The 1993 Masters (officially the 1993 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-
ranking snooker
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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.
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
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. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the
qualifying event
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,
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:
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
Chris Small won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1992
Benson & Hedges Championship
The Masters Qualifying Tournament was a professional snooker tournament, which ran from 1990 to 2009. Each season, the winner of the event was awarded a wild-card to play at the Masters.
History
At the 1990 Masters two wild-cards were add ...
at the time. The event carried ranking points, but only ten percent of the usual tariff.
Century breaks
Total: 11
* 134
Jimmy White
* 131, 129, 105, 105, 101
Stephen Hendry
* 131
John Parrott
* 107
James Wattana
* 106
Steve Davis
* 101
Darren Morgan
* 100
Gary Wilkinson
Darren Morgan's century was scored in the wild-card round.
References
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