1989 World Snooker Championship
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 15 April–1 May 1989 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £525,000 |
| Winner's share | £105,000 |
| Highest break |
 Stephen Hendry (141) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Steve Davis |
| Runner-up |
John Parrott |
| Score | 18–3 |
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The 1989 Embassy World Snooker Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 April–1 May 1989 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
Steve Davis won in the final 18–3 against John Parrott. This was Davis's sixth and last world title.
Tournament summary
- 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 sixth title to equal Ray Reardon's total since the competition was re-launched in 1969.[1] The match ended with a session to spare.[2]
- Eddie Charlton defeated Cliff Thorburn 10–9 in the first round. The match ended at 2.40 a.m, and was the second latest finish at the Crucible.[2] With this Charlton became at the age of 59 years and 169 days the second-oldest player to win a match at the World Championship, after Fred Davis in 1979.[3]
- Alex Higgins failed 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.[4][5]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6][7]
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Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[6][8][9][10]
| First round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | |||||||||||
| Best of 19 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 31 frames | |||||||||||
| 15 April | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (1) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
 Steve Newbury |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (1) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 15 & 16 April | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Duggan |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson (16) |
1 | |||||||||||||
| 25 April | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Duggan |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (1) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 16 & 17 April | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett (9) |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett (9) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 21 & 22 April | ||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett (9) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 16 & 17 April | ||||||||||||||
| David Roe |
12 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles (8) |
6 | |||||||||||||
| 27, 28 & 29 April | ||||||||||||||
| David Roe |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (1) |
16 | |||||||||||||
| 17 & 18 April | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (4) |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths (5) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 22, 24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
 Bob Chaperon |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths (5) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 18 & 19 April | ||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Silvino Francisco |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Silvino Francisco (12) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 25 & 26 April | ||||||||||||||
 Joe O'Boye |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths (5) |
5 | |||||||||||||
| 18 & 19 April | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (4) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne (13) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 23 & 24 April | ||||||||||||||
 Paddy Browne |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne (13) |
4 | |||||||||||||
| 19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (4) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (4) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson |
9 | |||||||||||||
| 19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds (3) |
9 | |||||||||||||
| 23 & 24 April | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne Jones |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Jones |
3 | |||||||||||||
| 19 April | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Francisco (14) |
7 | |||||||||||||
| 25 & 26 April | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds |
9 | |||||||||||||
| 18 April | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Meo |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson (11) |
5 | |||||||||||||
| 22, 23 & 24 April | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Meo |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 17 & 18 April | ||||||||||||||
 Eddie Charlton |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn (6) |
9 | |||||||||||||
| 27, 28 & 29 April | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo |
7 | |||||||||||||
| 16 & 17 April | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott (7) |
16 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott (7) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 21 & 22 April | ||||||||||||||
| Steve James |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott (7) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 16 & 17 April | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor (10) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor (10) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 25 & 26 April | ||||||||||||||
| Eugene Hughes |
3 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott (7) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| 15 & 16 April | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White (2) |
7 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo (15) |
10 | |||||||||||||
| 20, 21 & 22 April | ||||||||||||||
| Darren Morgan |
4 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo (15) |
12 | |||||||||||||
| 15 April | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White (2) |
13 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White (2) |
10 | |||||||||||||
 Dene O'Kane |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 30 April & 1 May 1989. Referee: John Street[11] | ||
| Steve Davis (1) England |
18 – 3 | John Parrott (7) England |
| 86–20, 65–28, 20–90, 66–5, 109–16, 78–11, 43–72, 100–6, 72–9, 113–0, 71–0, 74–58, 88–23, 32–68, 115–0, 68–1, 62–47, 56–44, 71–31, 68–6, 70–40 | Century breaks: 1 (Davis 1) Highest break by Davis: 112 |
86–20, 65–28, 20–90, 66–5, 109–16, 78–11, 43–72, 100–6, 72–9, 113–0, 71–0, 74–58, 88–23, 32–68, 115–0, 68–1, 62–47, 56–44, 71–31, 68–6, 70–40 |
| Steve Davis wins the 1989 Embassy World Snooker Championship | ||
Century breaks
There were nineteen century breaks in the 1989 World Snooker Championship. The highest break of the event was 141 made by Stephen Hendry.[12] The highest break of the qualifying stage was 143 made by Darren Morgan.[6][13]
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References
- ↑ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- 1 2 "1989: Davis makes it six". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 132.
- ↑ "Alex Higgins at the World Championships". Snooker Database. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ↑ "Darren Morgan Player Profile". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- 1 2 3 "World Championship 1989". Global Snooker. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 130.
- ↑ "1989 World Championships Results Grid". Snooker Database. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ↑ "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. pp. 28–29.
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 143.
- ↑ Kastner, Hugo. "Snooker – Spieler, Regeln & Rekorde (May 2011 update)". Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ↑ Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 147.
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