1993 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying

{{short description|Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1993}}

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1993 Benson & Hedges Masters

|dates={{Start and end dates|1993|02|7|1993|02|14|df=y}}

|venue=Wembley Conference Centre

|location=London

|country=England

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=

|winners_share=

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}} (134)

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

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

|score=9–5

|previous=1992

|next=1994

}}

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.{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Chris |title=On this Week: Hallett wins English Pro title |url=http://www.eurosport.yahoo.com/16022010/58/week-hallett-wins-english-pro-title.html |publisher=Eurosport UK |accessdate=22 November 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305133133/http://www.eurosport.yahoo.com/16022010/58/week-hallett-wins-english-pro-title.html |archivedate=2014-03-05 |url-status=dead }}

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:{{cite web|title=1993 Masters Results|url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=79|publisher=Snooker Database|accessdate=6 May 2011|archive-date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128112602/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=79|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=The Masters|url=http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60|archivedate=24 January 2013|publisher=Snooker Scene|accessdate=8 August 2012}}

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Match	Date	Score
align="center" \| WC1 \| Sunday 7 February \| {{flagathlete\|Willie Thorne\|ENG}} (15) \| align="center" \| 5–3 \| {{flagathlete\|Chris Small\|SCO}}
align="center" \| WC2 \| Monday 8 February \| {{flagathlete\|Darren Morgan\|WAL}} (16) \| align="center" \| 3–5 \| {{flagathlete\|Ken Doherty\|IRL}}

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Match

Date

Score

align="center" | WC1

| Sunday 7 February

| {{flagathlete|Willie Thorne|ENG}} (15)

| align="center" | 5–3

| {{flagathlete|Chris Small|SCO}}

align="center" | WC2

| Monday 8 February

| {{flagathlete|Darren Morgan|WAL}} (16)

| align="center" | 3–5

| {{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}}

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=

|RD1-team02={{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}}

|RD1-score02=4

|RD1-seed03=8

|RD1-team03={{flagathlete|Gary Wilkinson|ENG}}

|RD1-score03=5

|RD1-seed04=14

|RD1-team04={{flagathlete|Alain Robidoux|CAN}}

|RD1-score04=0

|RD1-seed05=5

|RD1-team05={{flagathlete|Neal Foulds|ENG}}

|RD1-score05=1

|RD1-seed06=13

|RD1-team06={{flagathlete|Alan McManus|SCO}}

|RD1-score06=5

|RD1-seed07=4

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

|RD1-score07=5

|RD1-seed08=9

|RD1-team08={{flagathlete|Nigel Bond|ENG}}

|RD1-score08=2

|RD1-seed09=3

|RD1-team09={{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}

|RD1-score09=5

|RD1-seed10=15

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

|RD1-score10=2

|RD1-seed11=6

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

|RD1-score11=0

|RD1-seed12=10

|RD1-team12={{flagathlete|Steve James|ENG}}

|RD1-score12=5

|RD1-seed13=7

|RD1-team13={{flagathlete|James Wattana|THA}}

|RD1-score13=5

|RD1-seed14=12

|RD1-team14={{flagathlete|Martin Clark|ENG}}

|RD1-score14=2

|RD1-seed15=2

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

|RD1-score15=5

|RD1-seed16=11

|RD1-team16={{flagathlete|Dennis Taylor|NIR}}

|RD1-score16=4

|RD2-seed01=1

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

|RD2-score01=5

|RD2-seed02=8

|RD2-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilkinson

|RD2-score02=2

|RD2-seed03=13

|RD2-team03={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

|RD2-score03=5

|RD2-seed04=4

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

|RD2-score04=4

|RD2-seed05=3

|RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

|RD2-score05=5

|RD2-seed06=10

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

|RD2-score06=3

|RD2-seed07=7

|RD2-team07={{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana

|RD2-score07=5

|RD2-seed08=2

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

|RD2-score08=3

|RD3-seed01=1

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

|RD3-score01=6

|RD3-seed02=13

|RD3-team02={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus

|RD3-score02=4

|RD3-seed03=3

|RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

|RD3-score03=3

|RD3-seed04=7

|RD3-team04={{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana

|RD3-score04=6

|RD4-seed01=1

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

|RD4-score01=9

|RD4-seed02=7

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

|RD4-score02=5

}}

Final

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colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 14 February 1993.

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

| width="100" align="center" | 9–5

| width="230" | James Wattana
{{THA}}

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

align="right" |96

| align="center" | Highest break

| 107

align="right" | 0

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 1

align="right" | 9

| align="center" | 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.{{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}}

Century breaks

Total: 11{{cite web|title=1993 Masters|url=http://www.cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Masters/1993/02|publisher=CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database|accessdate=19 January 2015}}

134 {{ndash}} Jimmy White
131, 129, 105, 105, 101 {{ndash}} Stephen Hendry
131 {{ndash}} John Parrott
107 {{ndash}} James Wattana
106 {{ndash}} Steve Davis
101 {{ndash}} Darren Morgan
100 {{ndash}} Gary Wilkinson

Darren Morgan's century was scored in the wild-card round.

References

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