1993 Pot Black
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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=Pot Black 93
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|dates=28 August 1993 (broadcast {{Start and end dates|1993|09|6|1993|10|20|df=y}})
|venue=Pebble Mill Studios
|location=Birmingham
|country=England
|organisation=WPBSA
|format=Non-Ranking event
|Total prize fund=
|winners_share=
|highest_break={{flagicon|ENG}} David Roe (104)
|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Hallett
|score=2–0
|previous=1992
|next=1997}}
The 1993 Pot Black was the third of the revived professional invitational snooker tournament, the 21st series altogether and the last series of Pot Black in its traditional form. Recording took place on 28 August 1993 and broadcast in the autumn of the same year.{{cite news|title=Snooker's top shots in line-up|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19930815/006/0006|url-access=subscription|work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury|date=15 August 1993|page=6}} The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and had reverted to the traditional format after the 1992 "Timeframe" was unpopular with viewers and players. It featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system. All matches until the semi-final were one-frame shoot-outs, the semi-final was an aggregate score of two frames and the final being contested over the best of three frames.
Broadcasts were shown on Monday afternoons on BBC1 except the semi-finals and final were for three days and the series started at 15:05 on Monday 6 September 1993.{{cite web|title=BBC Television – 6 September 1993 – Pot Black |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1993-09-06 |publisher=BBC Genome Project |accessdate=1 March 2017}} David Vine was the new presenter for the series replacing Eamonn Holmes and Ted Lowe remained in the commentary box with some of the players as co-commentators while John Williams refereed the series.
The final was won by Steve Davis beating Mike Hallett 2–0 and winning the Pot Black title for the fourth time beating John Spencer and Eddie Charlton's record of three titles.{{cite web|title=BBC Television – 20 October 1993 – Pot Black |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1993-10-20 |publisher=BBC Genome Project |accessdate=1 March 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/pot-black/1993/463|title = CueTracker – 1993 Pot Black – Snooker Results & Statistics Database}}
Main draw
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| RD1= Last 16
| RD2= Quarter-finals
| RD3= Semi-finals
| RD4= Final
Best of 3 frames
| RD1-team01={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Neal Foulds}}
| RD1-score01=0
| RD1-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve James
| RD1-score02=1
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor
| RD1-score03=1
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne
| RD1-score04=0
| RD1-team05={{flagicon|WAL}} Darren Morgan
| RD1-score05=0
| RD1-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
| RD1-score06=1
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Hallett
| RD1-score07=1
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond
| RD1-score08=0
| RD1-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott
| RD1-score09=0
| RD1-team10={{flagicon|ENG}} David Roe
| RD1-score10=1
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD1-score11=1
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Clark
| RD1-score12=0
| RD1-team13={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths
| RD1-score13=1
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
| RD1-score14=0
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD1-score15=1
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilkinson
| RD1-score16=0
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve James
| RD2-score01=1
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor
| RD2-score02=0
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
| RD2-score03=0
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Hallett
| RD2-score04=1
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} David Roe
| RD2-score05=0
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD2-score06=1
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths
| RD2-score07=0
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD2-score08=1
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve James
| RD3-score01=0
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Hallett
| RD3-score02=1
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD3-score03=1
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD3-score04=0
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Hallett
| RD4-score01=0
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD4-score02=2
}}
Final
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |
colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 3 frames. Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, Summer 1993 (Broadcast 20 October 1993). |
width="230" align="right" | Steve Davis {{ENG}} | width="100" align="center" | 2–0 | width="230" | Mike Hallett |
References
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{{Pot Black}}
{{Snooker season 1993/1994}}