The 1992 Masters (officially the 1992 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-

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snooker tournament that took place between 2 and 9 February 1992 at the

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in London, England.

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retained his title by beating

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9–4 in the final. This was Parrott's last of his three masters finals, he would retire without winning the event.

Field

Defending 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

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(ranked 51), and

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 ...

(ranked 20), who was the wild-card selection. Ken Doherty and Tony Jones were making their debuts in the Masters.

Wild-card round

In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1991 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.

Century breaks

Total: 8 * 139

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* 136, 118

* 130, 105

* 119 Gary Wilkinson * 114

* 101

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James Wattana's 130 was scored in the wild-card round.

References

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