World Snooker Championship 1989
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[edit] The event
The Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 15th April to the 1st May 1989.
[edit] Notable Moments
- Steve Davis won by the biggest margin ever at a World Snooker Championship when he beat John Parrott 18-3 in the final to win his 6th World title to equal Ray Reardon's since the competition was re-launched in 1969. It was also the second time in Crucible history that the match ended with a session to spare when Davis won the remaining five frames after leading 13-3 on the Sunday night during the afternoon session in just over an hour.
- Alex Higgins fails to qualify for the championship for the first time in his career after he lost to Darren Morgan 8-10 in the final qualifying round, in which Morgan made his debut. By then only Cliff Thorburn and Dennis Taylor had played at every Crucible Championship since it started in 1977 and every major round in the World Championship since 1973.
- The opening day took place on the day of the Hillsborough Disaster (which was during an FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest), which also happened in Sheffield. On the following day, a minute's silence took place during all sessions.
- Eddie Charlton became the second oldest winner in the World Championship to Fred Davis in 1979 when he beat Cliff Thorburn 10-9 in the first round.
- Stephen Hendry became the first Scot to make the semi-final since the days of Walter Donaldson in the 1940's and 50's.
- There were nineteen century breaks in the 1989 World Snooker Championship.
[edit] Highest Break
The highest break of the event was a 141 by Stephen Hendry.
[edit] Prize Money
Winner £105,000
Runner-up £63,000
Total £525,000
[edit] Results
| Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 30 April & 1 May 1989. Referee: John Street | ||
 Steve Davis |
18-3 | John Parrott |
| Scores to fill | Scores to fill | |
| Steve Davis wins the 1989 Embassy World Snooker Championship |
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| World Snooker Championship |
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| The early years |
| 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 |
| Post-War to decline |
| 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
| Challenge Matches |
| 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1968 |
| The modern era pre-Crucible |
| 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
| The Crucible Theatre |
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| Winners and statistics |
| List of winners from 1927 to present |
