1989 World Snooker Championship

Embassy World Snooker Championship

Tournament information
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 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1989 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) 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' sixth and last world title. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

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]

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

Highest break: £10,500 Maximum break: £100,000 Total: £525,000

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

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

7

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 Highest break by Parrott: 68	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 19 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]

141, 139, 103 Stephen Hendry 133, 111 Mike Hallett 128, 124, 112, 106 Steve Davis 127 Dene O'Kane 112, 101 Tony Meo

110, 104, 103, 102 John Parrott 106 Dennis Taylor 104 Willie Thorne 100 Joe Johnson

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