Scottish Masters 1993

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Scottish Masters 1993
Regal Masters 1993
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Venue: Civic Center, Motherwell , Scotland
Opening: September 22, 1993
Endgame: September 26, 1993

Winner: IrelandIreland Ken Doherty
Finalist: ScotlandScotland Alan McManus
Highest Break: 129 ( John Parrott ) EnglandEngland
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The Regal Scottish Masters 1993 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1993/94 season . The invitation tournament was held from September 22nd to 26th. As in previous years, the venue was the Motherwell Civic Center near Glasgow .

Neal Foulds , who had won the tournament the previous year, was eliminated this time in the quarterfinals against the eventual finalist Alan McManus . The Scot lost the final just 9:10. The winner was Ken Doherty , who won the tournament for the first time and as the first Irishman.

Prize money

£ 15,000 was added to the prize money compared to last year. There was an additional £ 5,000 for the winner and £ 2,500 for the defeated final opponent. The £ 1,500 more for the semi-finalists was also impressive, while the other players only left £ 250 and £ 750 more.

placement Prize money
winner £ 45,000
final £ 22,500
Semifinals £ 12,500
Quarter finals £ 7,000
Round 1 £ 3,750
Highest Break (Final Round) £ 4,500
All in all £ 140,000

Final round

Of the top 8 in the world rankings , only number 8 was missing, the three-time finalist Terry Griffiths . In addition to the defending champion Neal Foulds , three other top 16 players and the Scot Billy Snaddon were invited. In round 1, the players placed 5th to 12th competed against each other. The top 4 were set for the quarterfinals.

Round 1
(Best of 9) 		Quarter Finals
(Best of 11) 		Semi-finals
(Best of 11) 		Final
(Best of 19)
                                   
  1  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds  3    
7th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus  5
7th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus  6th    
11  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor  2   7th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus  6th
  9  EnglandEngland Nigel Bond  4th    
4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White  1
5  EnglandEngland Steve Davis  3
9  EnglandEngland Nigel Bond  6th  
9  EnglandEngland Nigel Bond  5   7th  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus  9
  10  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty  10
3  EnglandEngland John Parrott  4th
6th  ThailandThailand James Wattana  4th
10  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty  6th    
10  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty  5   10  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty  6th
  8th  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne  3  
2  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry  3
8th  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne  5
8th  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne  6th  
12  ScotlandScotland Billy Snaddon  0  


final

Ken Doherty had made it into the top 12 in the world for the first time in his third year as a professional, he had already won four professional titles, but three of them in tournaments without the best players. At the beginning of the year he had won his first ranking tournament with the Welsh Open , in the final he had defeated Alan McManus 9: 7. Although the Scot was already in 6th place after three years as a professional, he had only won the Masters qualification , a tournament without the top 16, so far .

McManus took the initiative from the start, taking the lead 2-1 and 4-2, but Doherty equalized each time. The Scot increased the 5: 4 at the end of the session to 6: 4 at the beginning of the evening session, but again he could not hold the lead. This continued until 8: 8, when Doherty took the lead for the first time in a contested frame. McManus now absolutely had to win and managed to equalize. This was the second time since 1986 that the decision frame was made (at that time still in the Best of 17 mode ). This frame was contested again, in the end Ken Doherty got the upper hand with 85:43 and won his fifth title with a 10: 9 victory.

Final: Best of 19 Frames
Civic Center,  Motherwell , Scotland , 26th September 1993
ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 9: 10 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty
Afternoon : 65 : 53, 0: 85 (63), 58 : 9 (50), 0: 117 (73), 60 : 47, 112 : 1 (81), 0: 118 (118), 0: 85 (85 ), 76:35 ;
Evening : 82 : 9 (53), 0: 74 (74), 15: 73 (72), 82 : 9 (58), 11: 63 , 75 : 6, 1: 68 , 52: 65 , 69 : 37 ( 60), 43:85
81 Highest break 118
- Century breaks 1
5 50+ breaks 6th

Century breaks

5 participants managed a century break during the tournament , tournament winner Ken Doherty even managed two. 129 points was the highest hundred break achieved , for which John Parrott received an additional bonus of £ 4,500.

EnglandEngland John Parrott 129
EnglandEngland Steve Davis 125
IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 118, 108
EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 105
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 102

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  1. ^ Scottish Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on December 5, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c 1993 Scottish Masters - Finishes. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 5, 2018 .
  3. ↑ 1993 Scottish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 5, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Rankings - 1993-1994. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 5, 2018 .