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
Duration	July 1989 – May 1990
Tournaments	24 (10 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Stephen Hendry
Masters	Stephen Hendry
World Championship	Stephen Hendry
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

New professional players

James Wattana, Barry Pinches, Duncan Campbell, Stephen Murphy, Andrew Cairns, Nick Dyson, Brian Morgan, Brady Gollan, Nigel Bond and Ian Brumby became professionals. All had earnt the right to play off against the lowest-10 ranked existing professionals, through the pro-ticket series. Three of the existing professionals (Greg Jenkins, Bernie Mikkelsen and Frank Jonik) opted instead for non-tournament status, which meant that Wattana, Pinches and Campbell did not need to play-off.^[1]

Play-off results^[1]

Player	Score	Player
Nick Dyson (ENG)	9–2	Dave Chalmers (ENG)
Brian Morgan (ENG)	9–0	Pascal Burke (IRE)
Nigel Bond (ENG)	9–0	Ian Black (SCO)
Stephen Murphy (ENG)	9–4	Derek Mienie (SAF)
Ian Brumbey (ENG)	9–3	Billy Kelly (IRE)
Brady Gollan (CAN)	9–2	Patsy Fagan (IRE)
Andrew Cairns (ENG)	9–4	Ian Anderson (AUS)

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	[2]
08-07	08-13	HKG	WR	Hong Kong Open	International Convention Centre	Hong Kong	Mike Hallett	Dene O'Kane	9–8	[3]
08-17	08-27	THA	WR	Asian Open	Channel 12 Studios	Bangkok	Stephen Hendry	James Wattana	9–6	[4]
09-02	09-03	HKG	NR	Hong Kong Gold Cup	Queen Elizabeth Stadium	Hong Kong	Steve Davis	Alex Higgins	6–3	[5]
09-13	09-17	SCO	NR	Scottish Masters	Scottish Exhibition Centre	Glasgow	Stephen Hendry	Terry Griffiths	10–1	[6]
09-19	09-30	ENG	WR	International Open	Trentham Gardens	Stoke-on-Trent	Steve Davis	Stephen Hendry	9–4	[7]
10-09	10-22	ENG	WR	Grand Prix	Hexagon Theatre	Reading	Steve Davis	Dean Reynolds	10–0	[8]
10-27	11-03	UAE	WR	Dubai Classic	Al Nasr Stadium	Dubai	Stephen Hendry	Doug Mountjoy	9–2	[9][10]
05-20	11-12	EUR	NR	Norwich Union Grand Prix	Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo	Joe Johnson	Stephen Hendry	5–3	[2]
11-17	12-03	ENG	WR	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Stephen Hendry	Steve Davis	16–12	[11]
12-07	12-16	ENG	NR	World Matchplay	Brentwood Centre	Brentwood	Jimmy White	John Parrott	18–9	[12]
01-02	01-13	ENG	WR	The Classic	Norbreck Castle Hotel	Blackpool	Steve James	Warren King	10–6	[13]
02-04	02-11	ENG	NR	The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Stephen Hendry	John Parrott	9–4	[14][15]
02-12	02-17	WAL	NR	Welsh Professional Championship	Newport Centre	Newport	Darren Morgan	Doug Mountjoy	9–7	[16][17]
02-18	03-04	ENG	WR	British Open	Assembly Rooms	Derby	Bob Chaperon	Alex Higgins	10–8	[18][19]
03-10	03-16	FRA	WR	European Open	Palais des Sports	Lyon	John Parrott	Stephen Hendry	10–6	[20][21]
03-15	03-18	CHN	NR	Kent Cup	Yuetan Gymnasium	Beijing	Marcus Campbell	Tom Finstad	4–1	[22]
03-21	03-24	ENG	TE	World Cup	Bournemouth International Centre	Bournemouth	Canada	Northern Ireland	9–5	[23][24]
03-27	04-01	IRL	NR	Irish Masters	Goff's	Kill	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor	9–4	[25]
04-13	04-29	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Stephen Hendry	Jimmy White	18–12	[26]
01-??	05-??	EUR	NR	International League			Tony Meo	Jimmy White	[n 2]	[27]
05-??	05-09	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Stephen Hendry	Mike Hallett	9–6	[28]
10-10	05-15	ENG	NR	London Masters	Café Royal	London	Stephen Hendry	John Parrott	4–2	[2]
01-25	05-20	ENG	NR	Matchroom League			Steve Davis	Stephen Hendry	[n 2]	[27]

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.^[29][30][31]

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 mm-dd date format.
2. No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only.