1989 World Matchplay (snooker)

World Matchplay 1989 12 7 1989 12 16 y International Centre Brentwood England Non-ranking event £250,000 £100,000 Stephen Hendry SCO (129) ENG Jimmy White ENG John Parrott 18–9 1988 1990 The 1989 Everest World Matchplay was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place in 7 to 16 December 1989 in Brentwood, England with ITV showing television coverage from 9 December.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003747/19890908/071/0071 subscription Brentwood is back on cue 8 September 1989 Brentwood Gazette 71http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/matchplay.html World Matchplay Chris Turner's Snooker Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120228200020/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/matchplay.html 21 October 2018 2012-02-28 The matches had now been expanded to 17 frame matches up to the semi-final and the final, a 35 frame, four session match as in the World Championship and Jimmy White won the event, defeating John Parrott 18–9 in the final.Hayton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 158 Stephen Hendry got the highest break of the championship with 129. He received £10,000 in prize money. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Terry Smith 1990 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Everest World Matchplay Results Aylesbury Pelham Books 0720719550 80 Seventh Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £40,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Round 1: £5,000 Highest break: £10,000 Total: £250,000 Main draw Round 1Best of 17 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 17 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames FinalBest of 35 frames England Dean Reynolds 9 England Tony Meo 7 Wales Doug Mountjoy 9 England Willie Thorne 2 Wales Terry Griffiths 9 Canada Cliff Thorburn 5 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9 England Mike Hallett 6 England Steve Davis 7 England Dean Reynolds 9 England Jimmy White 9 Wales Doug Mountjoy 5 Scotland Stephen Hendry 9 Wales Terry Griffiths 3 England John Parrott 9 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 6 England Dean Reynolds 8 England Jimmy White 9 Scotland Stephen Hendry 8 England John Parrott 9 England Jimmy White 18 England John Parrott 9 References World Matchplay World Matchplay World Matchplay 1989 World Matchplay, 1989