1989 Irish Professional Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14–17 February 1989 |
| Venue | Antrim Forum |
| City | Antrim |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £12,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £5,000[2] |
| Highest break |  Tommy Murphy (NIR) (84)[3] |
| Final | |
| Champion | Alex Higgins |
| Runner-up | Jack McLaughlin |
| Score | 9–7 |
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The 1989 Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 14 and 17 February 1989 at the Antrim Forum in Antrim, Northern Ireland.[4][5]
Alex Higgins won the title beating Jack McLaughlin 9–7 in the final.[6]
Prize fund
[edit]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]
- Winner: £5,000
- Runner-up: £2,500
- Semi-final: £900
- Quarter-final: £450
- Round 1: £150
- Highest break: £300
- Total: £12,000[1]
Main draw
[edit]| First round Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Paul Watchorn
| 5 | Paul Watchorn
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pascal Burke
| 4 | Alex Higgins
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Hughes
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Hughes
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Kearney
| 5 | Tony Kearney
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Billy Kelly
| 2 | Alex Higgins
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack McLaughlin
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack McLaughlin
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jackie Rea
| w/o | Jackie Rea
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Patsy Fagan
| w/d | Jack McLaughlin
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paddy Browne
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Murphy
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paddy Browne
| 5 | Paddy Browne
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dessie Sheehan
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Antrim snub is real insult". Belfast Newsletter. 23 December 1988. p. 28.
- ↑ "Hurricane Higgins soars high in the eye of the storm". Sunday Tribune. 19 February 1989. p. 13.
- 1 2 Smith, Terry, ed. (1989). "Irish Championship Results". Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Sixth ed.). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. p. 102. ISBN 0720719445.
- ↑ "Proud Jack wants Irish title again". Sunday Life. 8 January 1989. p. 45.
- ↑ "Irish Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ↑ Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 157.
- ↑ "1989 Irish Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Retrieved 8 February 2018.