# 1993 Masters (snooker)

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 | Willie Thorne (ENG) (15) | 5–3 | Chris Small (SCO) |
| WC2 | Monday 8 February | Darren Morgan (WAL) (16) | 3–5 | Ken Doherty (IRL) |

## Main draw

| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | | Final Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames |
| 1 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ken Doherty (IRL) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ken Doherty (IRL) | 4 | 1 | Stephen Hendry | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Gary Wilkinson | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Gary Wilkinson (ENG) | 5 | 8 | Gary Wilkinson | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Alain Robidoux (CAN) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Alain Robidoux (CAN) | 0 | | | | 1 | Stephen Hendry | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 13 | Alan McManus | 4 | | | | |
| 5 | Neal Foulds (ENG) | 1 | | | | | | | 13 | Alan McManus | 4 | | | | |
| 13 | Alan McManus (SCO) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Alan McManus (SCO) | 5 | 13 | Alan McManus | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Steve Davis | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Steve Davis (ENG) | 5 | 4 | Steve Davis | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Nigel Bond (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Nigel Bond (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | | | 1 | Stephen Hendry | 9 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | James Wattana | 5 |
| 3 | Jimmy White (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | James Wattana | 5 |
| 15 | Willie Thorne (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Willie Thorne (ENG) | 2 | 3 | Jimmy White | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Steve James | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Terry Griffiths (WAL) | 0 | 10 | Steve James | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Steve James (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Steve James (ENG) | 5 | | | | 3 | Jimmy White | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | James Wattana | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | James Wattana (THA) | 5 | | | | | | | 7 | James Wattana | 6 | | | | |
| 12 | Martin Clark (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Martin Clark (ENG) | 2 | 7 | James Wattana | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | John Parrott | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | John Parrott (ENG) | 5 | 2 | John Parrott | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 14 February 1993. :
| Stephen Hendry Scotland | 9–5 | James Wattana Thailand |
| 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, 74–1 |||
| 96 | 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.