1993 British Open

1993 Wickes British OpenTournament information

Dates| 22 February – 6 March 1993 (1993-02-22 – 1993-03-06)
Venue| Assembly Rooms
City| Derby
Country| England
Organisation| WPBSA
Format| Ranking event
Total prize fund| £250,000[1]
Winner's share| £50,000[1]
Highest break|  Steve Davis (ENG) (139)[2]
Final
Champion|  Steve Davis (ENG)
Runner-up|  James Wattana (THA)
Score| 10–2

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The 1993 British Open (officially the 1993 Wickes British Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 22 February to 6 March 1993 at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, England.[3] ITV televised the event from 27 February.[4]

Steve Davis won the tournament by defeating James Wattana ten frames to two in the final. The defending champion Jimmy White was defeated in the semi-final by Davis.[5]

## Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]

* Winner: £50,000
* Final: £25,000
* Semi-final: £12,500
* Quarter-final: £7,000
* Last 16: £3,500
* Last 32: £2,000
* Last 64: £1,000

* Last 96: £450
* Last 128: £200
* Last 192: £100
* Stage one highest break: £800
* Stage two highest break: £2,000
* Total: £250,000

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## Main draw

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| Last 64
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 32
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 16
Best of 9 frames | | | Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames | | | Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames | | | Final
Best of 19 frames |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
|  Jimmy White | 5 | | | | | |
|  Brady Gollan | 4 |
| |  Jimmy White | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Joe Johnson | 3 |
|  Joe Johnson | 5 |

|  Anthony O'Connor | 2 |
| |  Jimmy White | 5 |
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| | |  Darren Morgan | 3 |
|  Darren Morgan | 5 | |

|  Paul Davies | 1 |
| |  Darren Morgan | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Warren King | 0 |
|  Warren King | 5 |

|  Tony Jones | 2 |
| |  Jimmy White | 5 |
|  |
| | |  John Higgins | 3 |
|  Joe Swail | 5 | | |

|  Alain Robidoux | 2 |
| |  Joe Swail | 4 |
|  |
| | |  Troy Shaw | 5 |
|  Troy Shaw | 5 |

|  Danny Fowler | 4 |
| |  Troy Shaw | 2 |
|  |
| | |  John Higgins | 5 |
|  John Higgins | 5 | |

|  Terry Griffiths | 2 |
| |  John Higgins | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Nick Terry | 3 |
|  Nick Terry | 5 |

|  Dean Reynolds | 3 |
| |  Jimmy White | 3 |
|  |
| | |  Steve Davis | 6 |
|  Danny Smith | 5 | | | |

|  Neal Foulds | 3 |
| |  Danny Smith | 1 |
|  |
| | |  Ken Doherty | 5 |
|  Ken Doherty | 5 |

|  Franky Chan | 3 |
| |  Ken Doherty | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Willie Thorne | 3 |
|  Willie Thorne | 5 | |

|  Jimmy Michie | 3 |
| |  Willie Thorne | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Anthony Hamilton | 1 |
|  Anthony Hamilton | 5 |

|  Doug Mountjoy | 1 |
| |  Ken Doherty | 4 |
|  |
| | |  Steve Davis | 5 |
|  Stephen Lee | 5 | | |

|  Steve James | 2 |
| |  Stephen Lee | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Dene O'Kane | 1 |
|  Dene O'Kane | 5 |

|  Eugene Hughes | 4 |
| |  Stephen Lee | 2 |
|  |
| | |  Steve Davis | 5 |
|  Steve Davis | 5 | |

|  Les Dodd | 0 |
| |  Steve Davis | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Dave Finbow | 2 |
|  Dave Finbow | 5 |

|  Peter Francisco | 2 |
| |  Steve Davis | 10 |
|  |
| | |  James Wattana | 2 |
|  John Parrott | 5 | | | | |

|  Alex Higgins | 0 |
| |  John Parrott | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Mike Hallett | 4 |
|  Mike Hallett | 5 |

|  Chris Small | 2 |
| |  John Parrott | 2 |
|  |
| | |  Tony Drago | 5 |
|  Martin Clark | 5 | |

|  Brian Morgan | 0 |
| |  Martin Clark | 2 |
|  |
| | |  Tony Drago | 5 |
|  Tony Drago | 5 |

|  Jim Wych | 2 |
| |  Tony Drago | 2 |
|  |
| | |  James Wattana | 5 |
|  Ian Graham | 5 | | |

|  Dennis Taylor | 1 |
| |  Ian Graham | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Silvino Francisco | 1 |
|  Silvino Francisco | 5 |

|  Ian Sargeant | 1 |
| |  Ian Graham | 1 |
|  |
| | |  James Wattana | 5 |
|  James Wattana | 5 | |

|  Mark Davis | 4 |
| |  James Wattana | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Steve Newbury | 2 |
|  Steve Newbury | 5 |

|  Mark Johnston-Allen | 1 |
| |  James Wattana | 6 |
|  |
| | |  Stephen Hendry | 4 |
|  Peter Ebdon | 5 | | | |

|  Gary Wilkinson | 4 |
| |  Peter Ebdon | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Craig Edwards | 0 |
|  Craig Edwards | 5 |

|  Tony Knowles | 1 |
| |  Peter Ebdon | 2 |
|  |
| | |  Mark Bennett | 5 |
|  Nigel Bond | 5 | |

|  Tony Meo | 2 |
| |  Nigel Bond | 2 |
|  |
| | |  Mark Bennett | 5 |
|  Mark Bennett | 5 |

|  Darren Hackeson | 2 |
| |  Mark Bennett | 0 |
|  |
| | |  Stephen Hendry | 5 |
|  Alan McManus | 5 | | |

|  Jason Prince | 2 |
| |  Alan McManus | 3 |
|  |
| | |  David Roe | 5 |
|  David Roe | 5 |

|  Mark Williams | 1 |
| |  David Roe | 2 |
|  |
| | |  Stephen Hendry | 5 |
|  Stephen Hendry | 5 | |

|  Jason Ferguson | 0 |
| |  Stephen Hendry | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Eddie Charlton | 0 |
|  Eddie Charlton | 5 |

|  Colin Roscoe | 0 |

## Final

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Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:
Assembly Rooms, Derby, England. 6 March 1993.

Steve Davis
England | 10–2  | James Wattana
Thailand
Afternoon: 62–20 (61), 116–10 (90), 59–30, 93–21 (54), 52–65, 67–46 (54), 69–19, 80–12 (58)
Evening: 65–56 (52), 95–8, 31–90, 65–23 (50)
90 | Highest break  |
0 | Century breaks  | 0
7 | 50+ breaks  | 0

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Can Gary go one better this time?". Nottingham Evening Post. 19 February 1993. p. 43.
2. ^ "Davis hits super form". Burton Daily Mail. 8 March 1993. p. 21.
3. ^ "Welsh nine hunt crown". South Wales Echo. 19 February 1993. p. 17.
4. ^ a b Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 163.
5. ^ "British Open". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
6. ^ "British Open". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

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