Century Breaks
There were 30 centuries in the 1995 Embassy World Championship. Stephen Hendry made the third maximum break in the championship's history and became the first to go on to win the title after making a 147 break. Hendry's 12 centuries in the tournament beat the record of 10 set by Joe Davis in 1946 and equalled his own record for a ranking event, set at the 1994 UK Championship.
- 147, 133, 128, 124, 121, 119, 114, 105, 103, 103, 101, 100 Stephen Hendry
- 136, 117, 100 Andy Hicks
- 129, 123, 115, 110 John Parrott
- 117 Tony Drago
- 115, 111, 101 Nigel Bond
- 112, 111 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 108, 107 Peter Ebdon
- 103 Dave Harold
- 100 Alan McManus
- 100 Darren Morgan
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