Australian Professional Championship 1988

Australian Professional Championship 1988
Tournament type:	Non-ranking tournament
Venue:	Rooty Hill Retired Soldiers Club , Sydney , Australia
Opening:	September 1988
Endgame:	September 1988
Winner:	John Campbell
Finalist:	Robby Foldvari
Highest Break:	124 ( Robby Foldvari )
← 1987

The 1988 Australian Professional Championship was a snooker tournament to determine the national professional champions of Australia during the 1988/89 season . The tournament was played in September 1988 at Rooty Hill Retired Soldiers Club in the Australian city ​​of Sydney . The winner of the last edition of the tournament was John Campbell with a 9: 7 win over Robby Foldvari , while he played the only Century Break of the tournament with a 124 break .

Prize money

The total prize pool was £ 7,550 , of which just over a quarter went to the winner.

	Prize money
winner	£ 2,000
final	£ 1,100
Semifinals	750 pounds
Quarter finals	£ 500
Second round	£ 200
First round	-
Highest break	150 pounds
All in all	£ 7,550

Tournament schedule

The tournament began with a one-game first round, the winner of which advanced to the second round. From this round, the total of four winners of the games advanced to the quarter-finals, in which they each encountered one of the other professional players, so that the tournament victory was played from there in the knockout system . Up to and including the quarter-finals, the game was played in the best of 9 frames mode , followed by the semifinals in the best of 15 frames mode and the final in the best of 17 frames mode .

First round best of 9 frames

Second round best of 9 frames

Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames

Semi-finals Best of 15 frames

Final Best of 17 frames

Ian Anderson

5

John Campbell

5

James Giannaros

2

Ian Anderson

0

John Campbell

8th

Eddie Charlton

6th

Greg Jenkins

5

Eddie Charlton

5

Paddy Morgan

3

Greg Jenkins

0

John Campbell

9

Robby Foldvari

7th

Vladimir Potazznyk

5

Glen Wilkinson

3

Robby Foldvari

5

Edward Charlton

1

Vladimir Potazznyk

5

Vladimir Potazznyk

3

Robby Foldvari

8th

Warren King

5

Sam Frangie

5

Warren King

5

Lou Condo

2

Sam Frangie

4th

final

John Campbell, who won in 1985 the tournament was in the quarter-finals with a white-wash over Ian Anderson started the tournament before settling in the semifinals on a tight 8: 6 victory over local favorite Eddie Charlton secured the finals in where he stepped on Robby Foldvari , who so far has had little success in snooker, but had already won the English Billiards World Championship . Foldvari had also only started the tournament in the quarter-finals, where he narrowly defeated Vladimir Potazsnyk 5-3 , before he reached the final with an 8-5 win over Warren King .

The final itself was a close game. After Campbell took a 2-0 lead, Foldvari equalized. As a result, a constant back and forth developed in which neither player could achieve a significant advantage. Only when the score was 7: 7 Campbell was able to win the following two frames with 63:13 and 76:55 and thus also the game and the tournament.

Final: Best of 17 Frames Rooty Hill Retired Soldiers Club,  Sydney , Australia , September 1988
John Campbell	9 : 7	Robby Foldvari
66 : 40, 59 : 43, 80: 81 , 50: 69 , 62 : 30, 32: 77 (55), 86 : 20, 61: 70 , 60: 62 , 66: 35, 39: 78 (50), 75 : 15, 62 : 45, 48: 72 , 63: 13, 76 : 55
-	Highest break	55
-	Century breaks	-
-	50+ breaks	2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ron Florax: 1988 Australian Professional Championship. Cuetracker.net, accessed July 26, 2018 .  
2. ^ Ron Florax: 1988 Australian Professional Championship - Finishes. Cuetracker.net, accessed July 26, 2018 .