# 1991 Pot Black

The 1991 Pot Black was the first of the revived professional invitational snooker tournament after a 5-year absence and the 19th series altogether. It took place between 18 and 20 August 1991 and broadcast in September and October. This time, the tournament was held at Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent which formally hosted the International and it was played alongside the Junior Pot Black competition which also got revived, and featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system. All matches until the semi-final were one-frame shoot-outs, the semi-final was aggregate score of two frames and the final being contested over the best of three frames.
Broadcasts had been moved from primetime BBC2 to an afternoon slot on BBC1 and shown on Mondays and Wednesdays and the series started at 15:05 on Monday 2 September 1991,. Eamonn Holmes was the new presenter for the series and three times Pot Black champion John Spencer joined Ted Lowe in the commentary box for the new series while John Williams remained as referee.
Players in this year's series were the top 16 ranked players for the 1991–92 season including former Pot Black winners Doug Mountjoy, Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths and defending champion Jimmy White and former Junior Pot Black players Dean Reynolds, John Parrott and Stephen Hendry.
The tournament was won by Davis who took the title for the third time, beating Hendry 2–1 and equalling John Spencer and Eddie Charlton. In the semi-finals, Davis eliminated White 164-67, and Hendry beat Mountjoy 221-31. Davis received £8,000 prize money as winner, Hendry received £5,000 as runner-up, and the losing semi-finalists each received £3,000.

## Main draw

| Last 16 | Last 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final Best of 3 frames | Final Best of 3 frames |
| Jimmy White | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Willie Thorne | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Willie Thorne | 0 | Jimmy White | 1 | | | | | |
| | | Dennis Taylor | 0 | | | | | |
| Dennis Taylor | 1 | Dennis Taylor | 0 | | | | | |
| Mike Hallett | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Mike Hallett | 0 | | | Jimmy White | 0 | | | |
| | | | | Steve Davis | 1 | | | |
| Steve Davis | 1 | | | | | Steve Davis | 1 | | | |
| Martin Clark | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Martin Clark | 0 | Steve Davis | 1 | | | | | |
| | | Gary Wilkinson | 0 | | | | | |
| Gary Wilkinson | 1 | Gary Wilkinson | 0 | | | | | |
| Dean Reynolds | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Dean Reynolds | 0 | | | | | | Steve Davis | 2 |
| | | | | | | | Stephen Hendry | 1 |
| Stephen Hendry | 1 | | | | | | | | Stephen Hendry | 1 |
| Tony Jones | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Tony Jones | 0 | Stephen Hendry | 1 | | | | | |
| | | Neal Foulds | 0 | | | | | |
| Neal Foulds | 1 | Neal Foulds | 0 | | | | | |
| Terry Griffiths | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Terry Griffiths | 0 | | | Stephen Hendry | 1 | | | |
| | | | | Doug Mountjoy | 0 | | | |
| Doug Mountjoy | 1 | | | | | Doug Mountjoy | 0 | | | |
| Steve James | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Steve James | 0 | Doug Mountjoy | 1 | | | | | |
| | | John Parrott | 0 | | | | | |
| John Parrott | 1 | John Parrott | 0 | | | | | |
| Tony Knowles | 0 | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: John Williams Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 20 August 1991 (Broadcast 16 October 1991). :
| Steve Davis England | 2–1 | Stephen Hendry Scotland |
| 62–40, 4–101 (55),80–18 |||
| ?? | Highest break | 55 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 0 | 50+ breaks | 1 |