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1993 Masters (snooker)
Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1993
Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1993
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tournament_name | 1993 Benson & Hedges Masters |
| dates | |
| venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
| location | London |
| country | England |
| organisation | WPBSA |
| format | Non-ranking event |
| highest_break | Jimmy White (134) |
| winner | Stephen Hendry |
| runner_up | James Wattana |
| score | 9–5 |
| previous | 1992 |
| next | 1994 |
- http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1993/02
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\bcuetracker\.net\bon the local blacklist|bot=Cyberbot II|invisible=false}} 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.
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.
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:
| Match | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Sunday 7 February | Willie Thorne (15) |
| WC2 | Monday 8 February | Darren Morgan (16) |
Main draw
| seed-width = | team-width = 180 | score-width = Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 11 frames Best of 17 frames |RD1-seed01=1 |RD1-team01=Stephen Hendry |RD1-score01=5 |RD1-seed02= |RD1-team02=Ken Doherty |RD1-score02=4 |RD1-seed03=8 |RD1-team03=Gary Wilkinson |RD1-score03=5 |RD1-seed04=14 |RD1-team04=Alain Robidoux |RD1-score04=0 |RD1-seed05=5 |RD1-team05=Neal Foulds |RD1-score05=1 |RD1-seed06=13 |RD1-team06=Alan McManus |RD1-score06=5 |RD1-seed07=4 |RD1-team07=Steve Davis |RD1-score07=5 |RD1-seed08=9 |RD1-team08=Nigel Bond |RD1-score08=2 |RD1-seed09=3 |RD1-team09=Jimmy White |RD1-score09=5 |RD1-seed10=15 |RD1-team10=Willie Thorne |RD1-score10=2 |RD1-seed11=6 |RD1-team11=Terry Griffiths |RD1-score11=0 |RD1-seed12=10 |RD1-team12=Steve James |RD1-score12=5 |RD1-seed13=7 |RD1-team13=James Wattana |RD1-score13=5 |RD1-seed14=12 |RD1-team14=Martin Clark |RD1-score14=2 |RD1-seed15=2 |RD1-team15=John Parrott |RD1-score15=5 |RD1-seed16=11 |RD1-team16=Dennis Taylor |RD1-score16=4 |RD2-seed01=1 |RD2-team01=SCO Stephen Hendry |RD2-score01=5 |RD2-seed02=8 |RD2-team02=ENG Gary Wilkinson |RD2-score02=2 |RD2-seed03=13 |RD2-team03=SCO Alan McManus |RD2-score03=5 |RD2-seed04=4 |RD2-team04=ENG Steve Davis |RD2-score04=4 |RD2-seed05=3 |RD2-team05=ENG Jimmy White |RD2-score05=5 |RD2-seed06=10 |RD2-team06=ENG Steve James |RD2-score06=3 |RD2-seed07=7 |RD2-team07=THA James Wattana |RD2-score07=5 |RD2-seed08=2 |RD2-team08=ENG John Parrott |RD2-score08=3 |RD3-seed01=1 |RD3-team01=SCO Stephen Hendry |RD3-score01=6 |RD3-seed02=13 |RD3-team02=SCO Alan McManus |RD3-score02=4 |RD3-seed03=3 |RD3-team03=ENG Jimmy White |RD3-score03=3 |RD3-seed04=7 |RD3-team04=THA James Wattana |RD3-score04=6 |RD4-seed01=1 |RD4-team01=SCO Stephen Hendry |RD4-score01=9 |RD4-seed02=7 |RD4-team02=THA James Wattana |RD4-score02=5
Final
| 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.
Century breaks
Total: 11
- 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
References
- Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hallett wins English Pro title". [[Eurosport.
- "1993 Masters Results". Snooker Database.
- "The Masters". Snooker Scene.
- Turner, Chris. "Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
- "1993 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database.
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