1989_World_Matchplay_(snooker)

1989 World Matchplay (snooker)

1989 World Matchplay (snooker)

Snooker tournament

The 1989 Everest World Matchplay was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place in 7 to 16 December 1989 in Brentwood, England with ITV showing television coverage from 9 December.[1]

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The matches had now been expanded to 17 frame matches up to the semi-final and the final, a 35 frame, four session match as in the World Championship and Jimmy White won the event, defeating John Parrott 18–9 in the final.[2]

Stephen Hendry got the highest break of the championship with 129. He received £10,000 in prize money.

Main draw

Round 1
Best of 17 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 17 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames 		Final
Best of 35 frames
England Steve Davis 7
England Tony Meo 7 England Dean Reynolds 9
England Dean Reynolds 9 England Dean Reynolds 8
England Jimmy White 9
England Jimmy White 9
Wales Doug Mountjoy 9 Wales Doug Mountjoy 5
England Willie Thorne 2 England Jimmy White 18
England John Parrott 9
Scotland Stephen Hendry 9
Wales Terry Griffiths 9 Wales Terry Griffiths 3
Canada Cliff Thorburn 5 Scotland Stephen Hendry 8
England John Parrott 9
England John Parrott 9
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 6
England Mike Hallett 6

References

  1. [1]
    "World Matchplay". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  2. [2]
    Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 158.
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