Wild Card Round
In the preliminary round, the qualifier and wildcard players played the 15th and 16th seeds:
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Tony Drago | 2–5 | Brian Morgan |
| WC2 | Mark Williams | 5–1 | Paul Hunter |
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