Canadian Professional Championship 1988

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Canadian Professional Championship 1988
BCE Canadian Professional Championship 1988
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Tournament type: National professional championship
Venue: Minker Auditorium , Toronto , Canada
Opening: September 1988
Endgame: September 1988

Winner: CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux
Finalist: CanadaCanada Jim Wych
Highest Break: 125 ( Mario Morra ) CanadaCanada
← 1987
 

The 1988 BCE Canadian Professional Championship was a snooker tournament to determine the national champion of the professionals of Canada as part of the 1988/89 snooker season . The last edition of this tournament was held in September 1988 in the Minkler Auditorium in Toronto . The winner of the tournament was Alain Robidoux , who defeated Jim Wych 8: 4 in the final. The highest break was played by Mario Morra .

Prize money

The total prize money was ₤ 22,625 , of which ₤ 6,750 went to the winner.

Prize money
winner 6,750 ₤
final 3,750 ₤
Semifinals ₤ 2,000
Quarter finals 1,125 ₤
Round 1 625 ₤
style = "text-align: right" | 500 ₤
All in all 22,625 ₤

Tournament course

Round 1

Of the 14 participants, 12 had to go through round 1. The games were played in the best of 11 frames mode.

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 Jim Wych CanadaCanada 56 : 56th CanadaCanada Paul Thornley
2 Alain Robidoux CanadaCanada 36 : 36th CanadaCanada Bob chaperone
3 Mario Morra CanadaCanada 26 : 26th CanadaCanada Gerry Watson
4th Bernie Mikkelsen CanadaCanada 26 : 26th CanadaCanada Marcel Gauvreau
5 Frank Jonik CanadaCanada kl. CanadaCanada Gino Rigitano
6th Joe Cagianello CanadaCanada 36 : 36th CanadaCanada Jim Bear

Quarter-finals to finals

The 6 winners of the 1st round and the two seeded players Cliff Thorburn and Kirk Stevens competed in the quarter-finals.

  Quarterfinals
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-final
best of 13 frames 		Final
Best of 15 frames
                           
   CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 6th        
 CanadaCanada Joe Cagianello 3  
 CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 7th
   CanadaCanada Bernie Mikkelsen 3  
 CanadaCanada Bernie Mikkelsen 6th
   CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 5  
   CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 8th
   CanadaCanada Jim Wych 4th
   CanadaCanada Jim Wych 6th
 CanadaCanada Mario Morra 4th  
 CanadaCanada Jim Wych 7th
   CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 5  
 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 6th
   CanadaCanada Frank Jonik 4th  

final

Alain Robidoux dominated the beginning of the game and took a 4-0 lead. Jim Wych finally came up to him at 4-1 and 5-2, but Robidoux restored the old gap. Wych was able to win two frames in a row to 6: 4, but Robidoux won the next two frames to win the title.

Finale: Best of 15 Frames
Minkler Auditorium,  Toronto , Canada , September 1988
CanadaCanada Alain Robidoux 8 : 4 CanadaCanada Jim Wych
93 : 36 (76); 59:51 ; 68 : 3 (51); 86 : 38 (69); 23: 82 (67);
84:34 ; 29: 84 ; 65:24 (50); 31: 69 ; 36: 68 ; 61:33 ; 59 : 46
76 Highest break 67
- Century breaks -
4th 50+ breaks 1

Century Breaks

During the tournament, three Centurys were played by three players.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ron Florax: 1988 Canadian Professional Championship. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on August 8, 2018 ; accessed on August 8, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1988 Canadian Professional Championship - Finishes. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on August 8, 2018 ; accessed on August 8, 2018 .