1989–90 snooker season

The 1989–90 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between July 1989 and May 1990. The following table outlines the results for ranking and the invitational events.

1989–90 snooker season
Details
DurationJuly 1989 – May 1990
Tournaments24 (10 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Stephen Hendry
Masters Stephen Hendry
World Championship Stephen Hendry

Calendar
Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
08–03 08–06  NZL NR New Zealand Masters New Zealand Parliament Wellington Willie Thorne Joe Johnson 7–4 [1]
08–07 08–13  HKG WR Hong Kong Open International Convention Centre Hong Kong Mike Hallett Dene O'Kane 9–8 [2]
08–17 08–27  THA WR Asian Open Channel 12 Studios Bangkok Stephen Hendry James Wattana 9–6 [3]
09–02 09–03  HKG NR Hong Kong Gold Cup Queen Elizabeth Stadium Hong Kong Steve Davis Alex Higgins 6–3
09–13 09–17  SCO NR Scottish Masters Scottish Exhibition Centre Glasgow Stephen Hendry Terry Griffiths 10–1 [4]
09–19 09–30  ENG WR International Open Trentham Gardens Stoke-on-Trent Steve Davis Stephen Hendry 9–4 [5]
10–09 10–22  ENG WR Grand Prix Hexagon Theatre Reading Steve Davis Dean Reynolds 10–0 [6]
10–27 11–03  UAE WR Dubai Classic Al Nasr Stadium Dubai Stephen Hendry Doug Mountjoy 9–2 [7][8]
11–?? 11–??  EUR NR Norwich Union Grand Prix Monte Carlo Monte Carlo Joe Johnson Stephen Hendry 5–3 [1]
11–17 12–03  ENG WR UK Championship Guild Hall Preston Stephen Hendry Steve Davis 16–12 [9]
12–07 12–16  ENG NR World Matchplay Brentwood Centre Brentwood Jimmy White John Parrott 18–9 [10]
01–02 01–13  ENG WR The Classic Norbreck Castle Hotel Blackpool Steve James Warren King 10–6 [11]
02–04 02–11  ENG NR The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Stephen Hendry John Parrott 9–4 [12][13]
02–12 02–17  WAL NR Welsh Professional Championship Newport Centre Newport Darren Morgan Doug Mountjoy 9–7 [14][15]
02–18 03–04  ENG WR British Open Assembly Rooms Derby Bob Chaperon Alex Higgins 10–8 [16][17]
03–10 03–16  FRA WR European Open Palais des Sports Lyon John Parrott Stephen Hendry 10–6 [18][19]
03–15 03–18  CHN NR Kent Cup Yuetan Gymnasium Beijing Marcus Campbell Tom Finstad 4–1 [20]
03–21 03–24  ENG TE World Cup Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth  Canada  Northern Ireland 9–5 [21][22]
03–27 04–01  IRL NR Irish Masters Goff's Kill Steve Davis Dennis Taylor 9–4 [23]
04–13 04–29  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Stephen Hendry Jimmy White 18–12 [24]
01–?? 05–??  ENG NR Matchroom League Steve Davis Stephen Hendry [n 2] [25]
01–?? 05–??  EUR NR International League Tony Meo Jimmy White [n 2] [25]
10–?? 05–15  ENG NR London Masters Café Royal London Stephen Hendry John Parrott 4–2 [1]
05–?? 05–09  WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Stephen Hendry Mike Hallett 9–6 [26]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event

Official rankings
Main article: Snooker world rankings 1989/1990

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[27][28][29]

No. Ch. Name
1 Steve Davis
2 John Parrott
3 Stephen Hendry
4 Jimmy White
5 Terry Griffiths
6 Mike Hallett
7 Cliff Thorburn
8 Dennis Taylor
9 Willie Thorne
10 Doug Mountjoy
11 Joe Johnson
12 Tony Knowles
13 John Virgo
14 Tony Meo
15 Dean Reynolds
16 Steve James

Notes
  1. Dates use the month day format
  2. No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only.

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