1990 UK Championship (snooker)

StormSeal UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates 24 November–2 December 1990
Venue Guild Hall
City Preston
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £445,000
Winner's share £110,000
Highest break 140
Final
Champion Scotland Stephen Hendry
Runner-up England Steve Davis
Score 16–15
1989
1991

The 1990 StormSeal UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 November and 2 December 1990 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.[1] The televised stages were shown on BBC.

Hendry beat 19-year-old fellow Scot Alan McManus in the semi-final by a 9–5 scoreline. McManus, who was in his rookie season,[2] had just beaten Dennis Taylor, Steve Newbury, Silvino Francisco and Jimmy White to make the semis. Nigel Bond, who was a finalist at the Grand Prix a month earlier,[3] made it to the quarter-finals losing to Davis.

Defending champion Stephen Hendry defeated Steve Davis 16–15 in the final again. The highest break of the tournament was 140 made by John Parrott.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Main draw

[4][5]
Round of 32 Best of 17 frames

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  9
 England Neal Foulds  2  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  9
   England Danny Fowler  3  
 England Danny Fowler  9
 England Gary Wilkinson  8  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  9
   Scotland Alan McManus  5  
 England Jimmy White  9
 Thailand James Wattana  7  
 England Jimmy White  6
   Scotland Alan McManus  9  
 Scotland Alan McManus  9
 South Africa Silvino Francisco  4  
 Scotland Stephen Hendry  16
   England Steve Davis  15
 England John Parrott  9
 England Joe Johnson  8  
 England John Parrott  9
   England Tony Knowles  7  
 England Tony Knowles  9
 Wales Wayne Jones  8  
 England John Parrott  8
   England Steve Davis  9  
 England Nigel Bond  9
 England Jonathan Birch  6  
 England Nigel Bond  7
   England Steve Davis  9  
 England Steve Davis  9
 England Willie Thorne  5  

Century breaks

References

  1. Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  2. Watkins, Janie. "Player Profile: Alan McManus". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 20 January 2004. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  3. Turner, Chris. "Professional Players Tournament, Grand Prix, LG Cup". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  4. "1990 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  5. "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
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