The 1989 UK Championship (officially the 1989 StormSeal UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 November and 3 December 1989 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. StormSeal became the new sponsor of the UK Championship. The televised stages were shown live on the BBC from 25 November to the final.
Defending champion Doug Mountjoy lost in the last 64 against rookie player Joe O'Boye. The 1988 runner-up Stephen Hendry won the first of his five UK titles by defeating six-times champion Steve Davis 16–12 in the final, taking Hendry on course for the number one spot in the world snooker rankings. The highest break of the tournament was a 141 made by Hendry.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £48,000 Semi-final: £N/A Quarter-final: £12,000 Highest break: £8,000 Total: £420,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Len GanleyThe Guild Hall, Preston, England, 2 and 3 December 1989. Stephen Hendry 16–12 Steve Davis First session: 71–52, 75–1, 95–20 (54), 67–50 (Davis 50), 24–73, 18–71 (60), 41–65Second session: 89–30 (55), 117–6 (88), 89–19 (64), 2–96 (59), 41–69, 105–0 (75), 92–13 (91)Third session: 87–39, 17–75 (62), 37–95, 58–61, 77–33 (77), 29–80, 14–62,Fourth session: 123–13 (123), 112–10 (112), 70–16, 0–138 (138), 40–94, 97–22, 94–5 (66)123 Highest break 138 2 Century breaks 1 10 50+ breaks 5
Century breaks
141, 135, 123, 120, 112 Stephen Hendry 139 Andrew Cairns 138, 136, 126 Steve Davis 127, 104 Tony Knowles 127 Terry Griffiths 127 John Parrott 114 Neal Foulds 114 Danny Fowler 111 David Taylor 110 Mark Bennett
110 Brady Gollan 108 Mike Hallett 108 Brian Morgan 107 Ian Brumby 105 Stephen Murphy 103 Darren Morgan 102 Alain Robidoux 101 Joe Johnson 101 Barry West 100 Mark Johnston-Allen
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