1990 World Snooker Championship

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World Snooker Championship 1990
Embassy World Snooker Championship

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Attendees: 32
Venue: Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening: April 13, 1990
Endgame: April 29, 1990

Winner: ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
Finalist: EnglandEngland Jimmy White
Highest Break: 140 ( John Parrott ) EnglandEngland
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The 1990 World Snooker Championship took place from April 13 to May 29, 1990 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield .

In the final, the Scot Stephen Hendry met Jimmy White . Hendry won the title with an 18:12 victory and became the youngest snooker world champion of all time at the age of 21 years and 106 days . Six-time world champion Steve Davis, on the other hand, missed a World Cup final for the first time since 1982.

Prize money

Prize money 1990 Profit in £
winner 120,000
defeated finalist 72,000
Semi-finalist 36,000
Quarter finalist 18,000
Round of 16 9,000
First round off 5,000
Highest break 12,000
Maximum break 100,000
All in all £ 620,000

Final round

  Round 1
Best of 19 frames 		Round of 16
best of 25 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 25 Frames 		Semi-final
best of 31 frames 		Final
Best of 35 frames
                                               
1  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 10                
 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 1  
1  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 13
  16  EnglandEngland Steve James 7th  
16  EnglandEngland Steve James 10
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 5  
1  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 13
   EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 8th  
9  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 10    
 MaltaMalta Tony Drago 4th  
9  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 11
   EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 13  
8th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 8th
 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 10  
1  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 14th
  4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 16  
5  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 10
 EnglandEngland Nigel Gilbert 4th  
5  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 13
  12  EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 6th  
12  EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 10
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Tony Chappel 4th  
5  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 5
  4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 13  
13  EnglandEngland John Virgo 10    
 EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 6th  
13  EnglandEngland John Virgo 6th
  4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 13  
4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 10
 EnglandEngland Danny Fowler 4th  
4th  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 12
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 18th
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 10
 CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 7th  
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 13
  14th  EnglandEngland Tony Meo 7th  
14th  EnglandEngland Tony Meo 10
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wayne Jones 8th  
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 13
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 6th  
11  EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 8th    
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 10  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 13
  6th  EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 8th  
6th  EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 10
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Steve Newbury 9  
3  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 16
  2  EnglandEngland John Parrott 11  
7th  CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 10
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cliff Wilson 6th  
7th  CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 13
  10  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 12  
10  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 10
 CanadaCanada Brady Gollan 8th  
7th  CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 6th
  2  EnglandEngland John Parrott 13  
15th  EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 10    
 South Africa 1961South Africa Peter Francisco 7th  
15th  EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 11
  2  EnglandEngland John Parrott 13  
2  EnglandEngland John Parrott 10
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Bennett 9  

final

Finale: Best of 35 Frames
Referee: Len Ganley
Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , May 28-29. April 1990
Jimmy White EnglandEngland 12: 18 ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry
37: 78 ; 73 : 13; 48: 85 ; 71 : 49; 79 : 14; 60 : 27; 0: 86
87 : 27; 64: 75 ; 57: 68 ; 77:46 ; 99 : 4; 52: 63 ; 88 : 0; 1: 76 ; 108 : 0
100 : 0; 104 : 5; 73 : 4; 81 : 0; 50: 87 ; 17: 75 ; 72 : 63; 0: 109
97 : 6; 0: 127 ; 124 : 0; 13: 69 ; 90 : 27; 101 : 1
87 Highest break 108
- Century breaks 3
7th 50+ breaks 13

qualification

The results of the two final qualifying rounds for the unset players are shown in the following overview:

4th round

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 Alain Robidoux CanadaCanada 6th10 : 610 EnglandEngland Ray Edmonds
2 Brady Gollan CanadaCanada 6th10 : 610 EnglandEngland Brian Morgan
3 Danny Fowler EnglandEngland 310 : 310 EnglandEngland Dave Gilbert
4th Darren Morgan WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 7th10 : 710 ScotlandScotland John Rea
5 Gary Wilkinson EnglandEngland 7th10 : 710 EnglandEngland Robert Marshall
6th Ian Graham EnglandEngland 8th10 : 810 EnglandEngland Mark Rowing
7th James Wattana ThailandThailand 8th10 : 810 EnglandEngland John Spencer
8th Jim Chambers EnglandEngland 510 : 510 EnglandEngland Graham Miles
9 Mark Bennett WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 110 : 110 ScotlandScotland Murdo MacLeod
10 Mark Johnston-Allen EnglandEngland 210 : 210 IrelandIreland Paddy Browne
11 Mick Price EnglandEngland 6th10 : 610 AustraliaAustralia John Campbell
12 Nigel Bond EnglandEngland 210 : 210 IrelandIreland Paul Watchorn
13 Nigel Gilbert EnglandEngland 6th10 : 610 EnglandEngland Andrew Cairns
14th Steve Campbell EnglandEngland 7th10 : 710 EnglandEngland Les Dodd
15th Tony Chappel WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 310 : 310 EnglandEngland Barry Pinches
16 Tony Wilson Isle of ManIsle of Man 6th10 : 610 EnglandEngland Pat Houlihan

5th round

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 Alain Robidoux CanadaCanada 210 : 210 New ZealandNew Zealand Dene O'Kane
2 Alex Higgins Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 6th10 : 610 ThailandThailand James Wattana
3 Brady Gollan CanadaCanada 7th10 : 710 IrelandIreland Eugene Hughes
4th Cliff Wilson WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 6th10 : 610 Isle of ManIsle of Man Tony Wilson
5 Danny Fowler EnglandEngland 910 : 910 EnglandEngland Barry West
6th Darren Morgan WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 910 : 910 CanadaCanada Bob chaperone
7th Eddie Charlton AustraliaAustralia 510 : 510 EnglandEngland Mick Price
8th Gary Wilkinson EnglandEngland 7th10 : 710 South Africa 1961South Africa Silvino Francisco
9 Mark Bennett WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 910 : 910 EnglandEngland Rex Williams
10 Neal Foulds EnglandEngland 7th10 : 710 EnglandEngland Steve Campbell
11 Nigel Gilbert EnglandEngland 6th10 : 610 EnglandEngland David Roe
12 Peter Francisco South Africa 1961South Africa 7th10 : 710 EnglandEngland Mark Johnston-Allen
13 Steve Newbury WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 6th10 : 610 EnglandEngland Nigel Bond
14th Tony Chappel WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 910 : 910 EnglandEngland Martin Clark
15th Tony Drago MaltaMalta 7th10 : 710 EnglandEngland Ian Graham
16 Wayne Jones WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 6th10 : 610 EnglandEngland Jim Chambers

Century breaks

There were 18 century breaks by ten different players.

The highest break in qualifying was a 135 break from Nigel Gilbert .

EnglandEngland John Parrott 140
EnglandEngland Steve James 135
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 131, 100
CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 128
EnglandEngland Steve Davis 118, 117, 112
ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 117, 108, 108, 106, 104, 103
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 109
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 105
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 104
MaltaMalta Tony Drago 102

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