The 1993 Masters (officially the 1993 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7 and 14 February 1993 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 7–14 February 1993 |
Venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
City | London |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 9–5 |
← 1992 1994 → |
Stephen Hendry retained the title by beating James Wattana 9–5 in the final. After the final the Benson & Hedges Masters trophy was given to Hendry to keep for winning the event five times in a row.[1]
Field
editStephen Hendry, defending champion and World Champion was the number 1 seed. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Chris Small (ranked 75), and Ken Doherty (ranked 21), who was the wild-card selection. Nigel Bond, Darren Morgan and Chris Small were making their debuts in the Masters.
Wild-card round
editIn the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:[2][3]
Match | Date | Score | ||
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WC1 | Sunday 7 February | Willie Thorne (ENG) (15) | 5–3 | Chris Small (SCO) |
WC2 | Monday 8 February | Darren Morgan (WAL) (16) | 3–5 | Ken Doherty (IRL) |
Main draw
editLast 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Ken Doherty (IRL) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Stephen Hendry | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Gary Wilkinson | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Gary Wilkinson (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Alain Robidoux (CAN) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Stephen Hendry | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Alan McManus | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Neal Foulds (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Alan McManus (SCO) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Alan McManus | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Steve Davis | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Steve Davis (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Nigel Bond (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | James Wattana | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Jimmy White (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | Willie Thorne (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Jimmy White | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Steve James | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Terry Griffiths (WAL) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Steve James (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Jimmy White | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | James Wattana | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | James Wattana (THA) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Martin Clark (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | James Wattana | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | John Parrott | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | John Parrott (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 4 |
Final
editFinal: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 14 February 1993. | ||
Stephen Hendry Scotland |
9–5 | James Wattana Thailand |
First session: 14–59, 96–42 (96), 72–0 (52), 44–77, 90–21, 25–59 (50), 74–14 (67), 113–1 (54, 55), 81–22 (81), 9–107 (107), 74–12 (52), 127–1 (62, 65), 16–75, 74–1 | ||
96 | Highest break | 107 |
0 | Century breaks | 1 |
9 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Qualifying
editChris Small won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1992 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time. The event carried ranking points, but only ten percent of the usual tariff.[4]
Century breaks
editTotal: 11[5]
- 134 – Jimmy White
- 131, 129, 105, 105, 101 – Stephen Hendry
- 131 – John Parrott
- 107 – James Wattana
- 106 – Steve Davis
- 101 – Darren Morgan
- 100 – Gary Wilkinson
Darren Morgan's century was scored in the wild-card round.
References
edit- ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hallett wins English Pro title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ a b "1993 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ a b "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ "1993 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.