1991 Masters (snooker)

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1991 Benson & Hedges Masters
Tournament information
Dates3–10 February 1991 (1991-02-03 – 1991-02-10)
Venue Wembley Conference Centre
CityLondon
CountryEngland
Organisation WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£350,000 [1]
Winner's share£100,000 [2]
Highest breakUlster Banner.svg  Dennis Taylor  (NIR) (135) [2]
Final
ChampionFlag of Scotland.svg  Stephen Hendry  (SCO)
Runner-upFlag of England.svg  Mike Hallett  (ENG)
Score9–8
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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. [1] The highest break of the tournament was a 135 compiled by Dennis Taylor, for which he earned £7,500.

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In the final, defending champion Stephen Hendry performed what is considered to be one of the greatest comebacks in snooker history, [3] 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: [2]

Wild-card round

Match [4] [5] DateScore
WC1Sunday 3 FebruaryFlag of England.svg  Tony Meo  (ENG) (15)5–3Flag of England.svg  Gary Wilkinson  (ENG)
WC2Monday 4 FebruaryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Alain Robidoux  (CAN) (16)3–5Flag of Scotland.svg  Alan McManus  (SCO)

Main draw

[4] [5]

Last 16
Best of 9 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
            
1 Flag of Scotland.svg  Stephen Hendry  (SCO)5
14 Flag of England.svg  John Virgo  (ENG)1
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 5
15 Flag of England.svg Tony Meo 0
8 Flag of England.svg  Dean Reynolds  (ENG)2
15 Flag of England.svg  Tony Meo  (ENG)5
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 6
4 Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 1
5 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Doug Mountjoy  (WAL)4
9 Flag of England.svg  Steve James  (ENG)5
9 Flag of England.svg Steve James 4
4 Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 5
4 Flag of England.svg  Jimmy White  (ENG)5
12 Flag of England.svg  Martin Clark  (ENG)1
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 9
7 Flag of England.svg Mike Hallett 8
3 Flag of England.svg  John Parrott  (ENG)5
11 Flag of England.svg  Willie Thorne  (ENG)3
3 Flag of England.svg John Parrott 2
6 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Terry Griffiths 5
6 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Terry Griffiths  (WAL)5
10 Ulster Banner.svg  Dennis Taylor  (NIR)2
6 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Terry Griffiths 3
7 Flag of England.svg Mike Hallett 6
7 Flag of England.svg  Mike Hallett  (ENG)5
Flag of Scotland.svg  Alan McManus  (SCO)3
7 Flag of England.svg Mike Hallett 5
13 Flag of England.svg Neal Foulds 1
2 Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG)4
13 Flag of England.svg  Neal Foulds  (ENG)5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 10 February 1991.
Stephen Hendry
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 		9–8 Mike Hallett
Flag of England.svg  England
First session: 59–84 (Hendry 59, Hallett 80), 4–58, 12–93 (53), 29–81, 41–87 (87), 7–88 (73), 0–77, 73–67 (60), 73–35, 58–70 (Hendry 53), 67–49, 61–50, 67–43, 72–15, 63–14, 64–57, 51–41
60Highest break87
0Century breaks0
350+ breaks4

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. [6] The tournament was played at the Masters Club in Glasgow between 1 and 6 December 1990.

Century breaks

Total: 9 [7]

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