1989 UK Championship

The 1989 UK Championship (officially the 1989 StormSeal UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 November and 3 December 1989 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. StormSeal became the new sponsor of the UK Championship. The televised stages were shown live on the BBC from 25 November to the final.

Defending champion Doug Mountjoy lost in the last 64 against rookie player Joe O'Boye. The 1988 runner-up Stephen Hendry won the first of his five UK titles by defeating six-times champion Steve Davis 16–12 in the final, taking Hendry on course for the number one spot in the world snooker rankings. The highest break of the tournament was a 141 made by Stephen Hendry.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
 * Winner: £100,000
 * Runner-up: £48,000
 * Semi-final: £N/A
 * Quarter-final: £12,000
 * Highest break: £8,000
 * Total: £420,000

Century breaks

 * 141, 135, 123, 120, 112 – Stephen Hendry
 * 139 – Andrew Cairns
 * 138, 136, 126 – Steve Davis
 * 127, 104 – Tony Knowles
 * 127 – Terry Griffiths
 * 127 – John Parrott
 * 114 – Neal Foulds
 * 114 – Danny Fowler
 * 111 – David Taylor
 * 110 – Mark Bennett


 * 110 – Brady Gollan
 * 108 – Mike Hallett
 * 108 – Brian Morgan
 * 107 – Ian Brumby
 * 105 – Stephen Murphy
 * 103 – Darren Morgan
 * 102 – Alain Robidoux
 * 101 – Joe Johnson
 * 101 – Barry West
 * 100 – Mark Johnston-Allen