Tournament Summary
- In beating John Parrott at the semi-final stage, Hendry replaced Steve Davis as snooker's world number 1.
- For the first time since 1982, Davis failed to reach the final, losing 14–16 to Jimmy White in the semi-final.
- 1982 champion Alex Higgins returned to the Crucible after missing out the previous year. He lost 5–10 to Steve James in the first round. After the match, Higgins punched an official in the stomach at the post-match press conference. That combined with threatening to shoot Dennis Taylor at the 1990 World Cup a month earlier led to Higgins being banned from the entire 1990/1991 season.
- In the same match James made a 135 break against Higgins, making it the only 16-red total clearance in the Crucible.
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