Scottish Masters 1989

Scottish Masters 1989 Regal Masters 1989
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Attendees:	10
Venue:	SECC , Glasgow , Scotland
Opening:	September 13, 1989
Endgame:	17th September 1989
Winner:	Stephen Hendry
Finalist:	Terry Griffiths
Highest Break:	134 ( John Parrott )
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The Regal Scottish Masters 1989 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1989/90 season . The invitation tournament was held from September 13th to 17th.

After the whiskey manufacturer Langs Supreme left as a sponsor in 1987, no sponsor was found in the previous year. Thanks to the commitment of Stephen Hendry's management, the Imperial Tobacco Group and its Regal cigarette brand were able to be won as a supporter and the Scottish Masters restarted this year. There were numerous changes in the new edition, including the move to an event center, the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center , after the tournament had previously mainly been held in hotel rooms.

Joe Johnson , who had won the last edition of the tournament two years earlier, did not start this time. The Scot Stephen Hendry had made it into the top of the world in the last two years and was the dominant player this time. He won the final against Terry Griffiths 10-1, the highest win in tournament history. Griffiths from Welsh had lost the final against Johnson in 1987 .

Prize money

With the new sponsor, the prize money increased by two thirds from £ 52,000 to £ 86,000 . The prize for the winner had more than doubled, and the losing finalist got £ 6,000 more. The quarterfinal losers only got £ 625 more, but this time there were also two contestants more than two years earlier, each earning £ 1,500.

placement	Prize money
winner	£ 32,500
final	£ 16,000
Semifinals	£ 8,000
Quarter finals	£ 3,750
Round 1	£ 1,500
Highest Break (Final Round)	£ 3,500
All in all	£ 86,000

Final round

The tournament basically remained a tournament for the top 8 in the world rankings . From this edition, however, a preliminary round was introduced in which two other invited players got a chance. This time they were Murdo MacLeod and John Rea , the two best-placed Scots after Stephen Hendry , but only 45th and 66th place in the ranking. The top 6 were seeded for the quarter-finals, the remaining 4 players competed against each other in round 1 and the two winners then played against the two top seeded players.

Besides the number of players, the mode had also changed. In the quarter-finals, the game was no longer played up to the fifth, but up to the sixth won frame, the final was best-of-19 (10 winning frames) instead of best-of-17 as before.

Round 1 (Best of 11)

Quarter Finals (Best of 11)

Semi-finals (Best of 11)

Final (Best of 19)

8th

Dennis Taylor

2

10

John Rea

6th

1

Steve Davis

6th

10

John Rea

2

1

Steve Davis

2

5

Terry Griffiths

6th

4th

Jimmy White

3

5

Terry Griffiths

6th

5

Terry Griffiths

1

3

Stephen Hendry

10

3

Stephen Hendry

6th

6th

Mike Hallett

1

3

Stephen Hendry

6th

2

John Parrott

4th

2

John Parrott

6th

7th

Cliff Thorburn

5

7th

Cliff Thorburn

6th

9

Murdo MacLeod

2

final

The tournament was the ideal stage for the new Scottish top player Stephen Hendry . He had won three tournaments in the preseason and made it to the finals three more times, but no professional tournament had taken place in Scotland. That is why his management company promoted the reintroduction of the Scottish Masters. Hendry lived up to his role as a favorite in front of his home crowd and reached the final. He had won 10 of 14 finals in his young career, including the Asian Open three weeks earlier . Terry Griffiths also had numerous successes, but his most successful period was in the early and mid-1980s. In the last three years the finals had gotten fewer and then he had almost always lost them. The two had played against each other 7 times in the previous year and a half and the Welshman was almost always clearly inferior.

This time, too, it was a very one-sided game. After Stephen Hendry had fought for the first three frames, he really got going and won the next four frames with high, game-changing breaks. Griffiths didn't break a single break with more than 50 points during the entire endgame. After Hendry's 8-0 win, he at least managed to get a frame at the end of the session. In the evening the Scot left no doubt, a 55-point break and finally a century break with 132 points produced the final result of 10: 1. It was the clearest result in the history of the Scottish Masters , in the 21 editions the losing player always won at least 4 frames.

Final: Best of 19 Frames Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center ,  Glasgow , Scotland , September 17, 1989
Terry Griffiths	1: 10	Stephen Hendry
Afternoon : 8: 77 , 25: 95 , 46: 55 , 15: 67 (60), 16: 87 (74), 0: 102 (97), 44: 95 (95), 16: 79 , 70 : 63; Evening : 24: 92 (55), 0: 132 (132)
-	Highest break	132
-	Century breaks	1
6th	50+ breaks	-

Century breaks

The four breaks of 100 or more points were spread over the four tournament rounds. John Parrott earned a bonus of £ 3,500 for the highest tournament break of 134 points.

John Parrott	134
Stephen Hendry	132
Steve Davis	109
Murdo MacLeod	100

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1. ^ Scottish Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on December 7, 2018 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 1989 Scottish Masters - Finishes. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 7, 2018 . 
3. ↑ 1989 Scottish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 7, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Rankings - 1989-1990. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 7, 2018 .