1992 World Matchplay (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4–12 December 1992 |
| Venue | The Dome Leisure Centre |
| City | Doncaster |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £160,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £70,000[2] |
| Highest break |  Steve Davis (ENG) (141)[3] |
| Final | |
| Champion |  James Wattana |
| Runner-up | Steve Davis |
| Score | 9–4 |
← 1991 | |
The 1992 Coalite World Matchplay was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 12 December 1992 at The Dome Leisure Centre in Doncaster, England.[4] This was the final year the tournament was held as ITV which televised this event from 5 December were soon to be ending their snooker coverage on the channel.[5]
James Wattana won the event, defeating Steve Davis 9–4 in the final which was reduced to a two session best of 17 frames final as it was for the first final 4 years earlier.[6]
Main draw
| Round 1 Best of 17 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Martin Clark | 9 | Martin Clark | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond | 6 | Steve Davis | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Martin Clark | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | Steve Davis | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Alain Robidoux | 3 | Steve Davis | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| James Wattana | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Stephen Hendry | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alan McManus | 9 | Alan McManus | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
 Terry Griffiths | 7 | Alan McManus | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| James Wattana | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Wattana | 9 | James Wattana | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Darren Morgan | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Money to burn". Derby Daily Telegraph. 30 September 1992. p. 36.
- ^ "Gary is top seed for World Matchplay defence". Mansfield & Sutton Recorder. 8 October 1992. p. 30.
- ^ "Wattana is too hot for Davis". Sunday Life. 13 December 1992. p. 66.
- ^ "World warm-up". Burton Daily Mail. 30 September 1992. p. 22.
- ^ "World Matchplay". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 163.