Grand Prix 1987 (Snooker)
Grand Prix 1987
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Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
Venue: | Hexagon Theater, Reading , England |
Opening: | 17th October 1987 |
Endgame: | October 25, 1987
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Winner: | Stephen Hendry |
Finalist: | Dennis Taylor |
Highest Break: | 130 ( John Parrott ) |
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The 1987 Grand Prix was a 1987/88 season snooker tournament held at Reading's Hexagon Theater from October 17-25 , 1987 . For the fourth time the tournament was held in the south east of England.
The defending champion was the Englishman Jimmy White . This time he lost in lap 2. For the third time in the fourth Grand Prix, Dennis Taylor reached the final, but he could not repeat his victory of 1984 . Stephen Hendry from Scotland won the final 10-7. It was his first ranking win.
Final round
The top 32 of the world rankings were set for round 1. They played against the 32 professionals who had emerged from the qualification.
final
Finale: Best of 19 Frames Hexagon Theater, Reading , England , October 23, 1988 |
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Dennis Taylor | 7: 10 | Stephen Hendry |
Afternoon : 68 : 60, 74 : 52 (60), 90 : 9, 0: 79 (79), 60 : 26, 22: 96 , 11: 89 (58), 13: 73 , 17: 63 ; Evening : 48: 63 , 24: 69 , 0: 98 (98), 121 : 13, 20: 79 , 73 : 29, 80 : 33 (50), 30: 76 |
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60 | Highest break | 98 |
- | Century breaks | - |
2 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
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- ↑ 1987 Grand Prix. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 15, 2019 .
- ↑ 1987 Grand Prix Results. Snooker Database, accessed December 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Rankings - 1987-1988. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 15, 2019 .