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
Dates	28 August 1993 (broadcast 6 September – 20 October 1993 (1993-09-06 – 1993-10-20))
Venue	Pebble Mill Studios
City	Birmingham
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Highest break	David Roe (104)
Final
Champion	Steve Davis
Runner-up	Mike Hallett
Score	2–0
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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

	Last 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final Best of 3 frames
	Neal Foulds	0
	Steve James	1
					Steve James	1
					Dennis Taylor	0
	Dennis Taylor	1
	Willie Thorne	0
									Steve James	0
									Mike Hallett	1
	Darren Morgan	0
	Peter Ebdon	1
					Peter Ebdon	0
					Mike Hallett	1
	Mike Hallett	1
	Nigel Bond	0
													Mike Hallett	0
													Steve Davis	2
	John Parrott	0
	David Roe	1
					David Roe	0
					Steve Davis	1
	Steve Davis	1
	Martin Clark	0
									Steve Davis	1
									Stephen Hendry	0
	Terry Griffiths	1
	Ken Doherty	0
					Terry Griffiths	0
					Stephen Hendry	1
	Stephen Hendry	1
	Gary Wilkinson	0

Final

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

References

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".