1989 World Snooker Championship The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers). There were 19 century breaks in the 1989 World Snooker Championship. The highest break of the event was 141 made by Stephen Hendry. The highest break of the qualifying stage was 143 made by Darren Morgan. 1989 World Snooker Championship The 1989 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1989 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 April–1 May 1989 at the Crucible Theatre in
1947 World Snooker Championship would no longer play in the World Championship. Davis did not, in any other sense, retire from snooker, continuing to play in other tournaments and exhibition matches for many years. Walter Donaldson won the title by defeating Fred Davis 82–63 in the final, although he already reached the winning margin at 73–49. Davis made the highest break of the tournament with a 135 clearance in frame 86 of the final, just one short of the championship record. Source: Qualifying matches were held at Burroughes Hall in London from 2 January to 8 February 1947. Herbert Holt had scratched from the