The 1992–93 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1992 and May 1993. The following table outlines the results for ranking, minor-ranking and the invitational events.
Details | |
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Duration | August 1992 – 30 May 1993 |
Tournaments | 27 (9 ranking events) |
Triple Crown winners | |
UK Championship | Jimmy White |
Masters | Stephen Hendry |
World Championship | Stephen Hendry |
← 1991–92 1993–94 → |
New professional players
editThe World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association accepted its largest intake to date, 154 new players, bringing the total to 719 (excluding 27 billiards-only members). The new professionals included world amateur champion Noppadon Noppachorn, world under-21 champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins (who won the junior event at the 1991 World Masters), Indian amateur champion Yasin Merchant, the fifth-ranked women's player Tessa Davidson, and future multiple ranking event winners Dominic Dale, Stephen Lee, Joe Perry and Mark Williams.[1][2]
Calendar
editRanking event |
Minor-ranking event |
Non-ranking event |
Official rankings
editThe top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[29][30][31]
No. | Ch. | Name |
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1 | Stephen Hendry | |
2 | John Parrott | |
3 | Jimmy White | |
4 | Steve Davis | |
5 | Neal Foulds | |
6 | Terry Griffiths | |
7 | James Wattana | |
8 | Gary Wilkinson | |
9 | Nigel Bond | |
10 | Steve James | |
11 | Dennis Taylor | |
12 | Martin Clark | |
13 | Alan McManus | |
14 | Alain Robidoux | |
15 | Willie Thorne | |
16 | Darren Morgan |
Notes
edit- ^ No play-off was played, and the winner was decided via a league format.
References
edit- ^ "Young ones". Snooker Scene. March 1992. p. 25.
- ^ "Qualifying school starts". Snooker Scene. July 1992. p. 9.
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- ^ "Snooker - Kings Cup Tournament". Irish Independent. 21 December 1992. p. 22.
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- ^ Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
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