1991 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying

{{short description|Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1991}}

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1991 Benson & Hedges Masters

|dates={{Start and end dates|1991|02|3|1991|02|10|df=y}}

|venue=Wembley Conference Centre

|location=London

|country=England

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£350,000

|winners_share=£100,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Dennis Taylor|NIR}} (135)

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

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Mike Hallett|ENG}}

|score=9–8

|previous=1990

|next=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.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19910130/357/0017|title=Hendry red-hot favourite for treble|date=30 January 1991|work=Aberdeen Evening Express|page=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,{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/snooker/sport/story/274113.html |title=Snooker's greatest comeback: 'It took me six months to get over it' |first=Ismail |last=Vedat |date=17 January 2014 |publisher=ESPN UK |access-date=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:{{cite book |editor=Terry Smith |date=1991 |title=Benson and Hedges Snooker Year |location=London |publisher=Pelham Books |isbn=0720719836 |chapter=Benson & Hedges Masters Results |page=79|edition=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

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align="center" \| WC1 \| Sunday 3 February \| {{flagathlete\|Tony Meo\|ENG}} (15) \| align="center" \| 5–3 \| {{flagathlete\|Gary Wilkinson\|ENG}}
align="center" \| WC2 \| Monday 4 February \| {{flagathlete\|Alain Robidoux\|CAN}} (16) \| align="center" \| 3–5 \| {{flagathlete\|Alan McManus\|SCO}}

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! Date

! width=200 |

! Score

! width=200 |

align="center" | WC1

| Sunday 3 February

| {{flagathlete|Tony Meo|ENG}} (15)

| align="center" | 5–3

| {{flagathlete|Gary Wilkinson|ENG}}

align="center" | WC2

| Monday 4 February

| {{flagathlete|Alain Robidoux|CAN}} (16)

| align="center" | 3–5

| {{flagathlete|Alan McManus|SCO}}

Main draw

{{16TeamBracket

| seed-width =

| team-width = 180

| score-width =

| RD1= Last 16
Best of 9 frames

| RD2= Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames

| RD3= Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames

| RD4= Final
Best of 17 frames

|RD1-seed01=1

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

|RD1-score01=5

|RD1-seed02=14

|RD1-team02={{flagathlete|John Virgo|ENG}}

|RD1-score02=1

|RD1-seed03=8

|RD1-team03={{flagathlete|Dean Reynolds|ENG}}

|RD1-score03=2

|RD1-seed04=15

|RD1-team04={{flagathlete|Tony Meo|ENG}}

|RD1-score04=5

|RD1-seed05=5

|RD1-team05={{flagathlete|Doug Mountjoy|WAL}}

|RD1-score05=4

|RD1-seed06=9

|RD1-team06={{flagathlete|Steve James|ENG}}

|RD1-score06=5

|RD1-seed07=4

|RD1-team07={{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}

|RD1-score07=5

|RD1-seed08=12

|RD1-team08={{flagathlete|Martin Clark|ENG}}

|RD1-score08=1

|RD1-seed09=3

|RD1-team09={{flagathlete|John Parrott|ENG}}

|RD1-score09=5

|RD1-seed10=11

|RD1-team10={{flagathlete|Willie Thorne|ENG}}

|RD1-score10=3

|RD1-seed11=6

|RD1-team11={{flagathlete|Terry Griffiths|WAL}}

|RD1-score11=5

|RD1-seed12=10

|RD1-team12={{flagathlete|Dennis Taylor|NIR}}

|RD1-score12=2

|RD1-seed13=7

|RD1-team13={{flagathlete|Mike Hallett|ENG}}

|RD1-score13=5

|RD1-seed14=

|RD1-team14={{flagathlete|Alan McManus|SCO}}

|RD1-score14=3

|RD1-seed15=2

|RD1-team15={{flagathlete|Steve Davis|ENG}}

|RD1-score15=4

|RD1-seed16=13

|RD1-team16={{flagathlete|Neal Foulds|ENG}}

|RD1-score16=5

|RD2-seed01=1

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

|RD2-score01=5

|RD2-seed02=15

|RD2-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Meo

|RD2-score02=0

|RD2-seed03=9

|RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve James

|RD2-score03=4

|RD2-seed04=4

|RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

|RD2-score04=5

|RD2-seed05=3

|RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

|RD2-score05=2

|RD2-seed06=6

|RD2-team06={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths

|RD2-score06=5

|RD2-seed07=7

|RD2-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Hallett

|RD2-score07=5

|RD2-seed08=13

|RD2-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Neal Foulds

|RD2-score08=1

|RD3-seed01=1

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

|RD3-score01=6

|RD3-seed02=4

|RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

|RD3-score02=1

|RD3-seed03=6

|RD3-team03={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths

|RD3-score03=3

|RD3-seed04=7

|RD3-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Hallett

|RD3-score04=6

|RD4-seed01=1

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

|RD4-score01=9

|RD4-seed02=7

|RD4-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Hallett

|RD4-score02=8

}}

Final

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colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 10 February 1991.

width="230" align="right" | Stephen Hendry
{{SCO}}

| width="100" align="center" | 9–8

| width="230" | Mike Hallett
{{ENG}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | 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

align="right" | 60

| align="center" | Highest break

| 87

align="right" | 0

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 0

align="right" | 3

| align="center" | 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.{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|title=Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155348/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masqual.html|archivedate=16 February 2012|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=23 December 2010}} The tournament was played at the Masters Club in Glasgow between 1 and 6 December 1990.

Century breaks

Total: 9{{cite web|title=1991 Masters|url=http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1991/02|publisher=CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database|accessdate=19 January 2015}}

135 {{ndash}} Dennis Taylor
131, 117, 114 {{ndash}} Stephen Hendry
125 {{ndash}} Mike Hallett
107 {{ndash}} Doug Mountjoy
108, 101 {{ndash}} Jimmy White
101 {{ndash}} Steve James

References

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