1993 Masters (snooker)
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| 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 |  Jimmy White (ENG) (134) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| Runner-up |  James Wattana (THA) |
| Score | 9–5 |
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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 | ||
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| WC1 | Sunday 7 February | Willie Thorne (ENG) (15)
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5–3 | Chris Small (SCO)
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| WC2 | Monday 8 February |  Darren Morgan (WAL) (16)
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3–5 |  Ken Doherty (IRL)
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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 (SCO)
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| Ken Doherty (IRL)
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| 1 | Stephen Hendry
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| 8 | Gary Wilkinson
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| 8 | Gary Wilkinson (ENG)
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| 14 |  Alain Robidoux (CAN)
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| 1 | Stephen Hendry
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| 13 | Alan McManus
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| 5 | Neal Foulds (ENG)
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| 13 | Alan McManus (SCO)
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| 13 | Alan McManus
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| 4 | Steve Davis
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| 4 | Steve Davis (ENG)
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| 9 | Nigel Bond (ENG)
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| 1 | Stephen Hendry
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| 7 | James Wattana
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| 3 | Jimmy White (ENG)
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| 15 | Willie Thorne (ENG)
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| 3 | Jimmy White
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| 10 | Steve James
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| 6 | Terry Griffiths (WAL)
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| 10 | Steve James (ENG)
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| 3 | Jimmy White
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| 7 | James Wattana
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| 7 | James Wattana (THA)
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| 12 | Martin Clark (ENG)
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| 7 | James Wattana
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| 2 | John Parrott
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| 2 | John Parrott (ENG)
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| 11 |  Dennis Taylor (NIR)
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Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 14 February 1993. | ||
| Stephen Hendry Scotland
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9–5 | James Wattana Thailand
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| 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.
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 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.
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