1993 Masters (snooker)


The 1993 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker 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

, defending champion and World 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 qualifying event, Chris Small, and Ken Doherty, 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:
MatchDateScore
WC1Sunday 7 February Willie Thorne 5–3 Chris Small
WC2Monday 8 February Darren Morgan 3–5 Ken Doherty

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1992 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time. The event carried ranking points, but only ten percent of the usual tariff.

Century breaks

Total: 11
Darren Morgan's century was scored in the wild-card round.