Venue Guild Hall Country England Format Ranking event | City Preston Organisation(s) WPBSA | |
Dates 24 November–2 December 1990 | ||
The 1990 StormSeal UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 November and 2 December 1990 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The televised stages were shown on BBC.
Contents
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 again. 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:
Main draw
Round of 32 Best of 17 frames