The 1993 Masters (officially 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 Stephen Hendry, 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 (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:
Match Date Score WC1 Sunday 7 February (15) 5–3 WC2 Monday 8 February (16) 3–5
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 14 February 1993. Stephen Hendry 9–5 James Wattana First session: 14–59, 96–42 (96), 72–0 (52), 44–77, 90–21, 25–59 (50), 74–14 (67), 113–1 (54, 55), 81–22 (81), 9–107 (107), 74–12 (52), 127–1 (62, 65), 16–75, 74–196 Highest break 107 0 Century breaks 1 9 50+ breaks 2
Qualifying Chris Small 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: 11 134 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.
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