Welsh Professional Championship 1990
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Welsh Professional Championship 1990 Senator Windows Welsh Professional Championship 1990 
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| Tournament type: | Non-ranking |
| Attendees: | 10 |
| Venue: | Newport Center , Newport |
| Opening: | February 12, 1990 |
| Endgame: | 17th February 1990
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| Winner: |
 Darren Morgan
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| Finalist: |
Doug Mountjoy
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| Highest Break: | 130 ( Darren Morgan )
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The Senator Windows Welsh Professional Championship 1990 was a professional snooker tournament of the 1989/90 season without affecting the world rankings and determining the Welsh professional champions. The tournament was from 12 to 17 February 1990 at the Newport Center of Wales Newport discharged. In the final, Darren Morgan achieved his first win of the Welsh Professional Championship with a 9: 7 win over Doug Mountjoy . Morgan also played the tournament's highest break with a 130 break.
Prize money
Although the tournament is no longer on the WPBSA was supported, the sponsor was Senator Windows the tournament faithful, with the prize money to 1,600 pounds Sterling compared to the previous year to 27,600 £ was raised, of which about two-fifths on the winner accounted for.
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| winner | £ 10,500 |
| finalist | £ 6,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 2,750 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 900 |
| First round | 350 pounds |
| Highest break | £ 1,300 |
| All in all | £ 27,600 |
Tournament course
Again ten players took part in the tournament, so there was another first round . These and the quarter-finals were played again in the best of 11 frames mode, while the semi-finals and the final were played in the best of 17 frames mode .
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First round best of 11 frames |
Quarterfinals Best of 11 frames |
Semi-final best of 17 frames |
Final Best of 17 frames |
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Darren Morgan
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6th |
Terry Griffiths
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4th | ||||||||||||
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Colin Roscoe
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4th |
Darren Morgan
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6th | ||||||||||||
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Darren Morgan
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9 | ||||||||||||||
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Tony Chappel
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8th | ||||||||||||||
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Tony Chappel
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6th | ||||||||||||||
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Cliff Wilson
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4th | ||||||||||||||
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Darren Morgan
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9 | ||||||||||||||
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Doug Mountjoy
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7th | ||||||||||||||
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Ray Reardon
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6th |
Doug Mountjoy
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6th | ||||||||||||
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Mark Bennett
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2 |
Ray Reardon
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3 | ||||||||||||
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Doug Mountjoy
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9 | ||||||||||||||
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Wayne Jones
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7th | ||||||||||||||
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Wayne Jones
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6th | ||||||||||||||
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Steve Newbury
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3 | ||||||||||||||
final
Darren Morgan had only been a professional player since 1988, but had already won a tournament with the Pontins Professional in 1989 and had defeated the three-time tournament winner and ex-world champion Terry Griffiths as well as Colin Roscoe and Tony Chappel in the 1990 Welsh Professional Championship . In the final, he met Doug Mountjoy on the player who was the tournament's record winner with five titles and was in the final for the tenth time.
Mountjoy initially took the lead 0: 2 and 1: 3, but Morgan then equalized to 3: 3. After Mountjoy won the next frame, Morgan equalized with a 130 break and then took the lead for the first time and expanded it to 7: 4. Mountjoy came close to him at 7: 6 and 8: 7, but Morgan brought the victory to safe haven with an 80s break.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Newport Center , Newport (Gwent) , Wales , February 17, 1990 |
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Darren Morgan
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9 : 7 |
Doug Mountjoy
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| 24: 63 , 43: 98 , 92 : 29 (84), 18: 67 , 87 : 34, 86 : 43 (85), 31: 62 , 134 : 4 (130), 75 : 36, 58 : 55, 74 : 23 (52), 0: 72 , 15: 105 (66), 76 : 28, 6: 78 , 80 : 0 (80) |
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| 130 | Highest break | 66 |
| 1 | Century breaks | - |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Century Breaks
During the tournament, four players played a total of four Century Breaks :
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1990 Welsh Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed June 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Chris Turner: Welsh Professional Championship. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on June 13, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1990 Welsh Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed June 13, 2019 .