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Pearl Assurance British Open [ - ] [ + ]

Main Tour, Ranking

18 Feb - 3 Mar 1990, Assembly Rooms, Derby, England
Previous champion: Tony Meo (a) (1989)
See also: Results (63)

Final
Canada Bob Chaperon (a) 10-8 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a)  

Afternoon:
35-58, 115-1 (110), 57-10, 99-20, 73-30, 44-68, 7-61, 34-61, 33-73

Evening:
64-45, 99-2, 52-63, 70-17, 8-83, 76-19, 14-82, 69-36, 81-18

Referee: Alan Chamberlain

Chaperon's only ranking title and Higgins' last ranking final appearance.
Semifinals
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 9-3 England Steve James (a) Head to head
Canada Bob Chaperon (a) 9-5 England Robert Marshall (a)  
Quarterfinals
England Steve James (a) 5-2 England Les Dodd (a) Head to head
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-3 England Martin Clark (a)  
Canada Bob Chaperon (a) 5-3 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
England Robert Marshall (a) 5-4 Wales Steve Newbury (a)  
Round 3
(Last 16)
1 England Steve James (a) 5-4 England Jimmy White (a) Head to head
2 England Les Dodd (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
3 England Martin Clark (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
4 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-3 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) Head to head
5 England Neal Foulds (a) 5-3 South Africa Peter Francisco (a) Head to head
6 Canada Bob Chaperon (a) 5-4 Canada Alain Robidoux (a)  
7 England Robert Marshall (a) 5-0 Ireland Eugene Hughes (a)  
8 Wales Steve Newbury (a) 5-2 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head
Round 2
(Last 32)
1 England Jimmy White (a) 5-0 England Tony Meo (a) Head to head
2 England Steve James (a) 5-0 Great Britain (Isle of Man) Tony Wilson (a)  
3 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 Thailand James Wattana (a) Head to head
4 England Les Dodd (a) 5-2 England Mark Rowing (a)  
5 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-2 Scotland Murdo MacLeod (a) Head to head
6 England Martin Clark (a) 5-2 Ireland Paddy Browne (a)  
7 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-2 England Mark Bennett (a)  
8 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 5-2 England Dean Reynolds (a)  
9 England Neal Foulds (a) 5-0 Malta Tony Drago (a) Head to head
10 South Africa Peter Francisco (a) 5-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
11 Canada Alain Robidoux (a) 5-4 England Steve Duggan (a)  
12 Canada Bob Chaperon (a) 5-3 England Mike Hallett (a) Head to head
13 Ireland Eugene Hughes (a) 5-2 England Rex Williams (a)  
14 England Robert Marshall (a) 5-4 England Joe Johnson (a)  
15 Wales Steve Newbury (a) 5-2 Northern Ireland Tommy Murphy (a)  
16 England Steve Davis (a) 5-4 Wales Darren Morgan (a) Head to head
Round 1
(Last 64)
1 England Tony Meo (a) 5-2 England Roger Bales (a)  
2 England Jimmy White (a) 5-4 England John Spencer (a) Head to head
3 England Steve James (a) 5-1 England Bill Oliver (a)  
4 Great Britain (Isle of Man) Tony Wilson (a) 5-4 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a)  
5 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 Canada Brady Gollan (a)  
6 Thailand James Wattana (a) 5-1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
7 England Les Dodd (a) 5-3 Wales Cliff Wilson (a) Head to head
8 England Mark Rowing (a) 5-4 Wales Wayne Jones (a)  
9 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-1 England Danny Fowler (a) Head to head
10 Scotland Murdo MacLeod (a) 5-0 England Barry West (a)  
11 England Martin Clark (a) 5-2 Ireland Stephen Murphy (a) Head to head
12 Ireland Paddy Browne (a) 5-1 England John Virgo (a)  
13 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-3 England Bob Harris (a)  
14 England Mark Bennett (a) 5-1 England Willie Thorne (a)  
15 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 5-3 England Nick Terry (a) Head to head
16 England Dean Reynolds (a) 5-2 Wales Tony Chappel (a)  
17 England Neal Foulds (a) 5-2 England Ian Graham (a) Head to head
18 Malta Tony Drago (a) 5-0 England Steve Longworth (a)  
19 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-4 England Gary Wilkinson (a) Head to head
20 South Africa Peter Francisco (a) 5-4 England David Taylor (a) Head to head
21 England Steve Duggan (a) 5-1 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
22 Canada Alain Robidoux (a) 5-3 Australia Eddie Charlton (a)  
23 England Mike Hallett (a) 5-1 England Graham Miles (a)  
24 Canada Bob Chaperon (a) 5-0 Scotland Jim Donnelly (a)  
25 Ireland Eugene Hughes (a) 5-1 England Mark Johnston-Allen (a)  
26 England Rex Williams (a) 5-3 Scotland Eddie Sinclair (a) Head to head
27 England Joe Johnson (a) w/o Canada Jim Wych (a)  
28 England Robert Marshall (a) 5-3 England David Roe (a)  
29 Wales Steve Newbury (a) 5-3 England Jon Wright (a)  
30 Northern Ireland Tommy Murphy (a) 5-3 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a)  
31 England Steve Davis (a) 5-2 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) Head to head
32 Wales Darren Morgan (a) 5-4 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) Head to head