1991 Hong Kong Challenge

{{short description|Invitational snooker tournament}}

{{Infobox Individual Snooker Tournament

|tournament_name=1991 Hong Kong Challenge

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1991|08|28|1991|08|31|df=y}}

|venue= Hong Kong Hilton

|country= Hong Kong

|organisation=

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£72,000

|winners_share=£20,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Gary Wilkinson|ENG}} (125)

|winner={{flagathlete|Stephen Hendry|SCO}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|James Wattana|THA}}

|score=9–1

|previous=1990

|next=2017

}}

The 1991 Hong Kong Challenge was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place from 28 to 31 August 1991 at the Hong Kong Hilton in Hong Kong.{{cite book |editor=Terry Smith |date=1991 |title=Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Eighth Edition) |location=London |publisher=Pelham Books |isbn=0720719836 |chapter=What's Happening in the 1991/92 Season? |page=10}} Stephen Hendry won the title, defeating James Wattana 9–1 in the final, and received £20,000 prize money, out of a total prize fund of £72,000. Gary Wilkinson compiled the highest break of the tournament, 125, during his quarter-final loss to Steve Davis.{{cite magazine |author= |title=Hendry wins 9–1 in less than two hours |magazine=Snooker Scene |publisher=Everton's News Agency |location=Birmingham |date=October 1991 |page=22}}{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|title=Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc3.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160441/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc3.html|archivedate=16 February 2012|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=24 October 2012}}

Results

{{16TeamBracket-NoSeeds

|RD1=First round
Best-of-9 frames

|RD2=Quarter-finals
Best-of-9 frames

|RD3=Semi-finals
Best-of-9 frames

|RD4=Final
Best-of-17 frames

|team-width=200

|score-width=

|RD1-team01={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Stephen Hendry|SCO}}}}

|RD1-score01=5

|RD1-team02={{flagathlete|Kong Yah On|HKG|1959}}

|RD1-score02=0

|RD1-team03={{flagathlete|Dennis Taylor|NIR}}

|RD1-score03=5

|RD1-team04={{flagathlete|Neal Foulds|ENG}}

|RD1-score04=2

|RD1-team05={{flagathlete|Gary Wilkinson|ENG}}

|RD1-score05=5

|RD1-team06={{flagathlete|Terry Griffiths|WAL}}

|RD1-score06=4

|RD1-team07={{flagathlete|Steve Davis|ENG}}

|RD1-score07=5

|RD1-team08={{flagathlete|Stanley Leung|HKG|1959}}

|RD1-score08=0

|RD1-team09={{flagathlete|James Wattana|THA}}

|RD1-score09=5

|RD1-team10={{flagathlete|David Yao|HKG|1959}}

|RD1-score10=4

|RD1-team11={{flagathlete|Steve James|ENG}}

|RD1-score11=5

|RD1-team12={{flagathlete|Mike Hallett|ENG}}

|RD1-score12=2

|RD1-team13={{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}

|RD1-score13=5

|RD1-team14={{flagathlete|Kenny Kwok|HKG|1959}}

|RD1-score14=0

|RD1-team15={{flagathlete|John Parrott|ENG}}

|RD1-score15=5

|RD1-team16={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Chuchart Trairatanapradit|THA}}}}

|RD1-score16=2

|RD2-team01={{nowrap|{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry}}

|RD2-score01=5

|RD2-team02={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

|RD2-score02=3

|RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilkinson

|RD2-score03=4

|RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

|RD2-score04=5

|RD2-team05={{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana

|RD2-score05=5

|RD2-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve James

|RD2-score06=0

|RD2-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

|RD2-score07=5

|RD2-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

|RD2-score08=2

|RD3-team01={{nowrap|{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry}}

|RD3-score01=5

|RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

|RD3-score02=3

|RD3-team03={{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana

|RD3-score03=5

|RD3-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

|RD3-score04=2

|RD4-team01={{nowrap|{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry}}

|RD4-score01=9

|RD4-team02={{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana

|RD4-score02=1

}}

References