Australian Masters 1987

Australian Masters 1987 Winfield Masters 1987
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Attendees:	16
Venue:	ANZAC Memorial Club, Sydney , Australia
Opening:	July 1987
Endgame:	July 1987
Defending champion:	Dennis Taylor
Winner:	Stephen Hendry
Finalist:	Mike Hallett
Highest Break:	115 ( Alex Higgins )
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The Winfield Australian Masters 1987 , partly also the Winfield Masters 1987 , was a professional snooker invitation tournament of the 1987/88 season . The tournament was held in July 1987 at the ANZAC Memorial Club in the Australian city ​​of Sydney . The winner was Stephen Hendry from Scotland , who won the tournament by beating Mike Hallett in the final . In contrast, the Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor played the only century break of the tournament with a 115 break and thus the highest break of the tournament. It was the last edition of the tournament until the tournament was revived under different names in the mid-1990s.

Prize money

For the ninth and final time, the tournament was sponsored by Winfield . A total of £ 88,883 in prize money was paid out at the tournament , which even exceeded the level of two years ago . A good quarter of the prize money went to the winner of the tournament.

	Prize money
winner	£ 22,222
finalist	£ 13,333
Third	£ 10,221
Fourth	£ 7,555
Quarter finalist	£ 4,444
Round of 16	£ 2,222
All in all	£ 88,883

Tournament course

The ANZAC Memorial Club is usually named as the exact venue of the tournament , while the Parramatta Leagues Club is also called the same as an alternative . Compared to previous years, the knockout system was played again, but according to the results available, no clear best-of mode can be seen in frames , which can possibly be explained by the fact that at least the result of the final out of five Frames was added together. Apart from that, a game for third place was played for the first time compared to previous years .

	Round of 16 after frames				Quarter finals after frames				Semi-finals after frames				Final on points
	Stephen Hendry	3
	John Campbell	2
					Stephen Hendry	4th
					Cliff Thorburn	1
	Cliff Thorburn	3
	Glen Wilkinson	2
									Stephen Hendry	3
									Alex Higgins	2
	Alex Higgins	3
	Warren King	1
					Alex Higgins	4th
					John Parrott	0
	John Parrott	4th
	Dene O'Kane	0
													Stephen Hendry	371
													Mike Hallett	226
	Mike Hallett	4th
	Eugene Hughes	1
					Mike Hallett	3
					Joe Johnson	2
	Joe Johnson	3
	Paddy Morgan	1
									Mike Hallett	3
									Eddie Charlton	2			Game for third place by frames
	Eddie Charlton	3
	Dean Reynolds	2
					Eddie Charlton	3							Alex Higgins	3
					Robby Foldvari	2							Eddie Charlton	2
	Robby Foldvari	3
	Tony Knowles	2

final

The young Scot Stephen Hendry had defeated ex-world champions Cliff Thorburn and Alex Higgins on his way to the final and met Mike Hallett , who in turn had defeated ex-world champion Joe Johnson and local hero Eddie Charlton . While Higgins defeated Charlton in the game for third place, Hendry won the final of the tournament with 371: 226.

Final: ANZAC Memorial Club,  Sydney , Australia , July 1987
Stephen Hendry	371 : 226	Mike Hallett
five frames, after this 4: 1
-	Highest break	-
-	Century breaks	-
-	50+ breaks	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ron Florax: 1987 Australian Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed January 15, 2020 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chris Turner: Australian Events - Invitation and Ranking Events. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on April 25, 2012 ; accessed on January 15, 2020 (English).  
3. ↑ Ron Florax: 1987 Australian Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed January 15, 2020 .  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Stephen Hendry : Me and the table . 1st edition. John Blake Publishing, London 2018, ISBN 978-1-78606-568-1 , pp.  77 f .