1993 Masters (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7–14 February 1993 |
| Venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Highest break | 134 |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Stephen Hendry |
| Runner-up |
 James Wattana |
| Score | 9–5 |
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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.
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
Stephen 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
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:[2][3]
| Match | Date | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Sunday 7 February |  Willie Thorne (15) |
5–3 | Chris Small |
| WC2 | Monday 8 February |  Darren Morgan (16) |
3–5 |  Ken Doherty |
Main draw
| Last 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
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen Hendry
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Gary Wilkinson
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Gary Wilkinson
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 |  Alain Robidoux
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen Hendry
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Alan McManus
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Neal Foulds
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Alan McManus
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Alan McManus
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Steve Davis
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Steve Davis
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Nigel Bond
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen Hendry
| 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | James Wattana
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jimmy White
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Willie Thorne
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jimmy White
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Steve James
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Terry Griffiths
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Steve James
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jimmy White
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | James Wattana
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | James Wattana
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Martin Clark
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | James Wattana
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | John Parrott
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | John Parrott
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 |  Dennis Taylor
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
Chris 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
- 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
- ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hallett wins English Pro title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- 1 2 "1993 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- 1 2 "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.