Welsh Open 1992
Welsh Open 1992
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Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
Attendees: | 447 |
Venue: | Newport Center, Newport , Wales |
Opening: | February 10, 1992 |
Endgame: | February 16, 1992
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Winner: | Stephen Hendry |
Finalist: | Darren Morgan |
Highest Break: | 128 ( Stephen Hendry ) |
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The 1992 Welsh Open was a snooker tournament of the 1991/92 season that was held from February 10 to 16, 1992 at the Newport Center in the South Welsh coastal town of Newport . It was the first world ranking tournament in Wales . This was followed by the Welsh professional championship , which last year took place in the same place with the same sponsor, the cigarette brand Regal .
The world number one Stephen Hendry lived up to his favorite role in the absence of number two Steve Davis and number three Jimmy White and won the first Welsh Open title. He defeated the Welshman Darren Morgan in the final with 9: 3.
Prize money / world ranking points
The prize money of £ 120,000 was the second lowest of the season among professional tournaments, only lower at the also newly introduced Strachan Open . However, the number of world ranking points was the same in all tournaments except for the world championship .
Prize money | World ranking points |
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winner | £ 25,000 | 6th |
finalist | £ 13,500 | 5 |
Semi-finalist | £ 6,000 | 4th |
Quarter finalist | £ 3,000 | 3 |
Round of 16 | £ 2,000 | 2 |
Last 32 | £ 1,250 | 1 |
Last 64 | £ 500 | |
Highest break | TV phase: £ 4,000 before: £ 1,500 |
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All in all | £ 120,000 |
Final round
The top 32 of the world rankings were set for the main tournament. The 32 players who had prevailed in the qualification last year were drawn to them.
final
Final: Best of 17 Frames Newport Center, Newport , Wales , February 16, 1992 |
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Stephen Hendry | 9 : 3 | Darren Morgan |
Afternoon : 17: 102 (101), 129 : 0 (129), 78 : 43, 74 : 36, 0: 129 (52, 77), 1: 74 (52), 68 : 54 (50), 7: 83 (83); Evening : 71 : 28, 46: 94 , 70 : 61 (64 Lee, 56 Higgins), 81 : 67 (67), 34: 86 (63), 78 : 42 (71), 13: 113 (54.59) , 0: 100 (100), 8:65 |
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129 | Highest break | 101 |
1 | Century breaks | 2 |
4th | 50+ breaks | 11 |
qualification
The qualifiers took place between August 29 and October 2, 1991. In 7 rounds the field of 447 registered players was reduced to the 32 players who competed in the main tournament in Newport in February 1992 against the top 32 of the world rankings , with better placed players being placed for the higher qualifying rounds.
Century breaks
10 players scored 19 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. 6 of them went to Stephen Hendry's account alone , 3 Centurys contributed to his final victory. Tony Wilson from the Isle of Man was awarded the prize for the highest qualification Break for his 134-point break.
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- ↑ a b 1992 Welsh Open - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed December 17, 2017 .
- ↑ 1992 Welsh Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 17, 2017 .
- ↑ a b 1992 Welsh Open Results. Snooker Database, accessed December 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Rankings - 1991-1992. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 17, 2017 .