1990 British Open

1990 Pearl Assurance British OpenTournament information

Dates| 18 February – 3 March 1990 (1990-02-18 – 1990-03-03)
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

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| Last 64
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 32
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 16
Best of 9 frames | | | Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames | | | Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames | | | Final
Best of 19 frames |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
|  Tony Meo | 5 | | | | | |
|  Roger Bales | 2 |
| |  Tony Meo | 0 |
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| | |  Jimmy White | 5 |
|  Jimmy White | 5 |

|  John Spencer | 4 |
| |  Jimmy White | 4 |
|  |
| | |  Steve James | 5 |
|  Steve James | 5 | |

|  Bill Oliver | 1 |
| |  Steve James | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Tony Wilson | 0 |
|  Silvino Francisco | 4 |

|  Tony Wilson | 5 |
| |  Steve James | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Les Dodd | 2 |
|  Tony Knowles | 5 | | |

|  Brady Gollan | 2 |
| |  Tony Knowles | 5 |
|  |
| | |  James Wattana | 3 |
|  Dene O'Kane | 1 |

|  James Wattana | 5 |
| |  Tony Knowles | 4 |
|  |
| | |  Les Dodd | 5 |
|  Cliff Wilson | 3 | |

|  Les Dodd | 5 |
| |  Les Dodd | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Mark Rowing | 2 |
|  Wayne Jones | 4 |

|  Mark Rowing | 5 |
| |  Steve James | 3 |
|  |
| | |  Alex Higgins | 9 |
|  Dennis Taylor | 5 | | | |

|  Danny Fowler | 1 |
| |  Dennis Taylor | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Murdo MacLeod | 2 |
|  Barry West | 0 |

|  Murdo MacLeod | 5 |
| |  Dennis Taylor | 3 |
|  |
| | |  Martin Clark | 5 |
|  Martin Clark | 5 | |

|  Stephen Murphy | 2 |
| |  Martin Clark | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Paddy Browne | 2 |
|  John Virgo | 1 |

|  Paddy Browne | 5 |
| |  Martin Clark | 3 |
|  |
| | |  Alex Higgins | 5 |
|  Alex Higgins | 5 | | |

|  Bob Harris | 3 |
| |  Alex Higgins | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Mark Bennett | 2 |
|  Willie Thorne | 1 |

|  Mark Bennett | 5 |
| |  Alex Higgins | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Doug Mountjoy | 3 |
|  Doug Mountjoy | 5 | |

|  Nick Terry | 3 |
| |  Doug Mountjoy | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Dean Reynolds | 2 |
|  Dean Reynolds | 5 |

|  Tony Chappel | 2 |
| |  Alex Higgins | 8 |
|  |
| | |  Bob Chaperon | 10 |
|  Neal Foulds | 5 | | | | |

|  Ian Graham | 2 |
| |  Neal Foulds | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Tony Drago | 0 |
|  Tony Drago | 5 |

|  Steve Longworth | 0 |
| |  Neal Foulds | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Peter Francisco | 3 |
|  Terry Griffiths | 5 | |

|  Gary Wilkinson | 4 |
| |  Terry Griffiths | 1 |
|  |
| | |  Peter Francisco | 5 |
|  Peter Francisco | 5 |

|  David Taylor | 4 |
| |  Neal Foulds | 3 |
|  |
| | |  Bob Chaperon | 5 |
|  John Parrott | 1 | | |

|  Steve Duggan | 5 |
| |  Steve Duggan | 4 |
|  |
| | |  Alain Robidoux | 5 |
|  Eddie Charlton | 3 |

|  Alain Robidoux | 5 |
| |  Alain Robidoux | 4 |
|  |
| | |  Bob Chaperon | 5 |
|  Mike Hallett | 5 | |

|  Graham Miles | 1 |
| |  Mike Hallett | 3 |
|  |
| | |  Bob Chaperon | 5 |
|  Bob Chaperon | 5 |

|  Jim Donnelly | 0 |
| |  Bob Chaperon | 9 |
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| | |  Robert Marshall | 5 |
|  Eugene Hughes | 5 | | | |

|  Mark Johnston-Allen | 1 |
| |  Eugene Hughes | 5 |
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| | |  Rex Williams | 2 |
|  Rex Williams | 5 |

|  Eddie Sinclair | 3 |
| |  Eugene Hughes | 0 |
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| | |  Robert Marshall | 5 |
|  Joe Johnson | w/o | |

|  Jim Wych | w/o |
| |  Joe Johnson | 4 |
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| | |  Robert Marshall | 5 |
|  David Roe | 3 |

|  Robert Marshall | 5 |
| |  Robert Marshall | 5 |
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| | |  Steve Newbury | 4 |
|  Steve Newbury | 5 | | |

|  Jon Wright | 3 |
| |  Steve Newbury | 5 |
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| | |  Tommy Murphy | 2 |
|  Cliff Thorburn | 3 |

|  Tommy Murphy | 5 |
| |  Steve Newbury | 5 |
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| | |  Steve Davis | 2 |
|  Steve Davis | 5 | |

|  Kirk Stevens | 2 |
| |  Steve Davis | 5 |
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| | |  Darren Morgan | 4 |
|  Stephen Hendry | 4 |

|  Darren Morgan | 5 |

## Final

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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

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1. ^ a b Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 160.
2. ^ "The Global Snooker Centre". www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
3. ^ "British Open". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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