1990 World Snooker Championship 1990 World Snooker Championship The 1990 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1990 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 29 April 1990 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The final was contested by Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White. Hendry led 9–7 after the first day's play and won the first four frames of the second day to lead 13–7, before White reduced the gap to four frames. At 16–12 Hendry compiled breaks of 81 and 71 to win the match 18–12, to
1983 World Snooker Championship 16 qualifiers). There were eighteen century breaks during the championship, a record which stood until 1986. The highest of the event was 147 by Cliff Thorburn. With this record he earned a £5,000 bonus. 1983 World Snooker Championship The 1983 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1983 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 April and 2 May 1983 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Steve Davis won in the final 18–6 against Cliff Thorburn. The tournament was sponsored by Embassy. The breakdown of prize