| Tournament Name: | 1991 Pearl Assurance British Open |
| Venue: | Assembly Rooms |
| Location: | Derby |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £400,000[1] |
| Winners Share: | £75,000[2] |
| Highest Break: | (139) |
| Score: | 10–9 |
| Previous: | 1990 |
| Next: | 1992 |
The 1991 British Open (officially the 1991 Pearl Assurance British Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 17 February and 2 March 1991 at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, England.[3] [4] Stephen Hendry won the tournament by defeating Gary Wilkinson 10–9 in the final. The defending champion Bob Chaperon was defeated in the last 64 by Franky Chan.[5]
The qualifiers would mark the end of the playing career of veteran commentator Clive Everton.__TOC__
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Len Ganley Assembly Rooms, Derby, England. 2 March 1991. | |||
| Stephen Hendry | 10–9 | Gary Wilkinson | |
| Afternoon: 87–4 (80), 83–5, 51–76 (Hendry 51), 7–65, 6–69 (69), 7–68, 47–79 (53), 69–67 (Wilkinson 67) Evening: 18–73 (71), 88–33, 80–25, 53–35, 20–102, 24–68, 83–15 (55), 135–0 (118), 65–27, 36–99 (91), 87–2 | |||
| 118 | Highest break | 91 | |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 | |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 5 | |