1993 Pot Black

The 1993 Pot Black was the third of the revived professional invitational snooker tournament, the 21st series altogether and the last series of Pot Black in its traditional form. Recording took place on 28 August 1993 and broadcast in the autumn of the same year.[1] The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and had reverted to the traditional format after the 1992 "Timeframe" was unpopular with viewers and players. It featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system. All matches until the semi-final were one-frame shoot-outs, the semi-final was an aggregate score of two frames and the final being contested over the best of three frames.

Pot Black 93
Tournament information
Dates28 August 1993 (broadcast 6 September – 20 October 1993 (1993-09-06 – 1993-10-20))
VenuePebble Mill Studios
CityBirmingham
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-Ranking event
Highest breakEngland David Roe (104)
Final
ChampionEngland Steve Davis
Runner-upEngland Mike Hallett
Score2–0
1992
1997

Broadcasts were shown on Monday afternoons on BBC1 except the semi-finals and final were for three days and the series started at 15:05 on Monday 6 September 1993.[2] David Vine was the new presenter for the series replacing Eamonn Holmes and Ted Lowe remained in the commentary box with some of the players as co-commentators while John Williams refereed the series.

The final was won by Steve Davis beating Mike Hallett 2–0 and winning the Pot Black title for the fourth time beating John Spencer and Eddie Charlton's record of three titles.[3][4]

Main draw edit

Last 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Best of 3 frames
        
Neal Foulds0
Steve James1
Steve James1
Dennis Taylor0
Dennis Taylor1
Willie Thorne0
Steve James0
Mike Hallett1
Darren Morgan0
Peter Ebdon1
Peter Ebdon0
Mike Hallett1
Mike Hallett1
Nigel Bond0
Mike Hallett0
Steve Davis2
John Parrott0
David Roe1
David Roe0
Steve Davis1
Steve Davis1
Martin Clark0
Steve Davis1
Stephen Hendry0
Terry Griffiths1
Ken Doherty0
Terry Griffiths0
Stephen Hendry1
Stephen Hendry1
Gary Wilkinson0

Final edit

Final: Best of 3 frames.
Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, Summer 1993 (Broadcast 20 October 1993).
Steve Davis
 England
2–0Mike Hallett
 England

References edit

  1. ^ "Snooker's top shots in line-up". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 15 August 1993. p. 6.
  2. ^ "BBC Television – 6 September 1993 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  3. ^ "BBC Television – 20 October 1993 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  4. ^ "CueTracker - 1993 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".