1994 Pontins Professional

1994 Pontins Professional

Tournament information
Dates	7–11 May 1994 (1994-05-07 – 1994-05-11)
Venue	Pontin's
City	Prestatyn
Country	Wales
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund	£12,000
Winner's share	£3,500
Highest break	Neal Foulds (ENG) (129)
Final
Champion	Ken Doherty (IRE)
Runner-up	Nigel Bond (ENG)
Score	9–5
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The 1994 Pontins Professional was the twenty-first edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament. It took place in May 1994 in Prestatyn, Wales.^[1]

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.^[2]

Main draw[edit]

Results for the tournament are shown below.^[2]

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	Ken Doherty		5
	Les Dodd		2
						Ken Doherty		6
						Gary Wilkinson		5
	Gary Wilkinson		5
	Neal Foulds		2
											Ken Doherty		9
											Nigel Bond		5
	Nigel Bond		5
	Mike Hallett		3
						Nigel Bond		6
						Tony Knowles		1
	Tony Knowles		5
	Stephen Hendry		2

Final[edit]

Details of the final are shown below:^[1][2]

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown. Pontins, Prestatyn, Wales, 11 May 1998.
Ken Doherty	9–5	Nigel Bond
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
57	Highest break	102
0	Century breaks	1
2	50+ breaks	3

Century breaks[edit]

Two century breaks were made during the tournament:^[2]

• 129  Neal Foulds (ENG)
• 102  Nigel Bond (ENG)

References[edit]