1994 Dubai Classic

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Dubai Classic

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1994|09|30|1994|10|7|df=y}}

|venue=Al Nasr Stadium

|location=Dubai

|country=United Arab Emirates

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Ranking event

|Total prize fund=£224,000{{cite news |title=Sponsors talk as McManus hits form |newspaper=Sunday Telegraph |date=9 October 1994 |page=96}}

|winners_share=£40,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Peter Ebdon|ENG}} (130)

|winner={{flagathlete|Alan McManus|SCO}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Peter Ebdon|ENG}}

|score=9–6

|previous=1993

|next=1995

}}

The 1994 Dubai Duty Free Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 September to 7 October 1994 at the Al Nasr Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.{{cite web|title=Dubai Classic, Dubai Masters, Bahrain Snooker Championship|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mideast.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155224/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mideast.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=29 January 2018}}

Alan McManus won his first ranking title, defeating Peter Ebdon 9–6 in the final. The defending champion Stephen Hendry was eliminated by McManus in the semi-final.{{cite book|last=Hayton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=166}}

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Prize money

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:{{cite web|title=1994 Dubai Duty Free Classic|url=http://www.snooker.org/trn/dubai_res.shtml|publisher=snooker.org|accessdate=29 January 2018}}

Winner: £40,000

Runner-up: £22,500

Semi-final: £11,250

Quarter-final: £6,250

Last 16: £3,125

Last 32: £2,075

Last 64: £980

Last 96: £595

Pre-televised highest break: £1,000

Televised highest break: £2,000

Main draw

{{32TeamBracket

| RD1=Last 32
Best of 9 frames

| RD2=Last 16
Best of 9 frames

| RD3=Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames

| RD4=Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames

| RD5=Final
Best of 17 frames

| RD1-seed01=

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD1-score01=w/o

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Brian Rowswell

| RD1-score02=w/d

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths

| RD1-score03=5

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilkinson

| RD1-score04=2

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond

| RD1-score05=5

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Fruin

| RD1-score06=2

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD1-score07=5

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|NZL}} Dene O'Kane

| RD1-score08=2

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| RD1-score09=5

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|ENG}} Brian Morgan

| RD1-score10=3

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale

| RD1-score11=5

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne

| RD1-score12=3

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty

| RD1-score13=5

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott

| RD1-score14=2

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|MLT}} Tony Drago

| RD1-score15=5

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|IRL}} Stephen Murphy

| RD1-score16=4

| RD1-seed17=

| RD1-team17={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon

| RD1-score17=5

| RD1-seed18=

| RD1-team18={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD1-score18=1

| RD1-seed19=

| RD1-team19={{flagicon|SCO}} Billy Snaddon

| RD1-score19=5

| RD1-seed20=

| RD1-team20={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

| RD1-score20=3

| RD1-seed21=

| RD1-team21={{flagicon|CAN}} Alain Robidoux

| RD1-score21=5

| RD1-seed22=

| RD1-team22={{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana

| RD1-score22=2

| RD1-seed23=

| RD1-team23={{flagicon|ENG}} David Roe

| RD1-score23=5

| RD1-seed24=

| RD1-team24={{flagicon|WAL}} Paul Davies

| RD1-score24=2

| RD1-seed25=

| RD1-team25={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

| RD1-score25=5

| RD1-seed26=

| RD1-team26={{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Finbow

| RD1-score26=1

| RD1-seed27=

| RD1-team27={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins

| RD1-score27=5

| RD1-seed28=

| RD1-team28={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

| RD1-score28=4

| RD1-seed29=

| RD1-team29={{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Clark

| RD1-score29=5

| RD1-seed30=

| RD1-team30={{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail

| RD1-score30=4

| RD1-seed31=

| RD1-team31={{flagicon|WAL}} Darren Morgan

| RD1-score31=5

| RD1-seed32=

| RD1-team32={{flagicon|ENG}} Dean Reynolds

| RD1-score32=3

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD2-score01=5

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths

| RD2-score02=2

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond

| RD2-score03=5

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD2-score04=1

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| RD2-score05=5

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale

| RD2-score06=2

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty

| RD2-score07=5

| RD2-seed08=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|MLT}} Tony Drago

| RD2-score08=3

| RD2-seed09=

| RD2-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon

| RD2-score09=5

| RD2-seed10=

| RD2-team10={{flagicon|SCO}} Billy Snaddon

| RD2-score10=4

| RD2-seed11=

| RD2-team11={{flagicon|CAN}} Alain Robidoux

| RD2-score11=5

| RD2-seed12=

| RD2-team12={{flagicon|ENG}} David Roe

| RD2-score12=4

| RD2-seed13=

| RD2-team13={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

| RD2-score13=5

| RD2-seed14=

| RD2-team14={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins

| RD2-score14=1

| RD2-seed15=

| RD2-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Clark

| RD2-score15=5

| RD2-seed16=

| RD2-team16={{flagicon|WAL}} Darren Morgan

| RD2-score16=4

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD3-score01=5

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond

| RD3-score02=4

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| RD3-score03=5

| RD3-seed04=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty

| RD3-score04=4

| RD3-seed05=

| RD3-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon

| RD3-score05=5

| RD3-seed06=

| RD3-team06={{flagicon|CAN}} Alain Robidoux

| RD3-score06=3

| RD3-seed07=

| RD3-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

| RD3-score07=5

| RD3-seed08=

| RD3-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Clark

| RD3-score08=2

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD4-score01=6

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| RD4-score02=4

| RD4-seed03=

| RD4-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon

| RD4-score03=6

| RD4-seed04=

| RD4-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

| RD4-score04=4

| RD5-seed01=

| RD5-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

| RD5-score01=9

| RD5-seed02=

| RD5-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon

| RD5-score02=6

}}

References

Category:Dubai Classic

Category:1994 in snooker

Category:1994 in Emirati sport