1989 World Matchplay (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7–16 December 1989 |
| Venue | International Centre |
| City | Brentwood |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £250,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £100,000[2] |
| Highest break |  Stephen Hendry (SCO) (129)[2] |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Jimmy White |
| Runner-up | John Parrott |
| Score | 18–9 |
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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][3]
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.[4]
Stephen Hendry got the highest break of the championship with 129. He received £10,000 in prize money.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £40,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Round 1: £5,000
- Highest break: £10,000
- Total: £250,000[1]
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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Meo
| 7 | Dean Reynolds
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds
| 9 | Dean Reynolds
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Doug Mountjoy
| 9 | Doug Mountjoy
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
| 2 | Jimmy White
| 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
| 9 | Terry Griffiths
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Cliff Thorburn
| 5 | Stephen Hendry
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Dennis Taylor
| 9 | Dennis Taylor
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b c "Brentwood is back on cue". Brentwood Gazette. 8 September 1989. p. 71.
- ^ a b c Terry Smith, ed. (1990). "Everest World Matchplay Results". Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Seventh ed.). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. p. 80. ISBN 0720719550.
- ^ "World Matchplay". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 158.