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1993–94 snooker season

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The 1993–94 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1993 and May 1994. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

1993–94 snooker season
Details
Duration1 August 1993 – 29 May 1994 (1993-08-01 – 1994-05-29)
Tournaments19 (9 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
MastersScotland Alan McManus
World ChampionshipScotland Stephen Hendry

Calendar edit

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
28 Aug   ENG Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham   Steve Davis   Mike Hallett 2–0[n 1] [1]
22 Sep 26 Sep   SCO Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell   Ken Doherty   Alan McManus 10–9 [2]
4 Oct 10 Oct   UAE Dubai Classic Al Nasr Stadium Dubai   Stephen Hendry   Steve Davis 9–3 [3]
18 Oct 31 Oct   ENG Grand Prix Hexagon Theatre Reading   Peter Ebdon   Ken Doherty 9–6 [4]
6 Nov 10 Nov   SCO Benson & Hedges Championship Masters Club Glasgow   Ronnie O'Sullivan   John Lardner 9–6 [5]
12 Nov 28 Nov   ENG UK Championship Guild Hall Preston   Ronnie O'Sullivan   Stephen Hendry 10–6 [6]
12 Dec 19 Dec   BEL European Open Arenahal Antwerp   Stephen Hendry   Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–5 [7]
? Dec ? Dec   THA King's Cup Channel 9 Auditorium Bangkok   James Wattana   Darren Morgan 8–3 [8]
30 Jan 5 Feb   WAL Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport   Steve Davis   Alan McManus 9–6 [9]
6 Feb 13 Feb   ENG The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London   Alan McManus   Stephen Hendry 9–8 [10][11]
13 Feb 19 Feb   ENG International Open Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth   John Parrott   James Wattana 9–4 [12][13]
22 Feb ? Feb   ENG Strachan Challenge – Event 1 Jimmy White Snooker Lodge Aldershot   Anthony Hamilton   Andy Hicks 9–4 [14]
? Mar ? Mar   ENG Strachan Challenge – Event 2 Willie Thorne Snooker Lodge Leicester   Anthony Hamilton   Paul Davies 9–4 [14]
4 Mar 16 Mar   THA Thailand Open Imperial Queens Park Hotel Bangkok   James Wattana   Steve Davis 9–7 [15]
20 Mar 27 Mar   IRL Irish Masters Goff's Kill   Steve Davis   Alan McManus 9–8 [16][17]
30 Mar 7 Apr   ENG British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth   Ronnie O'Sullivan   James Wattana 9–4 [18]
16 Apr 2 May   ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield   Stephen Hendry   Jimmy White 18–17 [19]
7 May 14 May   WAL Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn   Ken Doherty   Nigel Bond 9–5 [20]
? Jan 29 May   GER European League Atlantis Rheinhotel Bingen   Stephen Hendry   John Parrott 10–7 [21]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

Official rankings edit

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1993/1994

The 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.[22][23][24]

No. Ch. Name
1     Stephen Hendry
2     John Parrott
3     Jimmy White
4     Steve Davis
5     James Wattana
6     Alan McManus
7     Willie Thorne
8     Terry Griffiths
9     Nigel Bond
10     Darren Morgan
11     Ken Doherty
12     Martin Clark
13     Steve James
14     Neal Foulds
15     Dennis Taylor
16     David Roe

Notes edit

  1. ^ All matches were recorded in one day, and then broadcast in half hour programme weekly.

References edit

  1. ^ "Pot Black, Junior Pot Black". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  2. ^ Turner, Chris. "Scottish Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  3. ^ Turner, Chris. "Dubai Classic, Dubai Masters, Bahrain Snooker Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  4. ^ Turner, Chris. "Professional Players Tournament, Grand Prix, LG Cup". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  5. ^ Turner, Chris. "Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  6. ^ Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  7. ^ Turner, Chris. "Major European Tournaments". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Wattana gunning for White". Evening Herald (Dublin). 3 February 1994. p. 62.
  9. ^ Turner, Chris. "Welsh Open". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  10. ^ Turner, Chris. "The Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  11. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: White becomes Brown". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  12. ^ Turner, Chris. "International Open, Goya Matchroom Trophy". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  13. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hallett wins English Pro title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  14. ^ a b Turner, Chris. "Strachan Open, Strachan Challenges". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  15. ^ Turner, Chris. "Thailand Open, Thailand Classic, Thailand Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  16. ^ Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  17. ^ "On this Week: Irish hat-trick success". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  18. ^ Turner, Chris. "British Open Including British Gold Cup, Yamaha Organs Trophy and Yamaha International Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  19. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  20. ^ Turner, Chris. "Pontins Open, Pontins Professional, Pontins World Pro-Am Series". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  21. ^ "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
  22. ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1990/91 to 2004/05". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  23. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  24. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.

External links edit

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