1989 World Matchplay (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7–16 December 1989 |
| Venue | International Centre |
| City | Brentwood |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £250,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break |  Stephen Hendry 129 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Jimmy White |
| Runner-up | John Parrott |
| Score | 18–9 |
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The 1989 Everest World Matchplay was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place in 7 to 16 December 1989 in Brentwood, England with ITV showing television coverage from 9 December.[1]
The matches had now been expanded to 17 frame matches up to the semi-final and the final, a 35 frame, four session match as in the World Championship and Jimmy White won the event, defeating John Parrott 18–9 in the final.[2]
Stephen Hendry got the highest break of the championship with 129. He received £10,000 in prize money.
Main draw
[edit]| Round 1 Best of 17 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 35 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Meo
| 7 | Dean Reynolds
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds
| 9 | Dean Reynolds
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Doug Mountjoy
| 9 | Doug Mountjoy
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
| 2 | Jimmy White
| 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
| 9 | Terry Griffiths
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn
| 5 | Stephen Hendry
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor
| 9 | Dennis Taylor
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "World Matchplay". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 158.