Pontins Professional 1988

Pontins Professional 1988
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Attendees:	8th
Venue:	Pontins, Prestatyn , Wales
Opening:	May 7, 1988
Endgame:	May 14, 1988
Winner:	John Parrott
Finalist:	Mike Hallett
Highest Break:	127 ( John Parrott )
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The Pontins Professional 1988 was a snooker tournament as part of the 1987/88 season . It took place from May 7th to 14th at Pontins' holiday resort in Prestatyn on the north coast of Wales. It was the 15th edition of the tournament since 1974.

Defending champion Neal Foulds lost his opening match. John Parrott defeated Mike Hallett 9-1 in the final . It was the biggest defeat in tournament history.

Prize money

There was £ 1,000 more this year, but this was still only given to the two finalists. Both players got £ 500 more.

placement	Prize money
winner	£ 3,500
final	£ 2,500
All in all	£ 6,000

Final round

For the first time in tournament history, there was no Welsh professional among those taking part. 8 players competed in an elimination tournament and played out the winner in three rounds.

	Quarter Finals (Best of 9)					Semi-finals (Best of 11)					Final (Best of 17)
	1	Neal Foulds	3
	5	Tony Drago	5
						5	Tony Drago	2
						4th	Mike Hallett	6th
	4th	Mike Hallett	5
	6th	Eugene Hughes	0
											4th	Mike Hallett	1
											3	John Parrott	9
	3	John Parrott	5
	7th	Dean Reynolds	0
						3	John Parrott	6th
						2	Stephen Hendry	3
	2	Stephen Hendry	5
	8th	Tony Meo	3

final

Final: Best of 17 Frames Pontins,  Prestatyn , Wales , May 1988
Mike Hallett	1: 9	John Parrott
Afternoon : 49: 78 , 3: 97 (82), 20: 100 (78), 9: 112 (80), 5: 126 (86), 45: 80 (73), 11: 73 , 84 : 43 (56 ); Evening : 52: 83 , 0: 108 (108)
56	Highest break	108
-	Century breaks	1
1	50+ breaks	6th

Century breaks

Five breaks of a hundred or more points was one of the best results of the tournament to date. Tournament winner John Parrott managed a century break in every round of the tournament .

John Parrott	127, 108, 102
Stephen Hendry	108, 102

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1. ^ Pontins Open / Pontins Professional / Pontins World Pro-Am Series. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; accessed on December 9, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 1988 Pontins Professional - Finishes. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 9, 2018 . 
3. ↑ 1988 Pontins Professional. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 9, 2018 . 
4. ↑ 1988 Pontin's Professional Results. In: Snooker Database. Retrieved December 9, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Rankings - 1987-1988. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 9, 2018 .