The 1992–93 snooker season was a series of

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tournaments played between August 1992 and May 1993. The following table outlines the results for

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, minor-ranking and the invitational events. __TOC__

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Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.

New professionals

The

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accepted its largest intake to date, 154 new players, bringing the total to 719 (excluding 27 billiards-only members). The new professionals included world amateur champion

Noppadon Noppachorn Noppadon Noppachorn ( th, นพดล นภจร; born 24 February 1968) is a former professional snooker player from Thailand who played a number of matches on the world snooker tour between 1992 and 2002. He played as part of the 1996 Sno ...

, world under-21 champion

Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player who is the current world champion and world number one. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in the sport's history, ...

John Higgins John Higgins, (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won 31 career ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners, behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (39) and Stephen Hendry ( ...

(who won the junior event at the 1991 World Masters), Indian amateur champion

Yasin Merchant Yasin Merchant, born 17 December 1966 is India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous ...

, the fifth-ranked women's player

Tessa Davidson Tessa Davidson (born 1969) is an English snooker player from Banbury, Oxfordshire. She won a number of ranking titles on the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association circuit. Biography In 1989, Davidson won the UK Championship. In 1991 s ...

, and future multiple ranking event winners

Dominic Dale Dominic Dale (born Christopher Dale on 29 December 1971) is a Welsh professional snooker player and snooker commentator and presenter for the BBC and Eurosport. Career Dale was born in Coventry, England. He won the Welsh Amateur Championship, ...

, Stephen Lee, Joe Perry and Mark Williams.

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Season 1993 Season 1992