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1994 Dubai Duty Free Classic

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Sep 30 - Oct 7)

First round

Losers receiving 1140 pts except seeds 1 to 16 who get 380. The amateurs don't get zip!

STEPHEN HENDRY SCO (1) bt Brian Morgan (30) 5-3 John Higgins SCO (51) bt STEVE DAVIS (2) 5-4 Alain Robidoux CAN (32) bt JAMES WATTANA THA (3) 5-2 JIMMY WHITE (4) bt Dene O'Kane NZL (20) 5-2 Billy Snaddon SCO (36) bt JOHN PARROTT (5) 5-3 ALAN MCMANUS SCO (6) w/o Brian Rowswell (75) KEN DOHERTY IRE (7) bt Graeme Dott SCO (-) 5-2 DARREN MORGAN WAL (8) bt Dean Reynolds (28) 5-3 RONNIE O'SULLIVAN (9) bt Dave Finbow (41) 5-1 PETER EBDON (10) bt Dennis Taylor NIR (24) 5-1 NIGEL BOND (11) bt Nick Fruin (109) 5-2 Martin Clark (18) bt JOE SWAIL NIR (12) 5-4 DAVID ROE (13) bt Paul Davies WAL (55) 5-2 TERRY GRIFFITHS WAL (14) bt Gary Wilkinson (22) 5-2 Dominic Dale WAL (99) bt WILLIE THORNE (15) 5-3 TONY DRAGO MLT (16) bt Stephen Murphy IRE (63) 5-4

Second round

Losers receiving 1330 pts.

HENDRY (1) bt Dale (99) 5-2 BOND (11) bt WHITE (4) 5-1 MCMANUS (6) bt GRIFFITHS (14) 5-2 DOHERTY (7) bt DRAGO (16) 5-3 Clark (18) bt MORGAN (8) 5-4 O'SULLIVAN (9) bt Higgins (51) 5-1 EBDON (10) bt Snaddon (36) 5-4 Robidoux (32) bt ROE (13) 5-4

Quarter-finals

Losers receiving 1520 pts

HENDRY (1) bt DOHERTY (7) 5-4 (Hendry: 90, 88, 76; Doherty: 127, 93)

MCMANUS (6) bt BOND (11) 5-4 (McManus: 56, 51; Bond: 77, 64, 58)

O'SULLIVAN (9) bt Clark (18) 5-2 (O'Sullivan: 83, 70, 62, 57; Clark: 76, 66)

EBDON (10) bt Robidoux (32) 5-3 (Ebdon: 85, 76, 75, 56)

Semi-finals

Losers receiving 2025 pts

MCMANUS (6) bt HENDRY (1) 6-4 (McManus: 91, 68, 62, 57, 51; Hendry: 77, 61, 58)

Stephen Hendry would probably had won frame four, if he hadn't been distracted by a spectator. That frame would've made him 4-0 ahead. Instead,Alan McManus reached the interval "just" 1-3 down and then he made a great fight-back to win the match.

EBDON (10) bt O'SULLIVAN (9) 6-4 (Ebdon: 130, 95, 71, 51, 51; O'Sullivan: 71, 70, 66)

This was Peter Ebdon's first win overRonnie O'Sullivan as a pro. And his break of 130 in the fourth frame is the highest so far in the tournament.

THE FINAL

Loser receiving 2700 pts. Winner receiving 3600.

MCMANUS (6) bt EBDON (10) 9-6 (McManus: 66, 63; Ebdon: 98)

In a rather scrappy final, Alan McManus was eventually the one to win the title. This was, actually, his first ranking-event title.

Prizes

Winner: �40,000 Runner-up: �22,500 Losing semi-finalists: �11,250 Losing quarter-finalists: �6,250 Last 16 losers: �3,125 Last 32 losers: �2,075 Last 64 losers: �980 Last 96 losers: �595

Highest break: TV Stage Peter Ebdon - 130 �2,000

Highest break: Pre-TV John Higgins - 144 �1,000