Scottish Masters 1990

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Scottish Masters 1990
Regal Masters 1990
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Attendees: 10
Venue: Civic Center, Motherwell , Scotland
Opening: September 12, 1990
Endgame: September 16, 1990

Winner: ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
Finalist: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
Highest Break: 138 ( Stephen Hendry ) ScotlandScotland
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The Regal Scottish Masters 1990 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1990/91 season . The invitation tournament was held from September 12th to 16th. After the first eight editions were held in Glasgow , this year they moved to the neighboring town of Motherwell . The local Civic Center remained the venue for the Scottish Masters until 2000.

For the second time in a row and for the second time since the tournament was re-launched in 1989, the final was Stephen Hendry versus Terry Griffiths . The Scottish world champion and world number one won 10: 6. This made him the third player to defend his Scottish Masters title. For Griffiths from Welsh, however, it was the third consecutive defeat in the final in the tournament he never won.

Prize money

Sponsor Regal added £ 10,000 compared to its first engagement the previous year. Rewards for players increased from £ 500 for first round participants to £ 2,500 for the winner.

placement Prize money
winner £ 35,000
final £ 17,500
Semifinals £ 9,000
Quarter finals £ 4,500
Round 1 £ 2,000
Highest Break (Final Round) £ 3,500
All in all £ 96,000

Final round

In addition to the top 9 in the world rankings , Welshman Darren Morgan also got a place in the tournament. 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.

  Round 1
(Best of 11) 		Quarter Finals
(Best of 11) 		Semi-finals
(Best of 11) 		Final
(Best of 19)
                                     
8th  EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 3  
10  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 6th  
  1  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 6th  
    10  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 4th  
      
        
  1  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 6th  
  4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 4th  
        
        
  4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 6th
    5  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 5  
      
        
  1  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 10
  6th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 6th
        
        
  3  EnglandEngland John Parrott 3
    6th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 6th  
      
        
  6th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 6th
  7th  EnglandEngland Steve James 3  
        
        
  2  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 1
    9  EnglandEngland Steve James 6th  
7th  EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 5
9  EnglandEngland Steve James 6th  

final

At the end of last season, Stephen Hendry had won his first world title and taken the lead in the world rankings . He had won 17 professional tournaments by then. Terry Griffiths had already won 18 titles, but was already approaching the end of his career, which began in 1979 with a world title . Last year Hendry had clearly won the duel between young and old by 10: 1.

This time the tournament was more balanced. Griffiths won the first frame, Hendry leveled. After that, the Scot took the lead several times, but the Welshman immediately created a draw again. This continued until the 5: 4 for Hendry at the end of the session. In the evening the favorite won the first frame. Griffiths struggled to keep up and Hendry increased to 8-5 and 9-6. With a century break of 138 points, he finally closed the final to a 10: 6 victory. He was the third player to defend his title after Cliff Thorburn and Steve Davis , who had even won three times in a row. For Terry Griffiths it was the last professional final of his career.

Final: Best of 19 Frames
Civic Center,  Motherwell , Scotland , September 16, 1990
ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 10 : 6 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
Afternoon : 53: 67 (62), 82 : 5 (61), 85 : 8 (85), 13: 90 (68), 64 : 63, 71 : 4 (70), 1: 115 (115), 42: 54 , 83:14 ;
Evening : 87 : 0 (58), 46: 57 , 66 : 50 (54), 97 : 5, 50: 64 (55), 75 : 16, 138 : 0 (138)
138 Highest break 115
1 Century breaks 1
6th 50+ breaks 4th

Century breaks

Stephen Hendry achieved three breaks of over 100 points in the tournament, which only the other two multiple winners Steve Davis and Cliff Thorburn had previously achieved. The Scot finished the tournament in the final with the highest break of 138 points. For this he got another bonus of £ 3,500.

ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 138, 127, 103
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 115
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 107

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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 1990 Scottish Masters - Finishes. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 7, 2018 .
  3. ↑ 1990 Scottish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 7, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Rankings - 1990-1991. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 7, 2018 .