English Professional Championship 1988

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English Professional Championship 1988
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Tournament type: Non-ranking tournament
Attendees: 64
Venue: Corn Exchange, Ipswich , England
Opening: 4th February 1988
Endgame: February 10, 1988

Defending champion: EnglandEngland Tony Meo
Winner: EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds
Finalist: EnglandEngland Neal Foulds
Highest Break: 134 ( Barry West ) EnglandEngland
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The English Professional Championship 1988 was a professional snooker tournament without influence on the world rankings in the context of the season 1987/88 for the purpose of determining the English professional champion. The tournament was held without sponsor from February 4 to 10, 1988 in the Corn Exchange in the English city ​​of Ipswich . In the final, Dean Reynolds succeeded with a 9: 5 victory over Neal Foulds for the only time the tournament victory in a professional tournament. The highest break of the tournament was played with a 134 break by Barry West .

Prize money

After the tournament had been sponsored by the Ipswich brewery Tolly Cobbold for the last three years , the tournament had no sponsors this year, but was still subsidized by the WPBSA . Nonetheless, compared to last year, the total prize money fell by over 25% to 63,004 pounds sterling , of which a good quarter (15,000 pounds) went to the winner.

Prize money
winner £ 15,000
finalist £ 9,000
Semi-finalist £ 4,750
Quarter finalist £ 2,375
Round of 16 £ 1,187
Last 32 563 pounds
Last 48 £ 0
Highest break
(qualification / main round)
£ 250 £
1,250
All in all £ 63,004

Tournament course

The tournament began on December 12 of the previous year with the qualification, which was completed on December 16. The tournament only continued with the main round at the beginning of February. A total of 64 players took part in the tournament, of which 32 players competed in a first round of the last 64 against one of these players each. The winners of the games met one of 16 other players in the round of the last 48. The winners of these games finally played in the round of the last 32 against one of the remaining players, so that the tournament winner was determined in the following in the knockout system . As in the previous year, the game was played in the best of 11 frames mode up to and including the quarter-finals , while the semi-finals and the final were played in the best of 17 frames mode.

Round of the last 64

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 Nigel Gilbert EnglandEngland 36 : 36th EnglandEngland Anthony Harris
2 Jim Chambers EnglandEngland 06 : 06th EnglandEngland Paul Gibson
3 Eric Lawlor EnglandEngland 56 : 56th EnglandEngland David Roe
4th Dave Gilbert EnglandEngland 16 : 16th EnglandEngland Terry Whitthread
5 Jason Smith EnglandEngland 36 : 36th EnglandEngland Vic Harris
6th Martin Smith EnglandEngland 16 : 16th EnglandEngland Graham Miles
7th Steve Meakin EnglandEngland 36 : 36th EnglandEngland Mike Darrington
8th Mick Fisher EnglandEngland kl. EnglandEngland Dave Chalmers
9 Robert Marshall EnglandEngland 36 : 36th EnglandEngland Bill Oliver
10 Derek Heaton EnglandEngland 06 : 06th EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft
11 Gary Wilkinson EnglandEngland 16 : 16th EnglandEngland Brian Rowswell
12 Paul Medati EnglandEngland 06 : 06th EnglandEngland Bernard Bennett
13 Ian Williamson EnglandEngland 56 : 56th EnglandEngland John Dunning
14th Dennis Hughes EnglandEngland 16 : 16th EnglandEngland Jack Fitzmaurice
15th Martin Clark EnglandEngland kl. EnglandEngland Mike Watterson
16 David Greaves EnglandEngland 56 : 56th EnglandEngland Steve James

Round of 48 to final

  Round of the last 48
best of 11 frames
Round of the last 32
best of 11 frames
Round of 16
best of 11 frames
Quarterfinals
Best of 11 frames
Semi-final
best of 17 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
                                           
EnglandEngland Fred Davis 6th   EnglandEngland Tony Meo 6th                
EnglandEngland Nigel Gilbert 5   EnglandEngland Fred Davis 3  
EnglandEngland Tony Meo 6th
  EnglandEngland Steve Longworth 4th  
EnglandEngland George Scott 3 EnglandEngland Steve Longworth 6th
EnglandEngland Jim Chambers 6th   EnglandEngland Jim Chambers 4th  
EnglandEngland Tony Meo 4th
  EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 6th  
EnglandEngland Malcolm Bradley 5   EnglandEngland John Parrott 6th    
EnglandEngland Eric Lawlor 6th   EnglandEngland Eric Lawlor 3  
EnglandEngland John Parrott 2
  EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 6th  
EnglandEngland Roger Bales 2 EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 6th
EnglandEngland Dave Gilbert 6th   EnglandEngland Dave Gilbert 3  
EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 9
  EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 8th  
EnglandEngland Tony Jones 5 EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 6th
EnglandEngland Jason Smith 6th   EnglandEngland Jason Smith 5  
EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 6th
  EnglandEngland Dave Martin 4th  
EnglandEngland Bob Harris 4th EnglandEngland Dave Martin 6th
EnglandEngland Martin Smith 6th   EnglandEngland Martin Smith 5  
EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 6th
  EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 4th  
EnglandEngland Ken Owers 6th   EnglandEngland David Taylor 3    
EnglandEngland Steve Meakin 2   EnglandEngland Ken Owers 6th  
EnglandEngland Ken Owers 4th
  EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 6th  
EnglandEngland Jon Wright 6th EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 6th
EnglandEngland Mick Fisher 2   EnglandEngland Jon Wright 2  
EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 9
EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 5
EnglandEngland Pat Houlihan 4th EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 6th
EnglandEngland Robert Marshall 6th   EnglandEngland Robert Marshall 3  
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 6th
  EnglandEngland John Virgo 0  
EnglandEngland Les Dodd 6th EnglandEngland John Virgo 6th
EnglandEngland Derek Heaton 0   EnglandEngland Les Dodd 3  
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 2
  EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 6th  
EnglandEngland Ray Edmonds 3   EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 6th    
EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 6th   EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson 3  
EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 6th
  EnglandEngland Danny Fowler 1  
EnglandEngland Danny Fowler 6th EnglandEngland John Spencer 3
EnglandEngland Paul Medati 1   EnglandEngland Danny Fowler 6th  
EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 9
  EnglandEngland Barry West 6th  
EnglandEngland Steve Duggan 6th EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 6th
EnglandEngland Ian Williamson 2   EnglandEngland Steve Duggan 3  
EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 6th
  EnglandEngland Rex Williams 3  
EnglandEngland Mark Wildman 0 EnglandEngland Rex Williams 6th
EnglandEngland Dennis Hughes 6th   EnglandEngland Dennis Hughes 1  
EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 5
  EnglandEngland Barry West 6th  
EnglandEngland Geoff Foulds 0   EnglandEngland Jimmy White 6th    
EnglandEngland Martin Clark 6th   EnglandEngland Martin Clark 5  
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 2
  EnglandEngland Barry West 6th  
EnglandEngland Graham Cripsey 4th EnglandEngland Barry West 6th
EnglandEngland David Greaves 6th   EnglandEngland David Greaves 5  

final

For Dean Reynolds it was the first professional final, even if he had previously reached the semi-finals of the Classic 1987 , among other things . In this tournament he had easily defeated Dave Gilbert and John Parrott before he defeated the winner of the two previous editions, Tony Meo , 6-4 in the quarterfinals . In the semifinals he finally won 9: 8 against ex-world champion Joe Johnson , so that he had reached the final. In this he met Neal Foulds , who had moved into the semi-finals with wins over Gary Wilkinson , Danny Fowler and Willie Thorne and had defeated Barry West 9: 6 there.

Foulds got off to a better start, taking a 2-0 lead, but Reynolds turned the game in his favor and took a 4-2 lead himself. As a result, Foulds equalized, but Reynolds restored the old gap and now led 6: 4. The following frame results are not recorded. It is known, however, that one of the following four frames went to Foulds and three to Reynolds, so that he won the game with 9: 5 and thus his only professional title.

Final: Best of 17 Frames
Corn ExchangeIpswich , England , February 10, 1988
EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 9 : 5 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds
41: 87 , 33: 63 , 61 : 58, 73 : 14 (54), 102 : 8 (59), 71 : 16, 32: 78 , 7: 71 ,
67 : 0; 81 : 34, results of the following four frames missing
59 Highest break -
- Century breaks -
2 50+ breaks -

Century Breaks

During the tournament, eight players each played a century break :

EnglandEngland Barry West 134
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 130
EnglandEngland Dave Martin 124
EnglandEngland Nigel Gilbert 116
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 116
EnglandEngland Rex Williams 116
EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 112
EnglandEngland Steve Longworth 106

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Ron Florax: 1988 English Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed April 6, 2020 .
  2. Chris Turner: English Professional Championship - Non Ranking Event. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 23, 2016 ; accessed on April 6, 2020 (English).
  3. a b Ron Florax: 1988 English Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed April 6, 2020 .