1989 World Snooker Championship
The 1989 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between 15 April – 1 May 1989.
Steve Davis won in the final 18–3 against John Parrott. This was Davis' sixth and last world title.
Notable moments
- Steve Davis won by the biggest margin ever at a World Snooker Championship when he beat John Parrott 18–3 in the final to win his 6th World title to equal Ray Reardon's since the competition was re-launched in 1969. It was also the second time in Crucible history that the match ended with a <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">session to spare</dfn> when Davis won the remaining five <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">frames</dfn> after leading 13–3 on the Sunday night during the afternoon <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">session</dfn> in just over an hour.
- Alex Higgins fails to qualify for the championship for the first time in his career after he lost to Darren Morgan 8–10 in the final qualifying round, in which Morgan made his debut. By then only Cliff Thorburn and Dennis Taylor had played at every Crucible Championship since it started in 1977 and every major round in the World Championship since 1973.
- There were nineteen <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">century breaks</dfn> in the 1989 World Snooker Championship. The highest break of the event was 141 made by Stephen Hendry. The highest break of the qualifying stage was 143 made by Darren Morgan[1]
Prize money
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- Winner: £105,000
- Runner-up: £63,000
- Semi-finalist: £31,500
- Quarter-finalist: £15,750
- Last 16: £7,875
- Last 32: £4,430
- Last 48: £3,445
- Last 64: £1,805
Main draw
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