1990 London Masters

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=London Masters

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1989|10|10|1990|05|15|df=y}}

|venue=Café Royal

|location=London

|country=England

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£75,000

|winners_share=£30,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|John Parrott|ENG}} (130){{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19900517/125/0014|url-access=subscription|title=Parrott hopes dashed in final|date=17 May 1990|work=Dundee Courier|page=14}}

|winner={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

|score=4–2

|previous=1989

|next=1991}}

The 1990 Continental Airlines London Masters was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place from 10 October 1989 to 15 May 1990 at the Café Royal in London, England.{{cite news |last=Everton |first=Clive |title=Modest cash-in for Hendry |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=1 May 1990 |page=17}}{{cite news |newspaper=Leicester Mercury |location=Leicester |title=Snooker booster |date=19 June 1989 |page=18}}{{cite web|title=Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc2.html#Cont|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160458/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc2.html#Cont|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=8 February 2018}}

Stephen Hendry won the tournament beating John Parrott 4–2 in the final for the second consecutive year.{{cite web|title=1990 London Masters Results Grid|url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=755|publisher=Snooker Database|accessdate=8 February 2018|archive-date=10 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210063408/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=755|url-status=dead}}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:{{cite book |editor=Terry Smith |date=1990 |title=Benson and Hedges Snooker Year |chapter=Continental Airlines London Masters Results |location=Aylesbury |publisher=Pelham Books |isbn=0720719550 |page=91 |edition=Seventh}}

  • Winner: £30,000
  • Runner-up: £12,500
  • Semi-final: £7,500
  • Quarter-final: £3,500
  • Highest break: £3,500
  • Total: £75,000

Main draw

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1=Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames

| RD2=Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames

| RD3=Final
Best of 7 frames

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| RD1-score1=4

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Meo

| RD1-score3=4

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD1-score4=2

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team5={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

| RD1-score5=4

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-team6={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Hallett

| RD1-score6=1

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team7={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne

| RD1-score7=4

| RD1-seed8=

| RD1-team8={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

| RD1-score8=3

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| RD2-score1=4

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Meo

| RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

| RD2-score3=4

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne

| RD2-score4=2

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| RD3-score1=4

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

| RD3-score2=2

}}

References

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{{Snooker season 1989/1990}}

Category:London Masters (snooker)

Category:1990 in snooker

Category:1990 in English sport

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