UK Championship 1989
UK Championship 1989
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 127 |
| Venue: | Guild Hall, Preston |
| Opening: | November 17, 1989 |
| Endgame: | 3rd December 1989
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| Winner: |
 Stephen Hendry
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| Finalist: |
 Steve Davis
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| Highest Break: | 141 ( Stephen Hendry )
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The UK Championship 1989 was a snooker tournament that was played from November 17 to December 3, 1989 at the Guild Hall in Preston . Stephen Hendry won his first UK title with a 16:12 win over record winner and world number one Steve Davis . For Hendry it was the fourth title in his breakthrough season. After every other country in the UK had at least one winner, he was also the first Scot to win the UK Championship.
Prize money
For the first time since the UK Championship gained world ranking tournament status, there was only a relatively modest increase in prize money of £ 22,000 over the previous year. And apart from the reintroduced bonus of £ 2000 for the highest qualification break, the increase went exclusively to the winner for the first time.
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| winner | £ 100,000 |
| finalist | £ 48,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 24,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 12,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 6,000 |
| Last 32 | 3875 pounds |
| Last 64 | £ 1750 |
| Highest break | Main Tournament: £ 8000 Qualification: £ 2000 |
| All in all | £ 420,000 |
qualification
127 players competed in the tournament this year, three qualifying rounds reduced the field to the 32 participants in the main tournament.
Main tournament
The main field consisted of 16 seeded players and 16 qualifiers who competed against each other from November 17th.
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Century breaks
With 16 century breaks , the rate was lower than in previous years, but this year it was again the tournament winner, Stephen Hendry , who also scored the most breaks of a hundred points or more.
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- ↑ a b c 1989 UK Championship. CueTracker, accessed October 18, 2015 .
- ↑ Results. Snooker Database, accessed October 18, 2015 .
