Dubai Masters 1988

Dubai Masters 1988 Dubai Duty Free Masters 1988
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Venue:	Al Nasr Stadium , Dubai , UAE
Opening:	September 26, 1988
Endgame:	September 29, 1988
Winner:	Neal Foulds
Finalist:	Steve Davis
Highest Break:	107 ( Willie Thorne )
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The 1988 Dubai Duty Free Masters was a snooker tournament belonging to the 1988/89 snooker season . It was the first edition of the invitation tournament, which became the first professional tournament in the Gulf States. The tournament was played from September 26th to September 29th at the Al Nasr Stadium in Dubai .

Neal Foulds stepped out of the tournament as the winner, defeating Steve Davis 5: 4 in the final . The highest break was played by Willie Thorne .

Prize money

The tournament sponsor was Dubai Duty Free . The total prize pool was £ 73,000 with no prize money for the highest break.

	Prize money
winner	£ 25,000
finalist	£ 12,000
Semi-finalist	£ 8,000
Quarter finalist	£ 5,000
Round of 16	£ 0
All in all	£ 73,000

Tournament schedule

In the round of 16 eight professional snooker players played against local players. All local players lost without winning a frame, leaving only the eight professional players in the quarter-finals.

	Round of 16 best of 3 frames				Quarterfinals Best of 5 Frames				Semi-final Best of 9 frames				Final best of 9 frames
	Dennis Taylor	2
	Obaid Khalifa	0
					Dennis Taylor	0
					Willie Thorne	3
	Willie Thorne	2
	George Philips	0
									Willie Thorne	2
									Steve Davis	5
	Steve Davis	2
	Attiq Qubasi	0
					Steve Davis	3
					Terry Griffiths	2
	Terry Griffiths	2
	Abdulla Marzong	0
													Steve Davis	4th
													Neal Foulds	5
	Neal Foulds	2
	Khalid Abbas	0
					Neal Foulds	3
					Cliff Thorburn	1
	Cliff Thorburn	2
	Masood Mohamed	0
									Neal Foulds	5
									Tony Meo	4th
	Tony Meo	2
	David Lulsie	0
					Tony Meo	3
					Jimmy White	2
	Jimmy White	2
	Ali Mohammed Ali	0

Century Breaks

During the tournament, three century breaks were played by two players.

• Willie Thorne : 107
• Neal Foulds : 103, 101

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chris Turner: Dubai Classic / Dubai Masters / Bahrain Snooker Championship. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on April 18, 2016 (English).  
2. ^ ^{A b} Ron Florax: 1988 Dubai Masters. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on July 1, 2018 ; accessed on July 1, 2018 (English).  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ron Florax: 1988 Dubai Masters - Finishes. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on July 1, 2018 ; accessed on July 1, 2018 (English).