Tournament information | |
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Dates | 10–16 March 1990 |
Venue | Palais des Sports |
City | Lyon |
Country | France |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Winner's share | £40,000 |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 10–6 |
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The 1990 European Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in March 1990 at the Palais des Sports in Lyon, France. [1] [2]
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Final: Best of 19 frames. Palais des Sports, Lyon, France, 16 March 1990. | ||
John Parrott (1)![]() | 10–6 | Stephen Hendry (3)![]() |
Afternoon: 52-48; 46-75; 70-0 (69); 103-9 (74); 45-76; 49-51 (51); 77-5 (67); 82-24 (54); 1-67 (56) Evening: 57-59; 18-117 (117); 107-32 (64); 65-50 (56); 98-36; 65-60 (Parrott 57); 66-35 | ||
74 | Highest break | 117 |
0 | Century breaks | 1 |
7 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
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