1993 Masters (snooker)

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.

1993 Benson & Hedges Masters
Tournament information
Dates7–14 February 1993 (1993-02-07 – 1993-02-14)
VenueWembley Conference Centre
CityLondon
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Highest break Jimmy White (ENG) (134)
Final
Champion Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Runner-up James Wattana (THA)
Score9–5
← 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

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]

MatchDateScore
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

[2][3]

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 (SCO) 5
 Ken Doherty (IRL) 4
1 Scotland Stephen Hendry 5
8 England Gary Wilkinson 2
8  Gary Wilkinson (ENG) 5
14  Alain Robidoux (CAN) 0
1 Scotland Stephen Hendry 6
13 Scotland Alan McManus 4
5  Neal Foulds (ENG) 1
13  Alan McManus (SCO) 5
13 Scotland Alan McManus 5
4 England Steve Davis 4
4  Steve Davis (ENG) 5
9  Nigel Bond (ENG) 2
1 Scotland Stephen Hendry 9
7 Thailand James Wattana 5
3  Jimmy White (ENG) 5
15  Willie Thorne (ENG) 2
3 England Jimmy White 5
10 England Steve James 3
6  Terry Griffiths (WAL) 0
10  Steve James (ENG) 5
3 England Jimmy White 3
7 Thailand James Wattana 6
7  James Wattana (THA) 5
12  Martin Clark (ENG) 2
7 Thailand James Wattana 5
2 England John Parrott 3
2  John Parrott (ENG) 5
11  Dennis Taylor (NIR) 4

Final
Final: 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

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

Total: 11[5]

Darren Morgan's century was scored in the wild-card round.

References
  1. Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hallett wins English Pro title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  2. "1993 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  3. "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  4. 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.
  5. "1993 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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