| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7–16 December 1989 |
| Venue | International Centre |
| City | Brentwood |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £250,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break | Stephen Hendry 129 |
| Final | |
| Champion | Jimmy White |
| Runner-up | John Parrott |
| Score | 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.
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.
Stephen Hendry got the highest break of the championship with 129. He received £10,000 in prize money.
Main draw
| Round 1 Best of 17 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 35 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Meo | 7 | Dean Reynolds | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds | 9 | Dean Reynolds | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 9 | Doug Mountjoy | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne | 2 | Jimmy White | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 9 | Terry Griffiths | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 5 | Stephen Hendry | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor | 9 | Dennis Taylor | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "World Matchplay". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 158.