1989 UK Championship (snooker)

StormSeal UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates 25 November–3 December 1989
Venue Guild Hall
City Preston
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £420,000
Winner's share £100,000
Highest break 138
Final
Champion Scotland Stephen Hendry
Runner-up England Steve Davis
Score 16–12
1988
1990

The 1989 StormSeal UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 November and 3 December 1989 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The televised stages were shown live 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 by defeating six times winner Steve Davis 16–12 and it took him on course for the world number on spot in the rankings.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Main draw

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Round of 32 Best of 17 frames

Wales Terry Griffiths 9–8 Tony Jones England

England Tony Knowles 9–7 Tony Drago Malta

Canada Alain Robidoux 9–3 Silvino Francisco South Africa

Canada Bradley Gollan 9–5 Joe O'Boye Northern Ireland

Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–1 Barry West England

England Dean Reynolds 9–8 Wayne Jones Wales

Wales Mark Bennett 9–7 Kirk Stevens Canada

South Africa Peter Francisco 9–5 Cliff Thorburn Canada

England Jimmy White 9–5 Neal Foulds England

England Joe Johnson 9–6 Martin Clark England

England John Parrott 9–8 Bob Chaperon Canada

England Gary Wilkinson 9–6 Brian Morgan England

Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9–2 Rex Williams England

England Mike Hallett 9–0 Dene O'Kane New Zealand

England Willie Thorne 9–3 Alex Higgins Northern Ireland

England Steve Davis 9–3 Cliff Wilson Wales

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
 England Terry Griffiths  9
 England Tony Knowles  7  
 Wales Terry Griffiths  9
   Canada Alain Robidoux  2  
 Canada Alain Robidoux  9
 Canada Bradley Gollan  5  
 Wales Terry Griffiths  7
   Scotland Stephen Hendry  9  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  9
 England Dean Reynolds  8  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  9
   Wales Mark Bennett  2  
 Wales Mark Bennett  9
 South Africa Peter Francisco  3  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  16
   England Steve Davis  12
 England Jimmy White  9
 England Joe Johnson  6  
 England Jimmy White  0
   England Gary Wilkinson  9  
 England Gary Wilkinson  9
 England John Parrott  6  
 England Gary Wilkinson  8
   England Steve Davis  9  
 England Mike Hallett  9
 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor  6  
 England Mike Hallett  5
   England Steve Davis  9  
 England Steve Davis  9
 England Willie Thorne  4  

Century breaks

References

  1. "1989 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2012.