Extra challenge

Extra Challenge 1993 Nescafé Extra Challenge 1993
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Attendees:	4th
Venue:	Bangkok , Thailand
Opening:	February 1993
Endgame:	February 1993
Winner:	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Highest Break:	102 ( James Wattana )

The Nescafé Extra Challenge 1993 was a one-time snooker invitation tournament in the context of the 1992/93 season . The tournament was held in February 1993 in the Thai capital Bangkok . The young Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan won a professional tournament for the first time when he took first place in the final table at the end of the round-robin tournament . The highest break was played by the second-placed local hero James Wattana .

Prize money

The tournament was sponsored by the Swiss coffee brand Nescafé . The total prize money remained thereby to 30,000 pounds sterling , of which £ 10,500 was accounted for over one-third on the winner.

	Prize money
First	£ 10,500
Second	£ 8,000
Third	£ 6,500
Fourth	£ 5,000
All in all	£ 30,000

Tournament course

Four players were invited to the tournament: the young Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan , local hero James Wattana , ex-world champion John Parrott and the equally young Scottish Alan McManus , who played against each other in the best of 9 frames mode in a simple round-robin tournament . In the end, based on the results, a final table was drawn up, which was led by Ronnie O'Sullivan. Although this and Wattana had both won two games, the Englishman had fewer lost frames. For O'Sullivan it was the first professional title of his career.

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3	2	1	13: 8
2	James Wattana	3	2	1	10:10
3	John Parrott	3	1	2	12:13
4th	Alan McManus	3	1	2	9:13

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	James Wattana	4th5 : 45	John Parrott
2	James Wattana	15 : 15	Alan McManus
3	John Parrott	35 : 35	Ronnie O'Sullivan
4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	35 : 35	Alan McManus
5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	05 : 05	James Wattana
6th	Alan McManus	35 : 35	John Parrott

Century Breaks

During the tournament, three players each played a Century Break :

• John Parrott : 102
• Ronnie O'Sullivan : 101
• James Wattana : 101

Web links

• Data sheet about the Extra Challenge at CueTracker
• Extra Challenge in the snooker Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Ron Florax: 1993 Extra Challenge. CueTracker.net, accessed March 12, 2020 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Ron Florax: 1993 Extra Challenge - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed March 12, 2020 .  
3. ↑ Chris Turner: Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events - First held 1990-1999 *. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on March 12, 2020 (English).