1988 Norwich Union Grand Prix

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1988 Norwich Union Grand Prix
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Venue: MonacoMonaco Monte Carlo
Opening: 17th December 1988
Endgame: December 18, 1988

Winner: EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Finalist: EnglandEngland Jimmy White
Highest Break: 136 ( Steve Davis ) EnglandEngland
 
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The 1988 Norwich Union Grand Prix was a snooker tournament belonging to the 1988/89 snooker season . The tournament was held in Monte Carlo on December 17 and 18, 1988 , while the preliminary rounds were held in various other European cities.

The winner was Steve Davis , who defeated Jimmy White 5: 4 in the final. Davis also played the tournament's highest break with a 136 break in the final.

Prize money

After 14 years of abstinence, Norwich Union again sponsored a Main Tour snooker tournament. The total prize money was worth ₤ 105,000 , of which winner Steve Davis received 50 50,000. There was no prize money for the highest break.

Prize money
winner 50,000 ₤
finalist 25,000 ₤
Semi-finalist 15,000 ₤
All in all 105,000 ₤

Preliminary rounds

The preliminary round was held in hotels in Brussels , Madrid , Paris and Milan .

Round 1

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 Jimmy White EnglandEngland 13 : 13 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
2 Willie Thorne EnglandEngland 03 : 03 EnglandEngland Jimmy White
3 Willie Thorne EnglandEngland 13 : 13 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds
4th Dennis Taylor Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 03 : 03 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
5 Terry Griffiths WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 03 : 03 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
6th Neal Foulds EnglandEngland 03 : 03 EnglandEngland Tony Meo
7th Steve Davis EnglandEngland 03 : 03 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
8th Steve Davis EnglandEngland 13 : 13 EnglandEngland Tony Meo

round 2

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 Jimmy White EnglandEngland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
2 Dennis Taylor Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 15 : 15 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
3 Terry Griffiths WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 4th5 : 45 EnglandEngland Steve Davis
4th Steve Davis EnglandEngland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds

Main tournament

The main tournament was held in Monte Carlo on December 17th and 18th .

  Semi-final
best of 5 frames 		Final
best of 9 frames
             
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 3      
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1  
   EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5
   EnglandEngland Jimmy White 4th
 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 3  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 1  

final

Jimmy White was able to take the lead with 0-2 before Steve Davis scored the 1: 2 with a 136 break. White just won the next frame with 58:59 and the next frame also went to White, so that he legally needed a frame to win the tournament. But Davis found his playing field and won the next frame to a 5-4 victory.

Final: Best of 9 Frames
Monte Carlo , Monaco , November 18, 1988
EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5 : 4 EnglandEngland Jimmy White
8: 97 (66); 16: 91 ; 136 : 0 (136); 58: 59 ; 16: 69 ;
40:30 ; 83:10 (60); 59:55 ; 60 : 41
136 Highest break 66
1 Century breaks -
2 50+ breaks 1

Century Breaks

During the main tournament and the preliminary rounds, four century breaks were played by three players.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Chris Turner: Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 6, 2012 ; accessed on July 20, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b c d Ron Florax: 1988 Norwich Union Grand Prix. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on July 20, 2018 ; accessed on July 20, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1988 Norwich Union Grand Prix - Finishes. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on July 20, 2018 ; accessed on July 20, 2018 .