Thailand Open 1994 (Snooker)
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Thailand Open 1994 Monastery Thailand Open 1994 
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 501 |
| Venue: | Imperial Queens Park Hotel, Bangkok , Thailand |
| Opening: | March 4, 1994 |
| Endgame: | March 12, 1994
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| Winner: |
 James Wattana
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| Finalist: |
 Steve Davis
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| Highest Break: | 142 ( James Wattana )
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The Monastery Thailand Open 1994 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1993/94 season , which was held from March 4th to 12th of that year in Bangkok . The venue was the Imperial Queens Park Hotel , where the Asian Open had already taken place last year. The Asian Open had also taken place in China, with the Thailand Open a national tournament was established again from this year, which, however, followed on from the Asian Open. On the other hand, the tournament continued the Thailand Masters , which had taken place as an invitation tournament in Bangkok until 1991. After four years, the tournament was renamed Thailand Masters again in 1998 .
The Kloster beer brand was the sponsor and namesake of the first Thailand Open .
The first edition of the national ranking tournament was won by a local player: The world number five James Wattana defeated the six-time world champion Steve Davis 9: 7 in the final . It was his second tournament victory in his hometown Bangkok, after he had won the previous tournament Thailand Masters in 1986 , and his second victory in a ranking tournament.
Prize money / ranking points
With total prize money of just under £ 180,000 , the tournament was in the middle of all ranked tournaments of the season and on par with the Asian Open last year. The individual bonus for the winner was also in the middle. In terms of value, the tournament was one of the more important: only in two tournaments there were more than 4,000 points for the world rankings for the winner.
| placement | Prize money | Points a |
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| winner | £ 32,500 | 4,000 |
| final | £ 18,000 | 3,600 |
| Semifinals | £ 9,000 | 3,200 |
| Quarter finals | £ 5,000 | 2,800 |
| Round of 16 | £ 2,500 | 2,400 |
| Last 32 | £ 1,665 | 2,000 |
| Last 48 | 750 pounds | 1,600 |
| Last 64 | 650 pounds | 1,200 |
| Last 96 | 395 pounds | 800 |
| Last 128 | 235 pounds | 400 |
| Round 1-6 | - | 4-200 |
| Highest Break (Final Round) | £ 1,600 | |
| Highest Break (Qualification) | £ 700 | |
| All in all | £ 178,695 |
Wildcard round
In the five editions of the Thailand Masters , which was held between 1983 and 1991 as a national professional tournament, selected local amateurs played against invited international professionals. After the conversion to a ranking tournament, this was partially retained. The organizer gave wild cards to three Thais and one Chinese. These four players were allowed to play in an extra round against the four lowest placed qualifiers in the world rankings for a place in the main round. Three wildcard players took the chance and made it into the first round of the main field against the professionals.
The games of the wildcard round took place at the start of the tournament on March 4th. Game mode for the four games was Best of 9 .
WC = wildcard Final roundUnlike at the Asian Open last year in the same place and unlike the Thailand Masters, the main tournament was played by 32 players. For round 1, the 16 winners of the qualification or wildcard round were drawn from the top 16 of the world rankings . Including the semi-finals, the best of 9 mode (5 winning frames) was played. In the final, the best of 17 was the winner, whoever won 9 frames first. Asian Open winner Dave Harold was seeded as number 1. The biggest surprise of the opening round was the clearly 2: 5 defeat of the world champion and world number one Stephen Hendry against the wildcard player Tai Pichit . It was the only time in the history of the tournament as a ranked tournament that an amateur made it to the round of 16. Tai took part in the professional tour the following season and stayed there for several years. In addition to Hendry, five other players were eliminated from the top 16 in round 1, followed in round 2 by world number two, John Parrott . Otherwise the favorites prevailed and in the semifinals the remaining top players were among themselves. WC = wildcard final
Century breaks8 players scored 18 breaks of 100 or more points in the main tournament. Tournament winner James Wattana contributed more than a third of them, namely 7 pieces . In the final, he managed 3 century breaks , including the highest tournament break of 142 points John Parrott , which earned him an additional bonus of £ 1,600 . The second most successful player was the semi-finalist Alan McManus with 4 Centurys, while the defeated finalist Steve Davis managed without any 100-point breaks. Main tournament
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- ↑ a b c d e 1995 Thailand Open - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed September 22, 2019 .
- ↑ 1995 Thailand Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed September 22, 2019 .
- ↑ 1995 Monastery Thailand Open. snooker.org, accessed on September 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Rankings - 1993-1994. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed September 22, 2019 .