1990/91 snooker season

1990/91 snooker season
Season dates
Beginning of the season	23rd August 1990
End of season	May 14, 1991
Ranked tournaments	8th
Non-ranking	7th
Invitation tournaments	9
number of players	215
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship	Stephen Hendry
Masters	Stephen Hendry
World Champion	John Parrott
World ranking
Ranking first	Stephen Hendry
← 1989/90 1991/92 →

The 1990/1991 snooker season included 24 professional snooker tournaments that were held between August 1990 and May 1991.

Season results

The following table shows the seasonal results.

date	competition	venue	Art	winner	Final opponent	Result
August 23 to August 25, 1990	Hong Kong Challenge 1990	Hong Kong	Invitation tournament	James Wattana	Jimmy White	9: 3
June 8 to October 7, 1990	Norwich Union Grand Prix 1990	Monte Carlo	Invitation tournament	John Parrott	Steve Davis	4: 2
September 12 to September 16, 1990	Scottish Masters 1990	Motherwell	Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	Terry Griffiths	10: 6
September 18 to September 22, 1990	Humo Masters 1990	Antwerp	Invitation tournament	John Parrott	Jimmy White	9: 6
September 26 to September 29, 1990	International One Frame Shoot-out 1990	Stoke-on-Trent	Invitation tournament	Darren Morgan	Mike Hallett	2: 1
October 8 to October 21, 1990	Grand Prix 1990	Reading	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Nigel Bond	10: 5
October 29 to November 3, 1990	Asian Open 1990	Guangzhou	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Dennis Taylor	9: 3
November 5 to November 11, 1990	Dubai Classic 1990	Dubai	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Steve Davis	9: 1
November 16 to December 2, 1990	UK Championship 1990	Preston	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Steve Davis	16:15
December 1 to December 6, 1990	Benson and Hedges Satellite Championship 1990	Glasgow	Invitation tournament	Alan McManus	James Wattana	9: 5
December 6 to December 15, 1990	World Matchplay 1990	Brentwood	Invitation tournament	Jimmy White	Stephen Hendry	18: 9
1st half of 1991	Matchroom League 1991		Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry
January 1 to January 12, 1991	Classic 1991	Bournemouth	World ranking tournament	Jimmy White	Stephen Hendry	10: 4
January 13 to January 26, 1991	World Masters 1991	Birmingham	Invitation tournament	Jimmy White	Tony Drago	10: 6
February 3 to February 10, 1991	Masters 1991	Preston	Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	Mike Hallett	9: 8
February 10 to February 15, 1991	Welsh Professional Championship 1991	Newport	Invitation tournament	Darren Morgan	Mark Bennett	9: 3
February 17 to March 2, 1991	British Open 1991	Derby	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Gary Wilkinson	10: 9
March 11 to March 16, 1991	European Open 1991	Rotterdam	World ranking tournament	Tony Jones	Mark Johnston-Allen	9: 7
March 21 to March 24, 1991	Kent Cup	Beijing	Invitation tournament	Joe Swail	Marcus Campbell	5-0
March 2 to April 7, 1991	Irish Masters 1991	Kildare	Invitation tournament	Steve Davis	John Parrott	9: 5
April 20 to May 6, 1991	World Snooker Championship 1991	Sheffield	World ranking tournament	John Parrott	Jimmy White	18:11
May 11th to May 18th 1991	Pontins Professional 1991	Prestatyn	Invitation tournament	Neal Foulds	Mike Hallett	9: 6
October 1, 1990 to May 14, 1991	London Masters 1991	London	Invitation tournament	Steve Davis	Stephen Hendry	4-0
	European Masters League		Invitation tournament	Steve Davis

1. ↑ The final was played in Monte Carlo.
2. ↑ Exact date unknown
3. ↑ It was a round-robin tournament , which Hendry won as first in the table.
4. ↑ date unknown
5. ↑ It was a round-robin tournament , which Davis won as first in the table.

Qualifying tournaments

date	competition	venue	winner	finalist	Result
May 1989	WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 1	Puck pool	Jeff Cundy	Jason Prince	5: 3
June 1989	WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 2	Rye	Ken Doherty	Alan Trigg	5: 3
October 1989	WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 3	Burnham-on-Sea	Jonathan Birch	Drew Henry	5: 4
July 1990	Professional play-offs	Preston	Third round winner	Third round loser	different

World ranking

The snooker world ranking is only updated after each full season and takes into account the performance of the past two seasons. The following table shows the 32 best players in the world rankings for the 1990/91 season; is based on the results of the seasons 88/89 and 89/90 . The previous year's position is given in brackets.

Place 1 - 8		Place 9 - 16		17th - 24th place		Place 25 - 32
1	Stephen Hendry (3)	9	Steve James (16)	17th	Joe Johnson (11)	25th	Bob Chaperone (??)
2	Steve Davis (1)	10	Dennis Taylor (8)	18th	Cliff Thorburn (7)	26th	Silvino Francisco (23)
3	John Parrott (2)	11	Willie Thorne (9)	19th	Gary Wilkinson (38)	27	Barry West (??)
4th	Jimmy White (4)	12	Martin Clark (17)	20th	Steve Newbury (??)	28	Cliff Wilson (18)
5	Doug Mountjoy (10)	13	Neal Foulds (20)	21st	Tony Knowles (12)	29	Danny Fowler (??)
6th	Terry Griffiths (5)	14th	John Virgo (13)	22nd	Wayne Jones (??)	30th	Tony Drago (30)
7th	Mike Hallett (6)	15th	Tony Meo (14)	23	Dene O'Kane (??)	31	Eddie Charlton (22)
8th	Dean Reynolds (15)	16	Alain Robidoux (35)	24	Peter Francisco (25)	32	James Wattana (new)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Season 1990-1991 - Professional. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
2. ↑ 1990 Hong Kong Challenge. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
3. ^ Other Non-Ranking and Invention Events - First held 1980-1989. Norwich Union Grand Prix. (No longer available online.) In: Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Chris Turner, archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; accessed on March 29, 2016 . 
4. ↑ 1990 Scottish Masters. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
5. ↑ 1990 Scottish Masters. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
6. ↑ 1990 International One Frame Shoot-out. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
7. ↑ 1990 Grand Prix. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
8. ↑ 1990 Asian Open. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
9. ↑ 1990 Dubai Classic. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
10. ↑ 1990 UK Championship. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
11. ↑ 1990 Benson and Hedges Satellite Championship. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
12. ↑ 1990 World Matchplay. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
13. ↑ 1991 Matchroom League. Premier League Series. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
14. ↑ 1991 Classic. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
15. ↑ 1991 World Masters - Men's Singles. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
16. ↑ 1991 Masters. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
17. ↑ 1991 Welsh Professional Championship. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
18. ↑ 1991 British Open. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
19. ↑ 1991 European Open. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
20. ↑ 1991 Kent Cup. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
21. ↑ 1991 Irish Masters. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
22. ↑ 1991 World Championship. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
23. ^ 1991 Pontins Professional. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
24. ↑ 1991 London Masters. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
25. ↑ 1991 European Masters League. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
26. ↑ Rankings - 1990-1991. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed March 29, 2016 . 
27. ↑ Ranking History. In: snooker.org. Hermund Årdalen, accessed on March 29, 2016 .