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1990–91 snooker season

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The 1990–91 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1990 and May 1991. The following table outlines the results for ranking and the invitational events.

1990–91 snooker season
Details
DurationAugust 1990 – May 1991
Tournaments27 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipScotland Stephen Hendry
MastersScotland Stephen Hendry
World ChampionshipEngland John Parrott

Calendar

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Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
08-22 08-26   HKG NR World Series Challenge Hilton Hotel Hong Kong   James Wattana   Jimmy White 9–3 [1][2]
09-12 09-16   SCO NR Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell   Stephen Hendry   Terry Griffiths 10–6 [3]
09-?? 09-??   BEL NR Belgian Masters Sporthal Schijnpoort Antwerp   John Parrott   Jimmy White 9–6 [4][5]: 57–58 
09-26 09-28   ENG NR Shoot-Out Trentham Gardens Stoke-on-Trent   Darren Morgan   Mike Hallett 2–1 [6]
10-08 10-21   ENG WR Grand Prix Hexagon Theatre Reading   Stephen Hendry   Nigel Bond 10–5 [7]
10-29 11-03   CHN WR Asian Open GDTV Studios Guangzhou   Stephen Hendry   Dennis Taylor 9–3 [8]
11-05 11-11   UAE WR Dubai Classic Al Nasr Stadium Dubai   Stephen Hendry   Steve Davis 9–1 [9]
11-?? 11-??   EUR NR Norwich Union Grand Prix Monte Carlo Monte Carlo   John Parrott   Steve Davis 4–2 [10]
11-16 12-02   ENG WR UK Championship Guild Hall Preston   Stephen Hendry   Steve Davis 16–15 [11]
12-01 12-06   SCO NR Benson & Hedges Championship Masters Club Glasgow   Alan McManus   James Wattana 9–5 [12]
12-?? 12-??   THA NR King's Cup Channel 9 Auditorium Bangkok   Joe Swail   James Wattana 8–4 [13]
12-06 12-15   ENG NR World Matchplay Brentwood Centre Brentwood   Jimmy White   Stephen Hendry 18–9 [14]
05-16 12-16   GBR NR Centenary Challenge Cafe Royal London   Stephen Hendry   Steve Davis 19–11 [15][16][17]
12-17 12-22   MON NR European Grand Masters Monte Carlo   Martin Clark   Ray Reardon 4–2 [18]
01-01 01-12   ENG WR The Classic Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth   Jimmy White   Stephen Hendry 10–4 [19]
01-13 01-26   ENG NR World Masters National Exhibition Centre Birmingham   Jimmy White   Tony Drago 10–6 [20][21]
  Mike Hallett
  Stephen Hendry 		  Brady Gollan
  Jim Wych 		8–5
  Steve Davis
  Allison Fisher 		  Jimmy White
  Caroline Walch 		6–3
02-03 02-10   ENG NR The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London   Stephen Hendry   Mike Hallett 9–8 [22][23]
02-10 02-15   WAL NR Welsh Professional Championship Newport Centre Newport   Darren Morgan   Mark Bennett 9–3 [24]
02-17 03-02   ENG WR British Open Assembly Rooms Derby   Stephen Hendry   Gary Wilkinson 10–9 [25][26]
03-11 03-16   NLD WR European Open Imax Centre Rotterdam   Tony Jones   Mark Johnston-Allen 9–7 [27][28]
03-?? 03-??   THA NR Nescafe Extra Challenge Bangkok   Joe Johnson   James Wattana [n 2] [29]
03-21 03-24   CHN NR Kent Cup Yuetan Stadium Beijing   Joe Swail   Marcus Campbell 5–0 [10]
04-02 04-07   IRL NR Irish Masters Goff's Kill   Steve Davis   John Parrott 9–5 [30]
04-20 05-06   ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield   John Parrott   Jimmy White 18–11 [31]
05-11 05-18   WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn   Neal Foulds   Mike Hallett 9–6 [32]
01-?? 05-??   ENG NR Matchroom League   Stephen Hendry   Steve Davis [n 2] [33]
10-?? 05-20   ENG NR London Masters Café Royal London   Steve Davis   Stephen Hendry 4–0 [10]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event

Official rankings

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Main article: Snooker world rankings 1990/1991

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[34][35][36][37]

No. Ch. Name
1     Stephen Hendry
2     Steve Davis
3     John Parrott
4     Jimmy White
5     Doug Mountjoy
6     Terry Griffiths
7     Mike Hallett
8     Dean Reynolds
9     Steve James
10     Dennis Taylor
11     Willie Thorne
12     Martin Clark
13     Neal Foulds
14     John Virgo
15     Tony Meo
16     Alain Robidoux

Notes

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  1. ^ Dates use the mm-dd date format.
  2. ^ a b No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only.

References

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  2. ^ "In Brief". The Times. London. 27 August 1990. Retrieved 24 April 2020 – via NewsBank.
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  13. ^ "Round-up: Snooker". The Daily Telegraph. London. 15 December 1990. p. 31.
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  24. ^ Turner, Chris. "Welsh Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  25. ^ Turner, Chris. "British Open Including British Gold Cup, Yamaha Organs Trophy and Yamaha International Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
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  31. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  32. ^ Turner, Chris. "Pontins Open, Pontins Professional, Pontins World Pro-Am Series". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  33. ^ "Premier/Matchroom League, Matchroom Championship League". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
  34. ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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