European Open 1993 (Snooker, 1993/94)

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European Open 1993
Humo European Open 1993
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Tournament type: World ranking tournament
Attendees: 512
Venue: Arenahal,
Antwerp , Belgium
Opening: December 12, 1993
Endgame: December 19, 1993

Winner: ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
Finalist: EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Highest Break: 142 ( Stephen Hendry ) ScotlandScotland
 
1994

The Humo European Open in 1993 were a snooker tournament of the 1993/94 season , which was held from 12 to 19 December. Previously the tournament had always been held in spring, this time it was brought forward and there were two editions of the tournament in one calendar year, but in two different seasons. The tournament took place in the Arenahal of Antwerp instead. Belgium was the first country to host two European Open for the third time, and the same city for the first time. Nevertheless, they had moved to the larger arena hall within Antwerp, so that the sixth edition of the tournament had the sixth venue. The Belgian magazineHumo remained a sponsor of the event.

For the second time in his second participation, Ronnie O'Sullivan threw the defending champion from the tournament: He defeated Steve Davis in the quarterfinals and then moved into the final. There he met last year's defeated finalist Stephen Hendry . But this time the world champion and world number one did better. He defeated O'Sullivan 9: 5 and won the title for the first time after two defeats in the final on the third attempt.

Prize money / world ranking points

The total prize money dropped significantly by £ 35,000 compared to the tournament at the beginning of the year. The qualifiers were cut, and those who did not reach the main tournament were left with nothing. Previously it was £ 250 and £ 750 respectively in the final two qualifying rounds. The winner even got £ 2,000, the runner-up £ 1,000 and the two semi-finalists £ 500 more. In between, the changes were between £ 150 and £ 800.

In terms of the points for the world rankings , only the participants in the main tournament benefited: From the round of the last 32 onwards there were 400 points more for everyone. Below that, the number of points remained unchanged.

placement Prize money Points a
winner £ 27,000 4,000
finalist £ 15,000 3,600
Semi-finalist £ 7,500 3,200
Quarter finalist £ 4,200 2,800
Round of 16 £ 2,100 2,400
Last 32 £ 1,400 2,000
Last 48 - 1,600
Last 64 - 1,200
Last 96 - 800
Last 128 - 400
Round 2-6 - 10-200
Highest Break (Final Round) £ 1,200
Highest Break (Qualification) 600 pounds
All in all £ 114,800
a Seeded players who lost their first game only received 50% of the stated score.

Main tournament

First of all, the mode at the European Open remained unchanged the following year. This time there was a radical change. The main tournament was shortened by one round, but instead of the top 32, only the top 16 of the world rankings were set. In addition, 10 qualification rounds had to be played in order to determine the 16 players from the remaining registered players who were drawn to them in the first main round. After all, the length of the matches remained the same: Best of 9 up to the quarter-finals, Best of 11 in the semifinals and the final Best of 17.

  Round 1
best of 9 frames
Round of 16
best of 9 frames
Quarterfinals
Best of 9 Frames
Semi-final
best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
                                               
1  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5                
35  EnglandEngland Danny Fowler 1  
1  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5
  15th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1  
15th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 5
23  EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 1  
1  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 3
  57  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5  
11  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 5    
143  EnglandEngland Darren Clarke 1  
11  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 2
  57  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5  
7th  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 4th
57  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5  
57  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th
  4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 3  
8th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 2
122  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 6th  
122  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
  20th  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 2  
14th  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 3
20th  MaltaMalta Tony Drago 5  
122  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 2
  4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5  
12  EnglandEngland Martin Clark 5    
98  ScotlandScotland Chris Small 2  
12  EnglandEngland Martin Clark 3
  4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5  
4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5
338  ThailandThailand Noppadon Noppachorn 1  
57  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 9
3  EnglandEngland John Parrott 5
49  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 4th  
3  EnglandEngland John Parrott 5
  100  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 1  
13  EnglandEngland Steve James 1
100  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 5  
3  EnglandEngland John Parrott 5
  6th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 3  
16  EnglandEngland David Roe 5    
22nd  New ZealandNew Zealand Dene O'Kane 1  
16  EnglandEngland David Roe 3
  6th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 5  
6th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 5
17th  EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 1  
3  EnglandEngland John Parrott 1
  2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 6th  
5  ThailandThailand James Wattana 5
24  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Bennett 1  
5  ThailandThailand James Wattana 5
  10  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 1  
10  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 5
119  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 4th  
5  ThailandThailand James Wattana 2
  2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5  
9  EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 2    
28  EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 5  
28  EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 1
  2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5  
2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
27  EnglandEngland Mick Price 0  

final

The 18-year-old Ronnie O'Sullivan had already won three tournaments in a year and a half as a professional and was unbeaten since November 6th. He had won the Masters qualifying tournament and three weeks earlier in the final of the second most important tournament of the season, the UK Championship , beat world number one Stephen Hendry 10: 6. For the Scotsman it was an immediate opportunity to take revenge, even though he had already lost a European Open final twice. O'Sullivan started the final briskly and quickly took a 2-0 lead, but Hendry equalized by the break. Also in the second half of the session no one could gain an advantage and they parted 4: 4 in the late afternoon. In the evening the Englishman again took the lead 5: 4, but the next frame ended at 36 points and Hendry equalized with the highest match break of 81 points. In the next two frames he even scored 47 points, but failed to close the frame and handed over the frames. For the first time the Scot led with two frames and now dominated the game. O'Sullivan hardly got any points and Stephen Hendry secured the next two frames to a clear 9: 5 victory. For Hendry it was his 18th victory in a ranking tournament and his first at the European Open.

Final: Best of 17 Frames
Arenahal,  Antwerp , Belgium , December 19, 1993
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5: 9 ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
Afternoon : 86 : 28 (50), 97 : 1 (63), 42: 58 , 8: 81 , 14: 73 , 56 : 1 (55), 69 : 31, 0: 79 ;
Evening : 83 : 7 (59), 36: 81 (81), 47: 57 , 47: 69 (69), 0: 73 , 6: 81 (60)
63 Highest break 81
- Century breaks -
4th 50+ breaks 3

Century breaks

There were 46 breaks of at least 100 points from round 1 to the final, 35 different players were involved. The vast majority of Century Breaks have already been played in the qualification: 40 pieces by 30 players. Noppadon Noppachorn and Steve Judd each played a break of 143 points, sharing the £ 600 break bonus . Stephen Hendry reached 142 points in a row in the semifinals, for the highest TV break he received £ 1,200 in addition to his prize as a tournament winner. There were only 6 Centurys in the five rounds of the main tournament.

Main tournament

ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 142
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 133, 117
EnglandEngland David Roe 129
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 109
IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 109

qualification

ThailandThailand Noppadon Noppachorn 143, 108, 100
EnglandEngland Steve Judd 143
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Anthony Davies 132, 101
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 130
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Declan Hughes 129
EnglandEngland Robert Foxall 143
EnglandEngland Jason Ferguson 119
EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 117
EnglandEngland Will Jerram 115
EnglandEngland Garry Baldrey 115
EnglandEngland Darren Guest 114
EnglandEngland Mark Flowerdew 113
EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 109
ThailandThailand Suriya Suwannasingh 108
EnglandEngland Roger Garrett 107
IndiaIndia Yasin Merchant 105
EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 104
EnglandEngland Steve Whalley 103
FinlandFinland Robin Hull 103
ScotlandScotland Chris Small 103
IrelandIreland Stephen O'Connor 102
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 102
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 102
ItalyItaly Daniele Zagaroli 102
EnglandEngland Andrew Krasinski 102
EnglandEngland Stefan Mazrocis 101
ScotlandScotland John Lardner 101
IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 101
EnglandEngland Darren Limburg 101
New ZealandNew Zealand Daniel Haenga 101, 100
EnglandEngland Sean Lanigan 100

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