The 1991 Pot Black was the first of the revived professional invitational snooker tournament after a 5-year absence and the 19th series altogether. It took place between 18 and 20 August 1991 and broadcast in September and October. This time, the tournament was held at Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent which formally hosted the International and it was played alongside the Junior Pot Black competition which also got revived, and featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system. All matches until the semi-final were one-frame shoot-outs, the semi-final was aggregate score of two frames and the final being contested over the best of three frames.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18–20 August 1991 (broadcast 2 September-16 October 1991) |
| Venue | Trentham Gardens |
| City | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Highest break |  ??? |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Steve Davis |
| Runner-up |  Stephen Hendry |
| Score | 2–1 |
← 1986 1992 → | |
Broadcasts had been moved from primetime BBC2 to an afternoon slot on BBC1 and shown on Mondays and Wednesdays and the series started at 15:05 on Monday 2 September 1991,.[1] Eamonn Holmes was the new presenter for the series and three times Pot Black champion John Spencer joined Ted Lowe in the commentary box for the new series while John Williams remained as referee.
Players in this year's series were the top 16 ranked players for the 1991–92 season including former Pot Black winners Doug Mountjoy, Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths and defending champion Jimmy White and former Junior Pot Black players Dean Reynolds, John Parrott and Stephen Hendry. The final was won by Davis by winning the title for the third time beating Hendry 2–1 and equalling John Spencer and Eddie Charlton.[2][3]
Main draw
edit| Last 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final Best of 3 frames | ||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Martin Clark
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Jones
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Terry Griffiths
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve James
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
Final
edit| Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: John Williams Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 20 August 1991 (Broadcast 16 October 1991). | ||
| Steve Davis England
|
2–1 | Stephen Hendry Scotland
|
| 62–40, 4–101 (55),80–18 | ||
| ?? | Highest break | 55 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 0 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
References
edit- ^ "BBC Television – 2 September 1991 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "BBC Television – 16 October 1991 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "CueTracker - 1991 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".