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Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1993
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1993 Benson & Hedges Masters 1993 02 7 1993 02 14 y Wembley Conference Centre London England WPBSA Non-ranking event Jimmy White ENG (134) Stephen Hendry SCO James Wattana THA 9–5 1992 1994
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.Turner Chris On this Week: Hallett wins English Pro title http://www.eurosport.yahoo.com/16022010/58/week-hallett-wins-english-pro-title.html Eurosport UK 22 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140305133133/http://www.eurosport.yahoo.com/16022010/58/week-hallett-wins-english-pro-title.html 2014-03-05 dead
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:1993 Masters Results http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=79 Snooker Database 6 May 2011 28 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150128112602/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=79 deadThe Masters http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 8 August 2012
Match Date Score 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
180 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 8 Gary Wilkinson ENG 5 14 Alain Robidoux CAN 0 5 Neal Foulds ENG 1 13 Alan McManus SCO 5 4 Steve Davis ENG 5 9 Nigel Bond ENG 2 3 Jimmy White ENG 5 15 Willie Thorne ENG 2 6 Terry Griffiths WAL 0 10 Steve James ENG 5 7 James Wattana THA 5 12 Martin Clark ENG 2 2 John Parrott ENG 5 11 Dennis Taylor NIR 4 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 8 ENG Gary Wilkinson 2 13 SCO Alan McManus 5 4 ENG Steve Davis 4 3 ENG Jimmy White 5 10 ENG Steve James 3 7 THA James Wattana 5 2 ENG John Parrott 3 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 6 13 SCO Alan McManus 4 3 ENG Jimmy White 3 7 THA James Wattana 6 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 9 7 THA James Wattana 5
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 14 February 1993. Stephen Hendry 9–5 James Wattana 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, 74–196 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.Turner Chris Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155348/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 23 December 2010
Century breaks
Total: 111993 Masters http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1993/02 CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database 19 January 2015
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.
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