1989 World Snooker Championship

Tournament summary

• Davis won by the biggest margin ever at a World Snooker Championship when he beat John Parrott 18–3 in the final to win his sixth title to equal Ray Reardon's total since the competition was re-launched in 1969. The match ended with a.
• Eddie Charlton defeated Cliff Thorburn 10–9 in the first round. The match ended at 2.40 a.m, and was the second latest finish at the Crucible. With this Charlton became at the age of 59 years and 169 days the second-oldest player to win a match at the World Championship, after Fred Davis in 1979.
• Alex Higgins failed to qualify for the championship for the first time in his career, after he lost to Darren Morgan 8–10 in the final qualifying round, in which Morgan made his debut.

  Prize fund

• Winner: £105,000
• Runner-up: £63,000
• Semi-finalist: £31,500
• Quarter-finalist: £15,750
• Last 16: £7,875
• Last 32: £4,430
• Last 48: £3,445
• Last 64: £1,805
• Highest break: £10,500
• Maximum break: £100,000
• Total: £525,000

  Main draw

Century breaks

• 141, 139, 103 Stephen Hendry
• 133, 111 Mike Hallett
• 128, 124, 112, 106 Steve Davis
• 127 Dene O'Kane
• 112, 101 Tony Meo
• 110, 104, 103, 102 John Parrott
• 106 Dennis Taylor
• 104 Willie Thorne
• 100 Joe Johnson