 – Wayne Jones
- 123, 122 – Joe Swail
- 123, 119, 107 – Fergal O'Brien
- 123, 117, 109, 103 – James Wattana
- 123, 117, 101 – Tony Drago
- 123 – Ken Doherty
- 122, 105 – Nick Terry
- 122, 105 – Bjorn L'Orange
- 122 – Mehmet Husnu
- 120 – David Taylor
- 119 – Allison Fisher
- 119 – Mike Hallett
- 119 – Robert Harrhy
- 118 – Dene O'Kane
- 117 – Troy Shaw
- 117 – Jimmy White
- 115 – Bradley Jones
- 115 – Gary Lees
- 113 – Paul Davies
- 112, 108, 107 – Willie Thorne
- 111 – Eugene Hughes
- 111 – Peter Daubney
- 110 – Stuart Reardon
- 109 – Tony Meo
- 109 – John Read
- 108 – David McDonnell
- 107 – Bob Chaperon
- 106 – Brian Cassidy
- 106 – Dean Reynolds
- 105, 102, 101 – Steve James
- 105 – Peter Bardsley
- 105 – Colin Morton
- 105 – Adrian Rosa
- 105 – Paul Webb
- 104 – David Grimwood
- 103, 102 – Tony Jones
- 103 – Anthony Davies
- 103 – Terry Griffiths
- 101 – Julian Goodyear
- 100 – Sean Lanigan
- 100 – Michael Stocks
References
- ^ Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "1991 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived 24 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 February 2013.