1993–94 snooker season

1993–94 snooker season
Details
Duration1 August 1993 – 29 May 1994 (1993-08-01 – 1994-05-29)
Tournaments19 (9 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan
Masters Alan McManus
World Championship Stephen Hendry

The 1993–94 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1993 and May 1994. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

Calendar

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
28 Aug ENG Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham Steve Davis Mike Hallett 2–0[n 1] [1]
22 Sep 26 Sep SCO Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell Ken Doherty Alan McManus 10–9 [2]
4 Oct 10 Oct UAE Dubai Classic Al Nasr Stadium Dubai Stephen Hendry Steve Davis 9–3 [3]
18 Oct 31 Oct ENG Grand Prix Hexagon Theatre Reading Peter Ebdon Ken Doherty 9–6 [4]
6 Nov 10 Nov SCO Benson & Hedges Championship Masters Club Glasgow Ronnie O'Sullivan John Lardner 9–6 [5]
12 Nov 28 Nov ENG UK Championship Guild Hall Preston Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry 10–6 [6]
12 Dec 19 Dec BEL European Open Arenahal Antwerp Stephen Hendry Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–5 [7]
21 Dec 23 Dec THA King's Cup Channel 9 Auditorium Bangkok James Wattana Darren Morgan 8–3 [8]
30 Jan 5 Feb WAL Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport Steve Davis Alan McManus 9–6 [9]
6 Feb 13 Feb ENG The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Alan McManus Stephen Hendry 9–8 [10][11]
13 Feb 19 Feb ENG International Open Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth John Parrott James Wattana 9–4 [12][13]
22 Feb ? Feb ENG Strachan Challenge – Event 1 Jimmy White Snooker Lodge Aldershot Anthony Hamilton Andy Hicks 9–4 [14]
? Mar ? Mar ENG Strachan Challenge – Event 2 Willie Thorne Snooker Lodge Leicester Anthony Hamilton Paul Davies 9–4 [14]
4 Mar 16 Mar THA Thailand Open Imperial Queens Park Hotel Bangkok James Wattana Steve Davis 9–7 [15]
20 Mar 27 Mar IRL Irish Masters Goff's Kill Steve Davis Alan McManus 9–8 [16][17]
30 Mar 7 Apr ENG British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth Ronnie O'Sullivan James Wattana 9–4 [18]
16 Apr 2 May ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Stephen Hendry Jimmy White 18–17 [19]
7 May 14 May WAL Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Ken Doherty Nigel Bond 9–5 [20]
? Jan 29 May GER European League Atlantis Rheinhotel Bingen Stephen Hendry John Parrott 10–7 [21]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[22][23][24]

No. Ch. Name
1 Stephen Hendry
2 John Parrott
3 Jimmy White
4 Steve Davis
5 James Wattana
6 Alan McManus
7 Willie Thorne
8 Terry Griffiths
9 Nigel Bond
10 Darren Morgan
11 Ken Doherty
12 Martin Clark
13 Steve James
14 Neal Foulds
15 Dennis Taylor
16 David Roe

Notes

  1. ^ All matches were recorded in one day, and then broadcast in half hour programme weekly.

References

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  20. ^ Turner, Chris. "Pontins Open, Pontins Professional, Pontins World Pro-Am Series". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  21. ^ "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
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