World Matchplay

Tournament information
Dates	6–15 December 1990 (1990-12-06 – 1990-12-15)
Venue	International Centre
City	Brentwood
Country	England
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£200,000 [1]
Winner's share	£70,000 [1]
Highest break	Stephen Hendry ( SCO) (142) [2]
Final
Champion	Jimmy White
Runner-up	Stephen Hendry
Score	18–9
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The 1990 Coalite World Matchplay was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place from 6 to 15 December 1990 at the International Centre in Brentwood, England. ^{[3] [4]}

Jimmy White won the event for the second year running, defeating Stephen Hendry 18–9 in the final. ^[5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^[2]

• Winner: £70,000
• Runner-up: £30,000
• Semi-final: £17,500
• Quarter-final: £10,000
• Round 1: £5,000
• Highest break: £5,000
• Total: £200,000 ^[1]

Main draw

	Round 1 Best of 17 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames					Semi-finals Best of 17 frames					Final Best of 35 frames
						Jimmy White		9
	Gary Wilkinson		9			Gary Wilkinson		6
	Mike Hallett		7								Jimmy White		9
											Terry Griffiths		2
						John Parrott		8
	Terry Griffiths		9			Terry Griffiths		9
	Steve James		6													Jimmy White		18
																Stephen Hendry		9
						Stephen Hendry		9
	Dean Reynolds		9			Dean Reynolds		8
	Neal Foulds		2								Stephen Hendry		9
											Steve Davis		6
						Steve Davis		9
	Martin Clark		9			Martin Clark		5
	Doug Mountjoy		1

Final

Final: Best of 35 frames. Referee: Len Ganley Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England, 14 & 15 December 1990.
Jimmy White   England	18–9	Stephen Hendry   Scotland
First session: 64–20, 66–56 (66 White, 56 Hendry), 31-73, 48-84 (80), 56–6, 84–1, 78–54 (58 White, 54 Hendry) Second session:67–24, 69–44, 30-106 (93), 0–142 (142), 24-70, 2-133 (80), 71–11, 85(53)-37, 82-0 (82), Third session: 67-55, 54–77 (72), 77-8, 69–58, 94-37 (94), 101 (50)-24, 65 (52)-57, 68 (51)-25 Fourth session: 0-79 (59), 41-87 (51), 68-47
94	Highest break	142
0	Century breaks	1
8	50+ breaks	9

References