1991 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1991 April 2022 http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1991/02 Triggered by \bcuetracker\.net\b on the local blacklist Cyberbot II false 1991 Benson & Hedges Masters 1991 02 3 1991 02 10 y Wembley Conference Centre London England WPBSA Non-ranking event £350,000 £100,000 Dennis Taylor NIR (135) Stephen Hendry SCO Mike Hallett ENG 9–8 1990 1992 The 1991 Masters (officially the 1991 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3 and 10 February 1991 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19910130/357/0017 Hendry red-hot favourite for treble 30 January 1991 Aberdeen Evening Express 17 The highest break of the tournament was a 135 compiled by Dennis Taylor, for which he earned £7,500. In the final, defending champion Stephen Hendry performed what is considered to be one of the greatest comebacks in snooker history,http://en.espn.co.uk/snooker/sport/story/274113.html Snooker's greatest comeback: 'It took me six months to get over it' Ismail Vedat 17 January 2014 ESPN UK 26 April 2019 when he defeated Mike Hallett 9–8, after trailing 0–7 and 2–8 earlier in the match. World number 1 Hendry went into the final as a firm 1/6 favourite, and with 9–3 Hendry being the most favoured score with the bookies, but world number 7 Hallett played one of the most dominant snooker sessions by an underdog to win all 7 frames of the afternoon session to take a 7–0 lead. In the first frame of the evening session, Hallett missed the final pink that would have made it 8–0, with Hendry then potting the pink and black to win his first frame of the match. Hendry reduced his arrears to 2–7, but then Hallett made it 8–2 and just one frame from victory. With the Masters title in his sights, Hallett just needed to pot the final pink and black in the eleventh frame to win the match, but he narrowly missed the pink with the rest, allowing Hendry to pot the pink to win the frame and reduce his arrears to 3–8. Despite Hallett having numerous chances in the following six frames, including in the last frame where Hallett led until the last few balls, Hendry eventually made a historic recovery to win 9–8. Places in the tournament were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. World number one Stephen Hendry was the number 1 seed. Players seeded 15 and 16 (Tony Meo and Alain Robidoux) competed in the wild-card round against Alan McManus, who was the winner of the qualifying event, and Gary Wilkinson (ranked 19), who was the wild-card selection. Martin Clark (ranked 12), Alan McManus, Alain Robidoux, and Gary Wilkinson were making their Masters debuts. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Terry Smith 1991 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year London Pelham Books 0720719836 Benson & Hedges Masters Results 79 Eighth Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £50,000 Semi-final: £23,000 Quarter-final: £15,000 Last 16: £9,000 Last 18 (wild-cards): £6,000 Highest break: £10,000 Total: £350,000 Wild-card round Match1991 Masters Results http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=81 Snooker Database 5 May 2011 7 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111007103103/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=81 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 Date Score WC1 Sunday 3 February Tony Meo ENG (15) 5–3 Gary Wilkinson ENG WC2 Monday 4 February Alain Robidoux CAN (16) 3–5 Alan McManus SCO 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 14 John Virgo ENG 1 8 Dean Reynolds ENG 2 15 Tony Meo ENG 5 5 Doug Mountjoy WAL 4 9 Steve James ENG 5 4 Jimmy White ENG 5 12 Martin Clark ENG 1 3 John Parrott ENG 5 11 Willie Thorne ENG 3 6 Terry Griffiths WAL 5 10 Dennis Taylor NIR 2 7 Mike Hallett ENG 5 Alan McManus SCO 3 2 Steve Davis ENG 4 13 Neal Foulds ENG 5 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 15 ENG Tony Meo 0 9 ENG Steve James 4 4 ENG Jimmy White 5 3 ENG John Parrott 2 6 WAL Terry Griffiths 5 7 ENG Mike Hallett 5 13 ENG Neal Foulds 1 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 6 4 ENG Jimmy White 1 6 WAL Terry Griffiths 3 7 ENG Mike Hallett 6 1 SCO Stephen Hendry 9 7 ENG Mike Hallett 8 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John StreetWembley Conference Centre, London, England, 10 February 1991. Stephen Hendry 9–8 Mike Hallett Afternoon session: 59–84 (Hendry 59, Hallett 80), 4–58, 12–93 (53), 29–81, 41–87 (87), 7–88 (73), 0–77Evening session: 73–67 (60), 73–35, 58–70 (Hendry 53), 67–49, 61–50, 67–43, 72–15, 63–14, 64–57, 51–41 60 Highest break 87 0 Century breaks 0 3 50+ breaks 4 Qualifying Event Alan McManus won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1990 Benson & Hedges Satellite Championship at the time beating James Wattana 9–5 in the final to qualify for the main tournament at Wembley.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 The tournament was played at the Masters Club in Glasgow between 1 and 6 December 1990. Century breaks Total: 91991 Masters http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1991/02 CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database 19 January 2015 135 Dennis Taylor 131, 117, 114 Stephen Hendry 125 Mike Hallett 107 Doug Mountjoy 108, 101 Jimmy White 101 Steve James References Category:Masters (snooker) Category:Wembley Category:Sport in the London Borough of Brent Masters Masters (snooker) Masters (snooker)