The Statman
10th July 2006, 08:31 PM
Shown below are the highest breaks for the qualifying rounds of Crucible years:
<table border=1><tr><td>Year</td><td>Highest
break in
qualifying</td><td>Player</td><td>Prize</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>135 ²</td><td>Doug Mountjoy</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>84</td><td>Willie Thorne</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>137</td><td>John Virgo</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>108</td><td>Pat Houlihan</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>132</td><td>John Dunning</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>127</td><td>Dave Martin</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>128</td><td>Silvino Francisco</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>112</td><td>Jim Donnelly</td><td>£1,000</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>137</td><td>Danny Fowler</td><td>£1,000</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>141 ¹ </td><td>Stephen Hendry</td><td>£1,750</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>132 ¹</td><td>Dene O’Kane</td><td>£2,000</td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td>141 ¹</td><td>Billy Kelly</td><td>£2,375</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>143 ¹ ³</td><td>Darren Morgan</td><td>£2,625</td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>135</td><td>Nigel Gilbert</td><td>£3,000</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>143 ¹</td><td>Kirk Stevens</td><td>£3,000</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>141</td><td>Joe Johnson</td><td>£4,000</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>143</td><td>Pat Kenny</td><td>£5,000</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>143 ²</td><td>Karl Payne</td><td>£5,000</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>145 ³</td><td>Anthony Hamilton</td><td>£5,000</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>141</td><td>Jon Birch
Dominic Dale</td><td>£5,400 (shared)</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>142</td><td>Dominic Dale
Quinten Hann
Joe Perry
Jason Weston</td><td>£2,000 (shared)</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>143 ²</td><td>Leigh Griffin
Barry Pinches</td><td>£2,000 (shared)</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>144 ¹</td><td>Stephen Maguire</td><td>£2,000</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>143 ²</td><td>Nick Dyson</td><td>£2,000</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>144 ¹</td><td>Paul S. Davison</td><td>£2,200</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>139</td><td>Neil Robertson</td><td>£2,250</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>146 ³</td><td>Stuart Bingham</td><td>£2,500</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>145 ²</td><td>Ryan Day</td><td>£2,000</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>138</td><td>James Wattana</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>147 ¹ ³</td><td>Robert Milkins</td><td>none *</td></tr></table>
Notes:
¹ Higher than the Crucible highest break that year.
² Equal with the Crucible highest break that year.
³ Record World Championship qualifying break (Darren Morgan’s 143 in 1989 superseding the 142 made by Tony Meo the previous day).
* Robert Milkins did, though, receive a £5,000 bonus for making a pre-televised maximum.
<table border=1><tr><td>Year</td><td>Highest
break in
qualifying</td><td>Player</td><td>Prize</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>135 ²</td><td>Doug Mountjoy</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>84</td><td>Willie Thorne</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>137</td><td>John Virgo</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>108</td><td>Pat Houlihan</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>132</td><td>John Dunning</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>127</td><td>Dave Martin</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>128</td><td>Silvino Francisco</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>112</td><td>Jim Donnelly</td><td>£1,000</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>137</td><td>Danny Fowler</td><td>£1,000</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>141 ¹ </td><td>Stephen Hendry</td><td>£1,750</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>132 ¹</td><td>Dene O’Kane</td><td>£2,000</td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td>141 ¹</td><td>Billy Kelly</td><td>£2,375</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>143 ¹ ³</td><td>Darren Morgan</td><td>£2,625</td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>135</td><td>Nigel Gilbert</td><td>£3,000</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>143 ¹</td><td>Kirk Stevens</td><td>£3,000</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>141</td><td>Joe Johnson</td><td>£4,000</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>143</td><td>Pat Kenny</td><td>£5,000</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>143 ²</td><td>Karl Payne</td><td>£5,000</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>145 ³</td><td>Anthony Hamilton</td><td>£5,000</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>141</td><td>Jon Birch
Dominic Dale</td><td>£5,400 (shared)</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>142</td><td>Dominic Dale
Quinten Hann
Joe Perry
Jason Weston</td><td>£2,000 (shared)</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>143 ²</td><td>Leigh Griffin
Barry Pinches</td><td>£2,000 (shared)</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>144 ¹</td><td>Stephen Maguire</td><td>£2,000</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>143 ²</td><td>Nick Dyson</td><td>£2,000</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>144 ¹</td><td>Paul S. Davison</td><td>£2,200</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>139</td><td>Neil Robertson</td><td>£2,250</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>146 ³</td><td>Stuart Bingham</td><td>£2,500</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>145 ²</td><td>Ryan Day</td><td>£2,000</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>138</td><td>James Wattana</td><td>none</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>147 ¹ ³</td><td>Robert Milkins</td><td>none *</td></tr></table>
Notes:
¹ Higher than the Crucible highest break that year.
² Equal with the Crucible highest break that year.
³ Record World Championship qualifying break (Darren Morgan’s 143 in 1989 superseding the 142 made by Tony Meo the previous day).
* Robert Milkins did, though, receive a £5,000 bonus for making a pre-televised maximum.