1993 Masters (snooker)

The 1993 Masters (officially the 1993 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7 and 14 February 1993 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.

Stephen Hendry retained the title by beating James Wattana 9–5 in the final. After the final the Benson & Hedges Masters trophy was given to Hendry to keep for winning the event five times in a row.

Field
Stephen Hendry, defending champion and World Champion was the number 1 seed. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Chris Small (ranked 75), and Ken Doherty (ranked 21), who was the wild-card selection. Nigel Bond, Darren Morgan and Chris Small were making their debuts in the Masters.

Wild-card round
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:

Qualifying
Chris Small won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1992 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time. The event carried ranking points, but only ten percent of the usual tariff.

Century breaks
Total: 11
 * 134 – Jimmy White
 * 131, 129, 105, 105, 101 – Stephen Hendry
 * 131 – John Parrott
 * 107 – James Wattana
 * 106 – Steve Davis
 * 101 – Darren Morgan
 * 100 – Gary Wilkinson

Darren Morgan's century was scored in the wild-card round.