The 1989 StormSeal UK Championship professional ranking snooker tournament took place between 25 November and 3 December 1989 at the Guildhall, Preston, England and the TV stages were shown on BBC. StormSeal became the new sponsor of the UK Championship. The highest break of the tournament was 138 made by Steve Davis.
Defending champion Doug Mountjoy lost in the last 64 against rookie player Joe O'Boye. While the 1988 runner-up Stephen Hendry won his first of five UK titles when he beat six times winner Steve Davis 16–12 and it took him on course for the World No 1 spot in the game.
Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £48,000
Quarter-finals: £12,000
Highest Break: £8,000
Total: £420,000
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Round of 32 Best of 17 frames
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Terry Griffiths 9–8 Tony Jones Alain Robidoux 9–3 Silvino Francisco Bradley Gollan 9–5 Joe O'Boye Stephen Hendry 9–1 Barry West |
Gary Wilkinson 9–6 Brian Morgan Dennis Taylor 9–2 Rex Williams |
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Alain Robidoux | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Alain Robidoux | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Bradley Gollan | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Bennett | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Bennett | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Francisco | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson | 9 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne | 4 | |||||||||||||
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