1993 Masters (snooker)

1993 Benson & Hedges Masters

Tournament information
Dates	7–14 February 1993 (1993-02-07 – 1993-02-14)
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. ^[1]

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: ^{[2] [3]}

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

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	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
						1	Stephen Hendry	5
						8	Gary Wilkinson	2
	8	Gary Wilkinson  (ENG)	5
	14	Alain Robidoux  (CAN)	0
											1	Stephen Hendry	6
											13	Alan McManus	4
	5	Neal Foulds  (ENG)	1
	13	Alan McManus  (SCO)	5
						13	Alan McManus	5
						4	Steve Davis	4
	4	Steve Davis  (ENG)	5
	9	Nigel Bond  (ENG)	2
																1	Stephen Hendry	9
																7	James Wattana	5
	3	Jimmy White  (ENG)	5
	15	Willie Thorne  (ENG)	2
						3	Jimmy White	5
						10	Steve James	3
	6	Terry Griffiths  (WAL)	0
	10	Steve James  (ENG)	5
											3	Jimmy White	3
											7	James Wattana	6
	7	James Wattana  (THA)	5
	12	Martin Clark  (ENG)	2
						7	James Wattana	5
						2	John Parrott	3
	2	John Parrott  (ENG)	5
	11	Dennis Taylor  (NIR)	4

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 14 February 1993.
Stephen Hendry   Scotland	9–5	James Wattana   Thailand
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. ^[4]

Century breaks

Total: 11 ^[5]

• 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

1. Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hallett wins English Pro title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
2. "1993 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
3. "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
4. 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.
5. "1993 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.