MAJOR
RECORDS IN BRIEF
FASTEST
FRAME
3 MINS Tony Drago v Danny Fowler
1988 International (R3)
LONGEST FRAME (TV)
73 MINS AND 30 SECS Steve Davis v Dene
O'Kane 1989 World Team Cup final
LONGEST FRAME (Ranking event, TV)
72 MINS Mick Price v Chris Small 1995 British Open
LONGEST FRAME (Ranking event, non-TV stage)
92 MINS 59 SECS Cliff Thorburn
v Stephen O'Connor 1994 Regal Welsh (QRd9)
FASTEST NINE FRAME MATCH
34 MINS Tony Drago v Sean Lanigan
1993 Strachan Challenge Series
2 (5-0) (R5)
LONGEST NINE FRAME MATCH
434 MINS 12 SECS Ian Williamson v Robby Foldvari
1994 British Open (5-4) (QRd7)
FASTEST 11 FRAME MATCH
72 MINS 58 SECS Stephen Hendry v Jimmy White 1996 Benson
and Hedges Masters (6-0) (QF)
LONGEST 11 FRAME MATCH
434 MINS Paul Tanner v Robby Foldvari
1991 UK Championship (6-5) (R2)
FASTEST 17 FRAME MATCH
81 MINS Tony Drago v Joe O'Boye
1990 UK Championship (9-0) (R3)
LONGEST 17 FRAME MATCH
548 MINS Jack Fitzmaurice v Mario Morra
1982 Embassy World Championship (9-7) (QRd)
FASTEST 19 FRAME MATCH
105 MINS 32 SECS Alan Burnett v Doug Mountjoy
1997 Embassy World Championship (10-1) (QRd7)
LONGEST 19 FRAME MATCH
660 MINS 56 SECS Chris Shade v Robby Foldvari
1996 Embassy World Championship (10-9) (QRd6)
FASTEST 25 FRAME MATCH
167 MINS 33 SECS Ronnie O'Sullivan v Tony Drago
1996 Embassy World Championship (13-4) (R2)
LONGEST 25 FRAME MATCH
799 MINS 40 SECS Dennis Taylor v Terry Griffiths 1993 Embassy
World Championship (13-11) (R2)
LONGEST 35 FRAME MATCH
890 MINS Dennis Taylor v Steve Davis 1985 Embassy World
Championship (18-17) (F)
LATEST FINISH
0431 Joe Johnson v Peter Ebdon
Sweater Shop International (5-4) (R1). Match started at
0008
0351 Cliff Thorburn v Terry Griffiths
1983 Embassy World Championship (13-12) (R2)
MOST NUMBER OF SUCCESSIVE SEASONS RANKED IN TOP 16
20 Steve Davis
18 Dennis Taylor
17 Terry Griffiths
MOST NUMBER OF CONSEUCTIVE SEASONS AT NO 1 ON THE RANKINGS
8 Stephen Hendry (1990 to 1998)
7 Steve Davis (1983 to 1990)
5 Ray Reardon (1976 to 1981) also 1982-83
CRUCIBLE WHITEWASH
John Parrott bt Eddie Charlton
10-0 in 1992 (R1)
FASTEST CENTURY
3 MINS 31 SECS Tony Drago v John
Higgins 1996 UK Championship (R3)
YOUNGEST PLAYER TO WIN A RANKING TOURNAMENT
17 YEARS 11 MONTHS Ronnie O'Sullivan 1993 Royal Liver Assurance
UK Championship
YOUNGEST WORLD CHAMPION
21 YEARS 4 MONTHS Stephen Hendry 1990 Embassy World Championship
LOWEST INDIVIDUAL POINTS AGGREGATE IN WORLD RANKING EVENT
(best of nine)
8 Graham Bradley (Keighley). He
was beaten 5-0 by Paul Smith in the preliminaries of the
1992 Regal Welsh at Aldershot
TV LOWEST INDIVIDUAL POINTS AGGREGATE IN WORLD RANKING EVENT
(best of nine)
11 Mark King. He lost 5-0 to John Higgins (456 points) in
last 16 of 1997 Grand Prix at Bournemouth
LOWEST POINTS TOTAL IN ONE FRAME OF A RANKING EVENT WHERE
EVERY BALL UP TO AND INCLUDING THE PINK IS POTTED
50 Graham Horne (34) v Barry Mapstone
(16) in the 1996 British Open at Blackpool
(QRd)
RECORD POINTS AGGREGATE IN ONE FRAME
185 Sean Storey (93) v Graham Storey (92) in the 1992 Thai
Sky Asian Open at Trentham Gardens, Stoke (R1)
RECORD NUMBER OF POINTS SCORED BY ONE PLAYER IN ONE FRAME
167 Dominic Dale v Nigel Bond in 1999 Embassy World Championship
(R1) (Break 122 plus one red and 11 successive misses worth
44)
RECORD NUMBER OF POINTS SCORED IN A WORLD RANKING EVENT
WITHOUT REPLY
463 by Joe Perry v Tony Meo in
the 1997 Embassy World Championship at Blackpool
(QRd5)
RECORD NUMBER OF POINTS SCORED IN NON-RANKING EVENT WITHOUT
REPLY
487 Stephen Hendry v Jimmy White 1996 Benson and Hedges
Masters (QF)
RECORD NUMBER OF SUCCESIVE MATCHES WON IN WORLD RANKING
EVENTS
38 by Ronnie O'Sullivan (June to August 1992)
MOST CENTURY BREAKS IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
80 Stephen Hendry
MOST CENTURY BREAKS IN ANY ONE TOURNAMENT
14 John Higgins 1998 Embassy World Championship
MOST CENTURY BREAKS IN A SEASON
53 Stephen Hendry (1994-95)