The 1993 Pot Black was the third of the revived professional invitational snooker tournament, the 21st series altogether and the last series of Pot Black in its traditional form. Recording took place on 28 August 1993 and broadcast in the autumn of the same year.[1] The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and had reverted to the traditional format after the 1992 "Timeframe" was unpopular with viewers and players. It featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system. All matches until the semi-final were one-frame shoot-outs, the semi-final was an aggregate score of two frames and the final being contested over the best of three frames.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 August 1993 (broadcast 6 September – 20 October 1993) |
| Venue | Pebble Mill Studios |
| City | Birmingham |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Highest break |  David Roe (104) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Steve Davis |
| Runner-up | Mike Hallett |
| Score | 2–0 |
← 1992 1997 → | |
Broadcasts were shown on Monday afternoons on BBC1 except the semi-finals and final were for three days and the series started at 15:05 on Monday 6 September 1993.[2] David Vine was the new presenter for the series replacing Eamonn Holmes and Ted Lowe remained in the commentary box with some of the players as co-commentators while John Williams refereed the series.
The final was won by Steve Davis beating Mike Hallett 2–0 and winning the Pot Black title for the fourth time beating John Spencer and Eddie Charlton's record of three titles.[3][4]
Main draw
edit| Last 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final Best of 3 frames | ||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve James
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve James
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve James
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Darren Morgan
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Roe
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| David Roe
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Martin Clark
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Stephen Hendry
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Ken Doherty
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
Final
edit| Final: Best of 3 frames. Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, Summer 1993 (Broadcast 20 October 1993). | ||
| Steve Davis England
|
2–0 | Mike Hallett England
|
References
edit- ^ "Snooker's top shots in line-up". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 15 August 1993. p. 6.
- ^ "BBC Television – 6 September 1993 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "BBC Television – 20 October 1993 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "CueTracker - 1993 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".