1989 UK Championship
The 1989 UK Championship (also known as the 1989 StormSeal UK Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 November and 3 December 1989 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. StormSeal became the new sponsor of the UK Championship. The televised stages were shown live on the BBC.
| 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 |  |
| Final | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up |  |
| Score | 16–12 |
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Defending champion Doug Mountjoy lost in the last 64 against rookie player Joe O'Boye. The 1988 runner-up Stephen Hendry won the first of his five UK titles by defeating six-times champion Steve Davis 16–12 in the final, taking Hendry on course for the number one spot in the world snooker rankings. The highest break of the tournament was a 138 made by Steve Davis.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £48,000
- Semi-final: £N/A
- Quarter-final: £12,000
- Highest break: £8,000
- Total: £420,000
Main draw
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Final
| Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Len Ganley The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 2 and 3 December 1989. | ||
| Stephen Hendry |
16–12 | Steve Davis |
| First session: 71–52, 75–1, 95–20 (54), 67–50 (Davis 50), 24–73, 18–71 (60), 41–65 Second session: 89–30 (55), 117–6 (88), 89–19 (64), 2–96 (59), 41–69, 105–0 (75), 92–13 (91) Third session: 87–39, 17–75 (62), 37–95, 58–61, 77–33 (77), 29–80 Fourth session: 14–62, 123–13 (123), 112–10 (112), 70–16, 0–138 (138), 40–94, 97–22, 94–5 (66) | ||
| 123 | Highest break | 138 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 10 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Century breaks
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References
- "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- "1989 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.