1994 Pontins Professional
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=1994 Pontins Professional
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|1994|05|7|1994|05|11|df=y}}
|venue=Pontin's
|location=Prestatyn
|country=Wales
|organisation=WPBSA
|format=Non-Ranking event
|Total prize fund=£12,000
|winners_share=£3,500
|highest_break={{flagathlete|Neal Foulds|ENG}} (129)
|winner={{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRE}}
|runner_up={{flagathlete|Nigel Bond|ENG}}
|score=9–5
|previous=1993
|next=1995}}
The 1994 Pontins Professional was the twenty-first edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament. It took place in May 1994 in Prestatyn, Wales.{{cite news |title=Doherty defends his Pontins title| work=Irish Independent |date=12 May 1994 |page=14}}
The tournament featured eight professional players. The quarter-final matches were contested over the best of 9 frames, the semi-finals best of eleven and the final best of seventeen.
Ken Doherty won the event, defeating Nigel Bond 9–5 in the final, and received £3,500 from the total prize fund of £12,000 as champion. Neal Foulds compiled the highest break of the competition, 129.
Main draw
Results for the tournament are shown below.{{cite magazine |title=Doherty retains Pontins professional title |work=Snooker Scene |date=July 1994 |page=8 |publisher=Everton's News Agency}}
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1=Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
| RD2=Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
| RD3=Final
Best of 17 frames
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
| RD1-score1=5
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Les Dodd
| RD1-score2=2
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilkinson
| RD1-score3=5
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} Neal Foulds
| RD1-score4=2
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond
| RD1-score5=5
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|England}} Mike Hallett
| RD1-score6=3
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Knowles
| RD1-score7=5
| RD1-seed8=
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD1-score8=2
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
| RD2-score1=6
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilkinson
| RD2-score2=5
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond
| RD2-score3=6
| RD2-seed4=
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Knowles
| RD2-score4=1
| RD3-seed1=
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
| RD3-score1=9
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond
| RD3-score2=5
}}
Final
Details of the final are shown below:
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown. Pontins, Prestatyn, Wales, 11 May 1998. |
| width="230" align="right" | Ken Doherty {{flagicon|IRL}} | width="100" align="center" | 9–5 | width="230" | Nigel Bond |
| colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | 83–42, 52–64, 69(54)–38, 68–32, 59–61, 55–23, 6–81(76), 8–82(68), 79–15, 70–7, 70–33, 55–45, 0–102(102), 67(57)–13 |
| align="right" | 57
| align="center" | Highest break | 102 |
| align="right" | 0
| align="center" | Century breaks | 1 |
| align="right" | 2
| align="center" | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Century breaks
Two century breaks were made during the tournament:
- 129 {{flagathlete|Neal Foulds|ENG}}
- 102 {{flagathlete|Nigel Bond|ENG}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Pontins Professional}}
{{Snooker season 1993/1994}}