1989 UK Snooker Championship
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The 1989 StormSeal UK Championship took place at the Guildhall, Preston in November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 25 November and 3 December 1989.
StormSeal became the new sponsors of the UK Championship and during the championship, Defending champion Doug Mountjoy lost in the last 64 agaianst rookie player Joe O'Boyle. While the 1988 runner-up Stephen Hendry won his first of five UK titles when he beat six times winner Steve Davis 16-12 and it took him on course for the World No 1 spot in the game.
[edit] Prize Money
Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £48,000
Quarter-Finals: £12,000
Highest Break: £8,000
Total: £420,000
[edit] Highest Break
138 Steve Davis
[edit] The Contest
4th Round Best of 17 frames
Terry Griffiths 9-8 Tony Jones 
Alain Robidoux 9-3 Silvino Francisco 
Bradley Gollan 9-5 Joe O'Boye
Stephen Hendry 9-1 Barry West
Peter Francisco 9-5 Cliff Thorburn
Gary Wilkinson 9-6 Brian Morgan
Dennis Taylor 9-2 Rex Williams
Willie Thorne 9-3 Alex Higgins
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Alain Robidoux |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Alain Robidoux |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Bradley Gollan |
? | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds |
? | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Bennett |
? | |||||||||||||
| Mark Bennett |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Francisco |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry |
16 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
12 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Wilkinson |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne |
? | |||||||||||||
| UK Snooker Championship |
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