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1989–90 snooker season

The 1989–90 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between July 1989 and May 1990. The following table outlines the results for ranking and the invitational events.

1989–90 snooker season
Details
DurationJuly 1989 – May 1990
Tournaments24 (10 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipScotland Stephen Hendry
MastersScotland Stephen Hendry
World ChampionshipScotland Stephen Hendry

New professional players

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James Wattana, Barry Pinches, Duncan Campbell, Stephen Murphy, Andrew Cairns, Nick Dyson, Brian Morgan, Brady Gollan, Nigel Bond and Ian Brumby became professionals. All had earnt the right to play off against the lowest-10 ranked existing professionals, through the pro-ticket series. Three of the existing professionals (Greg Jenkins, Bernie Mikkelsen and Frank Jonik) opted instead for non-tournament status, whch meant that Wattana, Pinches and Campbell did not need to play-off.[1]

Play-off results[1]
Player Score Player
  Nick Dyson (ENG) 9–2   Dave Chalmers (ENG)
  Brian Morgan (ENG) 9–0   Pascal Burke (IRE)
  Nigel Bond (ENG) 9–0   Ian Black (SCO)
  Stephen Murphy (ENG) 9–4   Derek Mienie (SAF)
  Ian Brumbey (ENG) 9–3   Billy Kelly (IRE)
  Brady Gollan (CAN) 9–2   Patsy Fagan (IRE)
  Andrew Cairns (ENG) 9–4   Ian Anderson (AUS)

Calendar

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Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
08-03 08-06   NZL NR New Zealand Masters New Zealand Parliament Wellington   Willie Thorne   Joe Johnson 7–4 [2]
08-07 08-13   HKG WR Hong Kong Open International Convention Centre Hong Kong   Mike Hallett   Dene O'Kane 9–8 [3]
08-17 08-27   THA WR Asian Open Channel 12 Studios Bangkok   Stephen Hendry   James Wattana 9–6 [4]
09-02 09-03   HKG NR Hong Kong Gold Cup Queen Elizabeth Stadium Hong Kong   Steve Davis   Alex Higgins 6–3 [5]
09-13 09-17   SCO NR Scottish Masters Scottish Exhibition Centre Glasgow   Stephen Hendry   Terry Griffiths 10–1 [6]
09-19 09-30   ENG WR International Open Trentham Gardens Stoke-on-Trent   Steve Davis   Stephen Hendry 9–4 [7]
10-09 10-22   ENG WR Grand Prix Hexagon Theatre Reading   Steve Davis   Dean Reynolds 10–0 [8]
10-27 11-03   UAE WR Dubai Classic Al Nasr Stadium Dubai   Stephen Hendry   Doug Mountjoy 9–2 [9][10]
05-20 11-12   EUR NR Norwich Union Grand Prix Monte Carlo Monte Carlo   Joe Johnson   Stephen Hendry 5–3 [2]
11-17 12-03   ENG WR UK Championship Guild Hall Preston   Stephen Hendry   Steve Davis 16–12 [11]
12-07 12-16   ENG NR World Matchplay Brentwood Centre Brentwood   Jimmy White   John Parrott 18–9 [12]
01-02 01-13   ENG WR The Classic Norbreck Castle Hotel Blackpool   Steve James   Warren King 10–6 [13]
02-04 02-11   ENG NR The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London   Stephen Hendry   John Parrott 9–4 [14][15]
02-12 02-17   WAL NR Welsh Professional Championship Newport Centre Newport   Darren Morgan   Doug Mountjoy 9–7 [16][17]
02-18 03-04   ENG WR British Open Assembly Rooms Derby   Bob Chaperon   Alex Higgins 10–8 [18][19]
03-10 03-16   FRA WR European Open Palais des Sports Lyon   John Parrott   Stephen Hendry 10–6 [20][21]
03-15 03-18   CHN NR Kent Cup Yuetan Gymnasium Beijing   Marcus Campbell   Tom Finstad 4–1 [22]
03-21 03-24   ENG TE World Cup Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth   Canada   Northern Ireland 9–5 [23][24]
03-27 04-01   IRL NR Irish Masters Goff's Kill   Steve Davis   Dennis Taylor 9–4 [25]
04-13 04-29   ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield   Stephen Hendry   Jimmy White 18–12 [26]
01-?? 05-??   EUR NR International League   Tony Meo   Jimmy White [n 2] [27]
05-?? 05-09   WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn   Stephen Hendry   Mike Hallett 9–6 [28]
10-10 05-15   ENG NR London Masters Café Royal London   Stephen Hendry   John Parrott 4–2 [2]
01-25 05-20   ENG NR Matchroom League   Steve Davis   Stephen Hendry [n 2] [27]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event

Official rankings

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Main article: Snooker world rankings 1989/1990

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[29][30][31]

No. Ch. Name
1     Steve Davis
2     John Parrott
3     Stephen Hendry
4     Jimmy White
5     Terry Griffiths
6     Mike Hallett
7     Cliff Thorburn
8     Dennis Taylor
9     Willie Thorne
10     Doug Mountjoy
11     Joe Johnson
12     Tony Knowles
13     John Virgo
14     Tony Meo
15     Dean Reynolds
16     Steve James

Notes

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  1. ^ Dates use the mm-dd date format.
  2. ^ a b No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only.

References

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  18. ^ Turner, Chris. "British Open Including British Gold Cup, Yamaha Organs Trophy and Yamaha International Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  19. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: British success for the Whirlwind". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  20. ^ Turner, Chris. "Major European Tournaments". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  21. ^ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Birth of the Hurricane". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  22. ^ Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  23. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Cup, World Team Classic, Nations Cup". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  24. ^ "On this Week: Irish hat-trick success". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  25. ^ Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
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  28. ^ Turner, Chris. "Pontins Open, Pontins Professional, Pontins World Pro-Am Series". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  29. ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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  31. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
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