The 1992 Strachan Open was a professional
ranking
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snooker
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tournament, that was held from 2–7 March 1992 at the Thorbury Leisure Centre,
Bristol
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, England. This tournament was a one-off ranking event sponsored by the well known billiard table cloth company. It carried a slightly lower points tariff and a considerably lower prize fund than the main ranking events and as such was boycotted by several of the top players.
James Wattana
James Wattana (; born January 17, 1970, as วัฒนา ภู่โอบอ้อม ''Wattana Pu-Ob-Orm'', then renamed รัชพล ภู่โอบอ้อม ''Ratchapol Pu-Ob-Orm'' in 2003) is a Thai former professional snooker pl ...
won the tournament by defeating
John Parrott
John Stephen Parrott, (born 11 May 1964) is an English former professional snooker player and television personality. He was a familiar face on the professional snooker circuit during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, and remained within ...
nine frames to five in the final.
Peter Ebdon
Peter David Ebdon (born 27 August 1970) is an English former snooker player. The winner of the 2002 World Snooker Championship, Ebdon won nine world ranking events, placing twelfth on the all-time list of ranking tournament winners. In addit ...
made a
maximum break
A maximum break (also known as a maximum, a 147, or orally, a one-four-seven) is the highest possible in a single of snooker. A player compiles a maximum break by potting all 15 with 15 for 120 points, followed by all six for a further 27 ...
in qualifying against
Wayne Martin.
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Main draw
References
{{Snooker season 1991/1992
1992 in snooker
1992 in British sport
Strachan Open
The Strachan Open was a professional snooker tournament held between 1992 and 1994. It had varying ranking status during its history.
History
The tournament was first held in 1992, and was a ranking tournament. It was sponsored by billiard clot ...
Strachan Open, 1992