UK Championship 1987
UK Championship 1987
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Guild Hall, Preston |
| Opening: | November 13, 1987 |
| Endgame: | November 29, 1987
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| Winner: |
 Steve Davis
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| Highest Break: |
147 ( Willie Thorne )
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← 1986
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The 1987 UK Championship was a snooker tournament that was held from November 13-29, 1987 at the Guild Hall in Preston . Englishman Steve Davis won the tournament for the fourth time in a row, a one-time series at the UK Championship. He defeated Jimmy White 16:14.
Willie Thorne managed the first maximum break in tournament history in his opening match in the main tournament against Tommy Murphy . It was the only official 147 break of his career and only the fourth recognized maximum in professional snooker. In contrast to this, the previous three had been recorded for television.
Prize money
The winner of the tournament received £ 10,000 more than last year. Almost £ 55,000 more than in 1986 was paid out in total.
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| winner | £ 70,000 |
| finalist | £ 42,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 21,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 10,500 |
| Round of 16 | 5250 pounds |
| Last 32 | 3391 pounds |
| Last 64 | 1531 pounds |
| Highest break | Main tournament: £ 7,000 |
| All in all | £ 354,998 |
qualification
119 players competed in this year's UK championship, after three qualifying rounds the 32 participants in the main tournament were determined.
Main tournament
From November 13, 16 seeded players and 16 qualifiers competed for the main tournament.
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Century breaks
A total of 19 century breaks were achieved in the main tournament . Willie Thorne achieved the first maximum break in tournament history . Most of the breaks of 100 points or more were scored by Steve Davis , all five of which he achieved in the final.
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- ↑ a b c 1983 UK Championship. CueTracker, accessed October 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Results. Snooker Database, accessed October 17, 2015 .
