World Snooker Championship 1989

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1 The event
2 Prize Money
3 Results
4 Trivia
5 Highest Break

[edit] The event

The Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 15th April to the 1st May 1989.

[edit] Prize Money

Winner £105,000

Total £525,000

[edit] Results

First Round		Second Round		Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals
Best of 19 frames		Best of 25 frames		Best of 25 frames		Best of 31 frames



Steve Davis	10

Steve Newbury	5
		Steve Davis	13

		Steve Duggan	3
Steve Duggan	10

Cliff Wilson	1
				Steve Davis	13

				Mike Hallett	3
Mike Hallett	10

Doug Mountjoy	7
		Mike Hallett	13

		David Roe	12
David Roe	10

Tony Knowles	6
						Steve Davis	16

						Stephen Hendry	9
Willie Thorne	10

Paddy Browne	5
		Stephen Hendry	13

		Willie Thorne	4
Stephen Hendry	10

Gary Wilkinson	9
				Stephen Hendry	13

				Terry Griffiths	5
Terry Griffiths	10

Bob Chaperon	6
		Terry Griffiths	13

		Silvino Francisco	9
Silvino Francisco	10

Joe O'Boye	6



John Parrott	10

Steve James	9
		John Parrott	13

		Dennis Taylor	10
Dennis Taylor	10

Eugene Hughes	3
				John Parrott	13

				Jimmy White	7
Jimmy White	10

Dene O'Kane	5
		Jimmy White	13

		John Virgo	12
John Virgo	10

Darren Morgan	4
						John Parrott	16

						Tony Meo	7
Eddie Charlton	10

Cliff Thorburn	5
		Tony Meo	13

		Eddie Charlton	8
Tony Meo	10

Joe Johnson	5
				Tony Meo	13

				Dean Reynolds	9
Wayne Jones	10

Neal Foulds	9
		Dean Reynolds	13

		Wayne Jones	3
Dean Reynolds	10

Peter Francisco	7

Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 30 April & 1 May 1989. Referee: John Street
Steve Davis	18-3	John Parrott
Scores to fill		Scores to fill
Steve Davis wins the 1989 Embassy World Snooker Championship

[edit] Trivia

Steve Davis made the biggest margin ever in the Crucible 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.

Stephen Hendry became the first Scot to make the semi-final since the days of Walter Donaldson in the 1940's and 50's.

[edit] Highest Break

141 Stephen Hendry

There were 19 Centuries in the 1989 Embassy World Championship.

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