Scottish Masters
Tournament status | ||
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Ranking tournament: | - | |
Minor ranking tournament: | - | |
Invitation tournament: | 1981-1987 1989-2002 |
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Tournament dates of the last edition | ||
Venue: | Thistle Hotel , Glasgow | |
Prize money (total): | ? | |
Prize money (winner): | £ 65,000 | |
Frames in the final: | Best of 17 | |
Records | ||
Most wins: |
Steve Davis (3 ×) Ronnie O'Sullivan (3 ×) Stephen Hendry (3 ×)
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Highest Break: | 147 ( Maximum Break ) Marco Fu 2000 |
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Venue (s) on the map | ||
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The Scottish Masters was a tournament for snooker professionals from 1981 to 2002 . As an invitation tournament, it never had the status of a ranked tournament .
history
In 1981 the Scottish Masters was held for the first time. Mostly in September it was the first tournament of the season. The first title holder was the then 19-year-old Jimmy White , who won his first major title as a professional snooker in 1981.
Until 1987 the tournament was sponsored by the company "Langs Supreme" and held in Glasgow . The prize pool for the tournament winner was £ 8,000 in 1981 and doubled to £ 16,000 by 1987.
In 1988 the tournament did not take place, after which it returned to the tour calendar under the new sponsor name Regal Scottish Masters (instead of Lang's Scottish Masters) . The number of participants was also increased from eight to initially ten, from 1992 to twelve players. Between 1990 and 2000 it was the Civic Center in Motherwell venue of the tournament. In 1989, with "Regal" as sponsor, 32,500 pounds were distributed to the winner. In the following years the prize money continued to rise, reaching £ 50,000 for the first time in 1994. Between 1996 and 2002 it was between £ 60,000 and £ 65,000.
For 2001 and 2002 the tournament returned to Glasgow. Due to the ban on advertising tobacco products, Regal was no longer allowed to sponsor the tournament from 2002; as no other financially strong sponsor could be found, the tournament was discontinued.
With three titles each, Steve Davis , Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan are the record winners of this event. In 2000, Marco Fu from Hong Kong achieved the only maximum break in tournament history; in the fourth frame of the first round game against Ken Doherty , he scored the 39th official maximum in professional snooker.
winner
year | venue | winner | Result | finalist | Main sponsor | season |
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Scottish Masters | ||||||
1981 | Glasgow - Kelvin Hall | Jimmy White | 9: 4 | Cliff Thorburn | Lang's Supreme | 1981/82 |
1982 | Glasgow - Holiday Inn | Steve Davis | 9: 4 | Alex Higgins | 1982/83 | |
1983 | Glasgow - Skean Dhu Hotel | Steve Davis | 9: 6 | Tony Knowles | 1983/84 | |
1984 | Glasgow - Hospitality Inn | Steve Davis | 9: 4 | Jimmy White | 1984/85 | |
1985 | Cliff Thorburn | 9: 7 | Willie Thorne | 1985/86 | ||
1986 | Cliff Thorburn | 9: 8 | Alex Higgins | 1986/87 | ||
1987 | Joe Johnson | 9: 7 | Terry Griffiths | 1987/88 | ||
1989 | Glasgow - Scottish Exhibition Center | Stephen Hendry | 10: 1 | Terry Griffiths | shelf | 1989/90 |
1990 |
Motherwell Civic Center |
Stephen Hendry | 10: 6 | Terry Griffiths | 1990/91 | |
1991 | Mike Hallett | 10: 6 | Steve Davis | 1991/92 | ||
1992 | Neal Foulds | 10: 8 | Gary Wilkinson | 1992/93 | ||
1993 | Ken Doherty | 10: 9 | Alan McManus | 1993/94 | ||
1994 | Ken Doherty | 9: 7 | Stephen Hendry | 1994/95 | ||
1995 | Stephen Hendry | 9: 5 | Peter Ebdon | 1995/96 | ||
1996 | Peter Ebdon | 9: 6 | Alan McManus | 1996/97 | ||
1997 | Nigel Bond | 9: 8 | Alan McManus | 1997/98 | ||
1998 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9: 7 | John Higgins | 1998/99 | ||
1999 | Matthew Stevens | 9: 7 | John Higgins | 1999/00 | ||
2000 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9: 6 | Stephen Hendry | 2000/01 | ||
2001 | Glasgow Thistle Hotel |
John Higgins | 9: 6 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 2001/02 | |
2002 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9: 4 | John Higgins | 2002/03 |
Web links
- Scottish Masters at Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( Memento from April 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )