British Open 1991

British Open 1991 Pearl Assurance British Open 1991
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Attendees:	134
Venue:	Assembly Rooms , Derby , England
Opening:	February 17, 1991
Endgame:	March 2, 1991
Winner:	Stephen Hendry
Finalist:	Gary Wilkinson
Highest Break:	139 ( Gary Wilkinson )
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The Pearl Assurance British Open 1991 was a snooker tournament of the 1990/91 season , which was played in Derby from February 17th to March 2nd . The Assembly Rooms in the central English city were the venue for the ranking tournament for the seventh time.

The Canadian Bob Chaperon , who won the tournament last year, was eliminated in the first round this time. The new world champion and world number one Stephen Hendry also proved his dominance in this tournament. He made it to the final and defeated the Englishman Gary Wilkinson there , if only just 10: 9. For the Scotsman it was the eighth win of the season, among other things he had won 5 of the previous 6 world ranking tournaments.

Main tournament

The top 32 of the world rankings were set for the main tournament. The players from 33rd place played three qualifying rounds, the 32 remaining players were then drawn into the top 32.

	First round best of 9 frames					Second round best of 9 frames					Round of 16 best of 9 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-final best of 17 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Stephen Hendry	5
	-	Alan McManus	2
						1	Stephen Hendry	5
						-	Franky Chan	0
	25th	Bob chaperone	4th
	-	Franky Chan	5
											1	Stephen Hendry	5
											15th	Tony Meo	4th
	15th	Tony Meo	5
	65	Jason Smith	3
						15th	Tony Meo	5
						5	Doug Mountjoy	4th
	5	Doug Mountjoy	5
	37	Rex Williams	1
																1	Stephen Hendry	5
																10	Dennis Taylor	1
	10	Dennis Taylor	5
	-	Gary Natale	4th
						10	Dennis Taylor	5
						54	Brady Gollan	0
	23	Dene O'Kane	3
	54	Brady Gollan	5
											10	Dennis Taylor	5
											8th	Dean Reynolds	1
	8th	Dean Reynolds	5
	109	Duncan Campbell	2
						8th	Dean Reynolds	5
						39	Warren King	3
	9	Steve James	3
	39	Warren King	5
																					1	Stephen Hendry	9
																					2	Steve Davis	7th
	2	Steve Davis	5
	34	Eugene Hughes	2
						2	Steve Davis	5
						12	Martin Clark	2
	12	Martin Clark	5
	50	Ian Graham	2
											2	Steve Davis	5
											48	Colin Roscoe	3
	3	John Parrott	3
	48	Colin Roscoe	5
						48	Colin Roscoe	5
						31	Eddie Charlton	1
	31	Eddie Charlton	5
	91	Steve Campbell	4th
																2	Steve Davis	5
																7th	Mike Hallett	3
	7th	Mike Hallett	5
	76	Mick Price	4th
						7th	Mike Hallett	5
						17th	Joe Johnson	2
	17th	Joe Johnson	5
	-	Chris Cookson	3
											7th	Mike Hallett	5
											100	Robby Foldvari	2
	28	Cliff Wilson	0
	100	Robby Foldvari	5
						100	Robby Foldvari	5
						13	Neal Foulds	4th
	13	Neal Foulds	kl.
	-	Jonathan Birch	-
																									1	Stephen Hendry	10
																										19th	Gary Wilkinson	9
	19th	Gary Wilkinson	5
	47	John Campbell	2
						19th	Gary Wilkinson	5
						26th	Silvino Francisco	2
	26th	Silvino Francisco	5
	52	Jim Wych	2
											19th	Gary Wilkinson	5
											32	James Wattana	2
	32	James Wattana	5
	36	David Roe	3
						32	James Wattana	5
						98	Stephen Murphy	2
	14th	John Virgo	3
	98	Stephen Murphy	5
																19th	Gary Wilkinson	5
																35	Tony Jones	3
	22nd	Wayne Jones	3
	35	Tony Jones	5
						35	Tony Jones	5
						68	Kirk Stevens	3
	20th	Steve Newbury	2
	68	Kirk Stevens	5
											35	Tony Jones	5
											21st	Tony Knowles	3
	21st	Tony Knowles	5
	-	Jason Prince	3
						21st	Tony Knowles	5
						33	Mark Bennett	1
	27	Barry West	2
	33	Mark Bennett	5
																				19th	Gary Wilkinson	9
																					4th	Jimmy White	8th
	4th	Jimmy White	5
	49	Jack McLaughlin	2
						4th	Jimmy White	5
						29	Danny Fowler	3
	29	Danny Fowler	5
	70	Tony Wilson	2
											4th	Jimmy White	5
											6th	Terry Griffiths	3
	6th	Terry Griffiths	5
	67	Joe Grech	0
						6th	Terry Griffiths	5
						46	Robert Marshall	3
	11	Willie Thorne	4th
	46	Robert Marshall	5
																4th	Jimmy White	5
																16	Alain Robidoux	3
	16	Alain Robidoux	5
	-	Ken Doherty	4th
						16	Alain Robidoux	5
						24	Peter Francisco	2
	24	Peter Francisco	5
	-	David Taylor	2
											16	Alain Robidoux	5
											30th	Tony Drago	0
	30th	Tony Drago	5
	40	Darren Morgan	2
						30th	Tony Drago	5
						80	Andrew Cairns	3
	18th	Cliff Thorburn	4th
	80	Andrew Cairns	5

kl. = without a fight

final

Final: Best of 19 Frames Referee: Len Ganley Assembly Rooms,  Derby , England , 2nd March 1991
Stephen Hendry	10 : 9	Gary Wilkinson
Afternoon : 87 : 4 (80), 83 : 5, 51: 76 (51 Hendry), 7: 65 , 6: 69 (69), 7: 68 , 47: 79 (53), 69 : 67 (67 Wilkinson) , 18:73 (71); Evening : 88 : 33, 80 : 25, 53 : 35, 20: 102 , 24: 68 , 83 : 15 (55), 135 : 0 (118), 65 : 27, 36: 99 (91), 87 : 2
118	Highest break	91
1	Century breaks	-
4th	50+ breaks	5

swell

1. ↑ British Open Including British Gold Cup, Yamaha Organs Trophy and Yamaha International Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on November 12, 2019 . 
2. ↑ 1991 British Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed November 12, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Rankings - 1990-1991. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed November 12, 2019 .