1991 Pot Black

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Pot Black 91
Tournament information
Dates18–20 August 1991 (1991-08-18 1991-08-20) (broadcast 2 September-16 October 1991)
Venue Trentham Gardens
City Stoke-on-Trent
CountryEngland
Organisation WPBSA
FormatNon-Ranking event
Highest breakFlag placeholder.svg ???
Final
Champion Flag of England.svg Steve Davis
Runner-up Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry
Score2–1
1986
1992

The 1991 Pot Black was the first of the revived professional invitational snooker tournament after a 5-year absence and the 19th series altogether. It took place between 18 and 20 August 1991 and broadcast in September and October. This time, the tournament was held at Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent which formally hosted the International and it was played alongside the Junior Pot Black competition which also got revived, and featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system. All matches until the semi-final were one-frame shoot-outs, the semi-final was aggregate score of two frames and the final being contested over the best of three frames.

Contents

Broadcasts had been moved from primetime BBC2 to an afternoon slot on BBC1 and shown on Mondays and Wednesdays and the series started at 15:05 on Monday 2 September 1991,. [1] Eamonn Holmes was the new presenter for the series and three times Pot Black champion John Spencer joined Ted Lowe in the commentary box for the new series while John Williams remained as referee.

Players in this year's series were the top 16 ranked players for the 1991–92 season including former Pot Black winners Doug Mountjoy, Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths and defending champion Jimmy White and former Junior Pot Black players Dean Reynolds, John Parrott and Stephen Hendry. The final was won by Davis by winning the title for the third time beating Hendry 2–1 and equalling John Spencer and Eddie Charlton. [2] [3]

Main draw

Last 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Best of 3 frames
        
Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 1
Flag of England.svg Willie Thorne 0
Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 1
Ulster Banner.svg Dennis Taylor 0
Ulster Banner.svg Dennis Taylor 1
Flag of England.svg Mike Hallett 0
Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 0
Flag of England.svg Steve Davis 1
Flag of England.svg Steve Davis 1
Flag of England.svg Martin Clark 0
Flag of England.svg Steve Davis 1
Flag of England.svg Gary Wilkinson 0
Flag of England.svg Gary Wilkinson 1
Flag of England.svg Dean Reynolds 0
Flag of England.svg Steve Davis 2
Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 1
Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 1
Flag of England.svg Tony Jones 0
Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 1
Flag of England.svg Neal Foulds 0
Flag of England.svg Neal Foulds 1
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Terry Griffiths 0
Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 1
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Doug Mountjoy 0
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Doug Mountjoy 1
Flag of England.svg Steve James 0
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Doug Mountjoy 1
Flag of England.svg John Parrott 0
Flag of England.svg John Parrott 1
Flag of England.svg Tony Knowles 0

Final

Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: John Williams
Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 20 August 1991 (Broadcast 16 October 1991).
Steve Davis
Flag of England.svg  England
2–1 Stephen Hendry
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
62–40, 4–101 (55),80–18
 ??Highest break55
0Century breaks0
050+ breaks1

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