Extra challenge
Extra Challenge 1993 Nescafé Extra Challenge 1993
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Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
Attendees: | 4th |
Venue: | Bangkok , Thailand |
Opening: | February 1993 |
Endgame: | February 1993
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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1 | James Wattana | 5 : 4 | John Parrott |
2 | James Wattana | 5 : 1 | Alan McManus |
3 | John Parrott | 5 : 3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
4th | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 : 3 | Alan McManus |
5 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 : 0 | James Wattana |
6th | Alan McManus | 5 : 3 | 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
- ^ A b Ron Florax: 1993 Extra Challenge. CueTracker.net, accessed March 12, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1993 Extra Challenge - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed March 12, 2020 .
- ↑ 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).