Humo Masters

Humo Masters

Tournament status
Ranking tournament:	-
Minor ranking tournament:	-
Invitation tournament:	1990-1992
Tournament dates of the last edition
Venue:	Antwerp , Belgium
Prize money (total):	£ 58,000
Prize money (winner):	£ 15,000
Frames in the final:	Best of 19
Records
Most wins:	John Parrott Mike Hallett James Wattana  (1 × each)
Highest Break:	138 John Parrott 1991
Venue (s) on the map
Antwerp Humo Masters (Belgium)

The Humo Masters was a professional snooker tournament that was held three times as a non-ranking tournament in the early 1990s and thus had no impact on the world rankings. The tournament was held in Antwerp and in 1990 was sponsored by both 555 and Humo , with the former company subsequently withdrawing from this position. While the first edition of the tournament was won by John Parrott and, in 1991, another Englishman, Mike Hallett , won the tournament in 1992, James Wattana, a Thai. During the 1991 edition, John Parrott also played the tournament's highest break with a 138 break.

history

The Humo Masters was a Belgian amateur tournament in its early years, but in 1990 it was elevated to a professional tournament without any influence on the world rankings ( non-ranking tournament ). It also became one of the World Series tournaments . The first edition of the professional tournament finally took place in mid-September 1990 in the Sporthal Schijnpoort in Antwerp . There was a total of £ 71,000 to be won at the tournament, sponsored by 555 and Humo . Eight professional players and four Belgian amateurs took part, the latter meeting a professional each in the first round and the winners of the four games then playing against one of the other professional players in the quarterfinals. In the end, the two Englishmen John Parrott and Jimmy White reached the final, which Parrott won 9: 6. He also played the highest break of the tournament with a 120 break.

The second edition of the tournament was only sponsored by Humo , although the prize money increased to £ 85,000. Again in Antwerp in September, nine professional players and seven Belgian amateurs have now been invited, one of the professional players being the Belgian Steve Lemmens . From the round of 16, when a Belgian met one of the professional players or one of the other professional players, the sixteen participants played in the knockout system for the tournament victory. Again two Englishmen reached the final with Mike Hallett and Neal Foulds , which Hallett won with 9: 7. John Parrott, on the other hand, again played the highest break of the edition with a 138 break, surpassing his previous year's record.

The 1992 edition was pushed into November; at the same time, with the same sponsorship, the total prize money fell to £ 58,000. In addition, the number of participants was again limited to twelve players, made up of eleven leading professional players and the Belgian Steve Lemmens. The tournament mode chosen was that of the first edition. The winner of the first edition, John Parrott, reached the final again, but lost 5:10 to James Wattana from Thailand . The highest break this time was played by the Scot Stephen Hendry with a 130 break, which however did not equal Parrott's record from last year. As a result, no further professional editions of the tournament took place.

winner

year	venue	winner	Result	finalist	sponsor	season
Humo Masters - non-ranking tournament
1990	Antwerp - Sporthal Schijnpoort	John Parrott	9: 6	Jimmy White	555, Humo	1990/91
1991	Antwerp - unknown	Mike Hallett	9: 7	Neal Foulds	Humo	1991/92
1992		James Wattana	10: 5	John Parrott		1992/93

Web links

• Overview of the expenses at CueTracker
• Overview of the expenses in the snooker database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chris Turner: Other Non-ranking and invition Events - First hero 1990-1999 *. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on March 13, 2020 (English).  
2. ↑ Ron Florax: 1990 Humo Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed on March 13, 2020 .  
3. ↑ Ron Florax: 1991 Humo Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed on March 13, 2020 .  
4. ↑ Ron Florax: 1992 Humo Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed on March 13, 2020 .