Irish Masters 1993

Irish Masters 1993 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters 1993
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Attendees:	12
Venue:	Goffs, Kill , Ireland
Opening:	March 23, 1993
Endgame:	March 28, 1993
Winner:	Steve Davis
Finalist:	Alan McManus
Highest Break:	136 ( Ken Doherty )
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The 1993 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1992/93 season . The invitation tournament was held from March 23rd to 28th in the Goffs -Arena in Kill . The small community near the Irish capital Dublin was the venue for the 16th time.

Defending champion Stephen Hendry lost in the semifinals to his old rival Steve Davis . The Englishman faced another Scotsman, Alan McManus , in the final . Davis won 9: 4 and won the Irish Masters title for the 7th time. It was also his third win in four tournaments in less than two months.

Prize money

The winnings for that year have increased by almost £ 20,000 compared to 1992. It was between £ 825 for the first-round loser and £ 4,625 for the tournament winner.

placement	Prize money
winner	£ 45,000
final	£ 27,000
Semifinals	£ 18,000
Quarter finals	£ 10,000
Round 1	£ 6,900
Highest break	£ 4,400
All in all	£ 180,000

Final round

The top 8 in the world rankings competed at the tournament , plus three other players from the top 16. The 12th place went to number 21 Ken Doherty as representative of Ireland. The top 4 were set for the quarterfinals. The players from place 5 played against each other in round 1 for the other quarter-finals. The tournament started in the mode Best of 9 , in the semifinals it was increased to Best of 11. In the final you then needed 9 frames to win (Best of 17).

	Round 1 (Best of 9)					Quarter Finals (Best of 9)					Semi-finals (Best of 11)					Final (Best of 17)
						1	Stephen Hendry	5
	8th	Gary Wilkinson	3
						9	Nigel Bond	2
	9	Nigel Bond	5								1	Stephen Hendry	3
											4th	Steve Davis	6th
						4th	Steve Davis	5
	5	Neal Foulds	2
						12	Ken Doherty	3
	12	Ken Doherty	5													4th	Steve Davis	9
																11	Alan McManus	4th
						3	John Parrott	5
	7th	James Wattana	5
						7th	James Wattana	3
	10	Dennis Taylor	0								3	John Parrott	5
											11	Alan McManus	6th
						2	Jimmy White	2
	6th	Terry Griffiths	4th
						11	Alan McManus	5
	11	Alan McManus	5

final

Steve Davis had already won the tournament 6 times , twice as often as the second best participant Terry Griffiths . He hadn't lost a final in Kill since 1983. He had also won three titles this season, two of them just a few weeks earlier. Alan McManus also had a very successful season, he was in the final for the fourth time, but he had lost three times before. He had reached the top of the world, but he was still missing the first big win. At the 1992 Asian Open , the two had met once in the final, when Davis had won. Their last two encounters in 1993 were McManus.

Both players started strong, the lead of Davis equaled McManus with a Century break , whereupon the English countered with a 93 break and his own Century. McManus just won the fifth frame with the last black, but Davis took the initial momentum with him and with further high breaks he extended his lead to 6: 2 by the end of the session. The Scot was already under pressure. He resisted and with two frames he had won, he came back to 4: 6 in the evening. But then it was Davis' turn again and got the next two frames. Not only did he restore the old gap, but he was only one frame away from victory. McManus had his chances again in the 13th frame, but in the end Steve Davis finished to a clear 9: 4 victory and his 7th Irish Masters title.

Final: Best of 17 Frames Goffs,  Kill , Ireland , March 28, 1993
Steve Davis	9 : 4	Alan McManus
Afternoon : 104 : 26, 15: 115 (115), 128 : 0 (93), 119 : 0 (106), 59: 61 , 115 : 0 (58), 67 : 1 (66), 70 : 11; Evening : 24: 62 , 24: 71 , 71 : 14, 57 : 18, 60 : 37
105	Highest break	118
2	Century breaks	1
8th	50+ breaks	5

Century breaks

A three-digit number of points was achieved with 5 breaks in the tournament, this happened twice in the final. The highest century break comes from the quarterfinals, where Ken Doherty scored 136 points in a row. Although he was eliminated from eventual winner Steve Davis , he was able to console himself with the extra bonus of £ 4,400.

Ken Doherty	136
Steve Davis	131, 106
Alan McManus	115
James Wattana	112

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1. ↑ Irish Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on October 31, 2019 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 1993 Irish Masters - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed October 31, 2019 . 
3. ↑ 1993 Irish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 31, 2019 . 
4. ↑ 1993 Irish Masters Results. In: Snooker Database. Retrieved October 31, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Rankings - 1992-1993. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 31, 2019 .