Indian Challenge

Indian Challenge 1991 555 Indian Challenge 1991
Tournament type:	Non-ranking tournament
Attendees:	16
Venue:	Taj Mahal Hotel , New Delhi , India
Opening:	4th September 1991
Endgame:	September 7, 1991
Winner:	Stephen Hendry
Finalist:	John Parrott
Highest Break:	132 ( John Parrott )

The 555 Indian Challenge 1991 was a professional snooker tournament without any influence on the world rankings during the 1991/92 season and the 1991 World Series . The tournament was held from September 4th to 7th, 1991 at the Taj Mahal Hotel in the Indian capital New Delhi . The winner was Stephen Hendry from Scotland , who defeated the Englishman John Parrott 9: 5 in the final. Parrott, in contrast, played the tournament's highest break with a 132 break .

Prize money

555 appeared as sponsor of the tournament . The total prize money was £ 59,000 , of which about a third went to the winner.

	Prize money
winner	£ 20,000
finalist	£ 10,000
Semi-finalist	£ 5,000
Quarter finalist	£ 2,500
Round of 16	£ 1,125
All in all	£ 59,000

Tournament course

The tournament was part of a series of so-called challenges in Asia and Europe as part of the World Series . A total of 16 players took part in this tournament, twelve of whom were professional players and the field of participants was supplemented by one Thai and three Indian amateur players. From the round of 16, all 16 players played for the title in the knockout system , with best of 9 frames being played up to and including the semi-finals and only the final deviating from it by a maximum of 17 frames.

	Round of 16 best of 9 frames				Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames				Semi-final Best of 9 frames				Final Best of 17 frames
	Stephen Hendry	5
	Sonic Multani	4th
					Stephen Hendry	5
					Steve James	3
	Steve James	5
	Terry Griffiths	2
									Stephen Hendry	5
									Steve Davis	3
	Steve Davis	5
	Geet Sethi	0
					Steve Davis	5
					Neal Foulds	2
	Neal Foulds	5
	James Wattana	3
													Stephen Hendry	9
													John Parrott	5
	John Parrott	5
	Michael Ferreira	0
					John Parrott	5
					Mike Hallett	2
	Mike Hallett	5
	Dennis Taylor	2
									John Parrott	5
									Gary Wilkinson	3
	Gary Wilkinson	5
	Tai Pichit	2
					Gary Wilkinson	5
					Jimmy White	2
	Jimmy White	5
	Atul Agrawal	0

final

The Scot Stephen Hendry rose to the dominant player of the 1990s when he defeated Steve James and Steve Davis 5: 3 after a narrow victory over one of the amateur players and thus reached the final. In this he met the Englishman John Parrott , who, in contrast to Hendry, had started the tournament with a white wash and had also made it to the final with victories over Mike Hallett and Gary Wilkinson .

Hendry dominated the start of the match and took the lead with the help of two high breaks with 3: 0 and after an approach by Parrott to 3: 2 with 5: 2. After the two players split the two following frames, Parrott was able to shorten it to 6: 5. But Hendry won the next frame with a 103 break - the highest break of the game - and finally the following frame with 75:21. Even if, according to the source used, the game would have ended with 8: 5, a score of 9: 5 as the final result is consensus.

Final: Best of 17 Frames Taj Mahal Hotel ,  New Delhi , India , September 7, 1991
Stephen Hendry	9 : 5	John Parrott
79 : 31 (70), 74 : 22, 96 : 0 (75), 7: 76 (68), 1: 71 (69), 82 : 0 (79), 84 : 1, 44: 87 , 74 : 1 (69), 7: 108 (79), 42: 78 , 104 : 0 (103), 75 : 21 (66)
103	Highest break	79
1	Century breaks	-
6th	50+ breaks	3

Century Breaks

During the tournament, seven players played a total of thirteen century breaks .

John Parrott 132 , 127, 125, 105 Gary Wilkinson 125, 104 Stephen Hendry 120, 103 Steve Davis 118, 117

Mike Hallett 104 James Wattana 103 Neal Foulds 101

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Ron Florax: 1991 Indian Challenge. CueTracker.net, accessed December 3, 2019 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chris Turner: Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events - First held 1990-1999. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on December 3, 2019 .  
3. ^ ^{A b} Ron Florax: 1991 Indian Challenge - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed December 3, 2019 .