The 1990 UK Championship (officially the 1990 StormSeal UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 November and 2 December 1990 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. This was the second and last UK Championship to be sponsored by StormSeal. The televised stages were shown on the BBC from 24 November to the final.
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, 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, made it to the quarter-finals losing to Davis.
Defending champion Stephen Hendry defeated Steve Davis 16–15 in the final. 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: Winner: £110,000 Runner-up: £n/a Semi-finals: £30,000 Total: £445,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: John WilliamsThe Guild Hall, Preston, England, 1 and 2 December 1990. Stephen Hendry 16–15 Steve Davis First session: 116–15 (63), 72–59 (Hendry 71, Davis 59), 117–17 (78), 76–7 (55), 91–0 (91), 7–89 (77), 72–27Second session: 40–64, 88–24, 33–60, 68–74 (Hendry 63), 23–68 (56), 29–95 (59), 70–57 (Davis 50)Third session: 122–0 (122), 46–82 (62), 91–21 (64), 76–20, 41–89 (89), 0–73 (73), 87–0 (87)Fourth session: 30–102 (102), 13–117, 66–12, 24–71 (55), 25–58, 60–15, 1–90 (90), 0–97 (51), 57–49 (57), 98–0 (98)122 Highest break 102 1 Century breaks 1 11 50+ breaks 12
Century breaks
140, 119, 102 John Parrott 138 James Wattana 130, 122, 109, 108, 106, 101, 100 Stephen Hendry 130 Tony Knowles 130 Willie Thorne 126, Gary Wilkinson 124, 107 Nigel Bond 123, 104, 102 Steve Davis 122 Alain Robidoux
120 Steve James 115, 109, 105 Jonathan Birch 110, 101 Alan McManus 110 Mick Price 109 Mark Rowing 108 Gary Natale 105 Joe Grech 102 Martin Clark 101 Doug Mountjoy 100 Danny Fowler
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