The 1992 Masters (officially the 1992 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 2 and 9 February 1992 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–9 February 1992 |
| Venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Highest break |  Jimmy White (ENG) (139) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Stephen Hendry (SCO) |
| Runner-up | John Parrott (ENG) |
| Score | 9–4 |
← 1991 1993 → | |
Stephen Hendry retained his title by beating John Parrott 9–4 in the final. This was Parrott's last of his three masters finals, he would retire without winning the event.
Field
Defending champion Stephen Hendry 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, Ken Doherty (ranked 51), and James Wattana (ranked 20), who was the wild-card selection. Ken Doherty and Tony Jones were making their debuts in the Masters.
Wild-card round
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:[1][2]
| Match | Date | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Monday 3 February | Tony Jones (ENG) (15) | 4–5 |  Ken Doherty (IRL) |
| WC2 | Sunday 2 February | Tony Knowles (ENG) (16) | 1–5 |  James Wattana (THA) |
Main draw
| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Martin Clark (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen Hendry | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Dean Reynolds | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Mike Hallett (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Dean Reynolds (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen Hendry | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jimmy White | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Gary Wilkinson (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 |  Alain Robidoux (CAN) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Alain Robidoux | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jimmy White | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jimmy White (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Doug Mountjoy (WAL) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | John Parrott | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Steve Davis (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Steve Davis | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Neal Foulds | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Neal Foulds (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Terry Griffiths (WAL) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Neal Foulds | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | John Parrott | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Steve James (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Wattana (THA) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Wattana | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | John Parrott | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | John Parrott (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty (IRL) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 9 February 1992. | ||
| Stephen Hendry Scotland | 9–4 | John Parrott England |
| First session: 110–0 (81), 56–50, 64–22, 136–0 (136), 58–68, 49–61, 77–32 (67), 64–38, 71–11, 1–119 (81), 6–62, 91–1 (91), 97–0 | ||
| 136 | Highest break | 81 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Qualifying
Ken Doherty won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1991 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.[3]
Century breaks
Total: 8
- 139 – Jimmy White
- 136, 118 – Stephen Hendry
- 130, 105 – James Wattana
- 119 – Gary Wilkinson
- 114 – John Parrott
- 101 – Steve Davis
James Wattana's 130 was scored in the wild-card round.