1989/90 snooker season

1989/90 snooker season
Season dates
Beginning of the season	3rd August 1989
End of season	May 1990
Ranked tournaments	10
Invitation tournaments	23
number of players	250
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship	Stephen Hendry
Masters	Stephen Hendry
World Champion	Stephen Hendry
World ranking
Ranking first	Steve Davis
← 1988/89 1990/91 →

The 1989/90 snooker season was a snooker tournament series that comprised ten tournaments that had an impact on the snooker world ranking list (world ranking tournaments) and a series of invitational tournaments that had no effect on the world ranking list. The tournaments were held between July 1989 and May 1990.

Season results

The following table shows the seasonal results.

date	competition	venue	Art	winner	Final opponent	Result
3rd to 6th August 1989	New Zealand Masters	Wellington	Invitation tournament	Willie Thorne	Joe Johnson	7: 4
August 7-13, 1989	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	World ranking tournament	Mike Hallett	Dene O'Kane	9: 8
August 17-27, 1989	Asian Open	Bangkok	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	James Wattana	9: 6
September 1989	WPBSA Non-Ranking 1989 - Event 1	Essex	Non-ranking tournament	Robby Foldvari	Darren Morgan	8: 1
September 13-17, 1989	Scottish Masters	Glasgow	Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	Terry Griffiths	10: 1
September 19-30, 1989	International Open	Stoke-on-Trent	World ranking tournament	Steve Davis	Stephen Hendry	9: 4
October 1989 to May 15, 1990	London Masters	London	Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	John Parrott	4: 2
October 9-22, 1989	Grand Prix	Reading	World ranking tournament	Steve Davis	Dean Reynolds	10-0
October 27 to November 3, 1989	Dubai Classic	Dubai	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Doug Mountjoy	9: 2
November 1989	WPBSA Non-Ranking 1989 - Event 2	Glasgow	Non-ranking tournament	Ken Owers	Dave Gilbert	9: 6
November 1st to 12th, 1989	/ Norwich Union Grand Prix	verse. Places in England Monte-Carlo	Invitation tournament	Joe Johnson	Stephen Hendry	5: 3
November 17 to December 3, 1989	UK Championship	Preston	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Steve Davis	16:12
December 7-16, 1989	World Matchplay	Brentwood	Invitation tournament	Jimmy White	John Parrott	18: 9
January to May 1990	Matchroom League	unknown	league	Steve Davis	Stephen Hendry	(League mode)
January to May 1990	Matchroom International League	verse. Places in England	league	Tony Meo	Jimmy White	(League mode)
January 2nd to 13th, 1990	Classic	Blackpool	World ranking tournament	Steve James	Warren King	10: 6
February 4-11, 1990	Masters	London	Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	John Parrott	9: 4
February 18 to March 4, 1990	British Open	Derby	World ranking tournament	Bob chaperone	Alex Higgins	10: 8
March 10-16, 1990	European Open	Lyon	World ranking tournament	John Parrott	Stephen Hendry	10: 6
March 15-18, 1990	Kent Cup	Beijing	Invitation tournament	Marcus Campbell	Tom Finstad	4: 1
March 21-24, 1990	World cup	Bournemouth	Invitation tournament	Canada	Northern Ireland	9: 5
March 27 to April 1, 1990	Irish Masters	Kill	Invitation tournament	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor	9: 4
April 13-29, 1990	World Snooker Championship	Sheffield	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Jimmy White	18:12
May 1990	Pontins Professional	Prestatyn	Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	Mike Hallett	9: 6

1. ↑ Cliff Thorburn , Bob Chaperon, and Alain Robidoux
2. ↑ Dennis Taylor , Alex Higgins, and Tommy Murphy

National championships

date	competition	venue	Art	winner	finalist	Result
February 12-17, 1990	Welsh Professional Championship	Newport	Invitation tournament	Darren Morgan	Doug Mountjoy	9: 7

Qualifying tournaments

date	competition	venue	winner	finalist	Result
May 14-21, 1988	WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 1	Puck pool	Stephen Murphy	James Wattana	5: 3
June 4-11, 1988	WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 2	Brean Sands	James Wattana	Duncan Campbell	5: 1
October 1st to 8th	WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 3	Prestatyn	Jason Ferguson	Jonathan Birch	5: 2
July 1990	Professional play-offs 1989	Guild Hall , Preston	Third round winner	Third round loser	different

World ranking

Place 1 - 8		Place 9 - 16		17th - 24th place		Place 25 - 32
1	Steve Davis	9	Willie Thorne	17th	Martin Clark	25th	Peter Francisco
2	John Parrott	10	Doug Mountjoy	18th	Cliff Wilson	26th	David Roe
3	Stephen Hendry	11	Joe Johnson	19th	Steve Newbury	27	Eugene Hughes
4th	Jimmy White	12	Tony Knowles	20th	Neal Foulds	28	Dene O'Kane
5	Terry Griffiths	13	John Virgo	21st	Barry West	29	Bob chaperone
6th	Mike Hallett	14th	Tony Meo	22nd	Eddie Charlton	30th	Tony Drago
7th	Cliff Thorburn	15th	Dean Reynolds	23	Silvino Francisco	31	Wayne Jones
8th	Dennis Taylor	16	Steve James	24	Alex Higgins	32	Rex Williams

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Season 1989-1990 - Professional. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed April 1, 2016 . 
2. ↑ World Cup - World Team Classic - Nations Cup. Team events. (No longer available online.) In: Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Chris Turner, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on April 1, 2016 . 
3. ^ Historical World Rankings. 1985/86 to 1989/90. (No longer available online.) In: Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Chris Turner, archived from the original on June 8, 2012 ; accessed on April 1, 2016 .