1990 British Open
Appearance
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 18 February – 3 March 1990 |
Venue | Assembly Rooms |
City | Derby |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £365,000 |
Winner's share | £75,000 |
Highest break | Jimmy White (ENG) (138) |
Final | |
Champion | Bob Chaperon (CAN) |
Runner-up | Alex Higgins (NIR) |
Score | 10–8 |
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The 1990 British Open (officially the 1990 Pearl Assurance British Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 18 February to 3 March 1990 with television coverage beginning on 24 February at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, England.[1] It is an open draw for every round
Bob Chaperon won his only ranking event as he beat Alex Higgins who was appearing in his last major final.[2]
Main draw
[edit]Final
[edit]Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Alan Chamberlain Assembly Rooms, Derby, England. 3 March 1990. | ||
Bob Chaperon Canada |
10–8 | Alex Higgins Northern Ireland |
Afternoon: 35–58, 115–1 (110), 57–10, 99–20, 73–30, 44–68, 7–61, 34–61 Evening: 33–73, 64–45, 99–2, 52–63, 70–17, 8–83, 76–19, 14–82, 69–36, 81–18 | ||
110 | Highest break | |
1 | Century breaks | 0 |
1 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 160.
- ^ "The Global Snooker Centre". www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "British Open". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2 March 2018.