1989 World Snooker Championship

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 and 1 May 1989 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates15 April – 1 May 1989
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£525,000
Winner's share£105,000
Highest break Stephen Hendry (141)
Final
Champion Steve Davis
Runner-up John Parrott
Score18–3
← 1988
1990 →

Steve Davis won in the final 18–3 against John Parrott, which remains the biggest margin of defeat in the sport's modern era. This was Davis' sixth and last world title, and also his last appearance in a World Championship final.[1] The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.

Tournament summary

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[7][8]

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).[7][9][10][11]

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 (12)  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[12]
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.[13] The highest break of the qualifying stage was 143 made by Darren Morgan.[7][14]

References
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  7. "World Championship 1989". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  8. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 130.
  9. "1989 World Championships Results Grid". Snooker Database. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  10. "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  11. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. pp. 28–29.
  12. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 143.
  13. Kastner, Hugo. "Snooker – Spieler, Regeln & Rekorde (May 2011 update)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  14. Downer, Chris (2012). Crucible Almanac. p. 147.
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