1986/87 snooker season

1986/87 snooker season
Season dates
Beginning of the season	May 1986
End of season	June 1987
Ranked tournaments	6th
Non-ranking	11
Invitation tournaments	14th
number of players	216
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship	Steve Davis
Masters	Dennis Taylor
World Champion	Steve Davis
World ranking
Ranking first	Steve Davis
← 1985/86 1987/88 →

The 1986/87 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Snooker Main Tour . It began in May 1986 with the qualifiers and ended in June 1987 with the Pontins Professional 1987. During the season there were 216 active players.

Tournaments

Three qualifying tournaments, seven national championships, and 21 major tournaments were played during the season. So a total of 31 tournaments were played.

Qualifying tournaments

date	competition	place	winner	finalist	Result
May 1985	WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 1	Brean Sands	David Roe	Jon Wright	5: 4
June 1985	WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 2	Brean Sands	Jon Wright	David Roe	5: 1

Main tournaments

date	competition	venue	Art	winner	finalist	Result
June 30th to July 4th 1986	Australian Masters	Sydney	Invitation tournament	Dennis Taylor	Steve Davis	3: 2
August	Thailand Masters	Bangkok	Invitation tournament	James Wattana	Terry Griffiths	2: 1
August 24th and 24th	China Masters	Shanghai	Invitation tournament	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	3-0
August 28th to 30th	Malaysian Masters	Kuala Lumpur	Invitation tournament	Jimmy White	Dennis Taylor	2: 1
September 3rd to 7th	Hong Kong Masters	Hong Kong	Invitation tournament	Willie Thorne	Dennis Taylor	8: 3
September 15th to 17th	Carlsberg Challenge	Dublin	Invitation tournament	Dennis Taylor	Jimmy White	8: 3
September 17th to 24th	Matchroom Professional Championship	Southend-on-Sea	Invitation tournament	Willie Thorne	Steve Davis	10: 9
September 18-21	Scottish Masters	Glasgow	Invitation tournament	Cliff Thorburn	Alex Higgins	9: 8
September 26th to October 5th	International Open	Stoke	World ranking tournament	Neal Foulds	Cliff Thorburn	12: 9
October 18-26	Grand Prix	Reading	World ranking tournament	Jimmy White	Rex Williams	10: 6
October 28th to November 1st	Canadian Masters	Toronto	Invitation tournament	Steve Davis	Willie Thorne	9: 3
November 14th to 30th	UK Championship	Preston	World ranking tournament	Steve Davis	Neal Foulds	16: 7
December 2nd to 14th	World Doubles Championship	Northampton	Invitation tournament	Steve Davis Tony Meo	Mike Hallett Stephen Hendry	12: 3
December	Pot Black	Birmingham	Invitation tournament	Jimmy White	Kirk Stevens	2-0
January to May 1987	Matchroom League	different	league	Steve Davis	Neal Foulds	6: 2
January 2nd to 11th	Classic	Blackpool	World ranking tournament	Steve Davis	Jimmy White	13:12
January 25th to February 1st	Masters	London	Invitation tournament	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	9: 8
February 15 to March 1	British Open	Derby	World ranking tournament	Jimmy White	Neal Foulds	13: 9
March 5th to 8th	Kent Cup	Beijing	Invitation tournament	Willie Thorne	Jimmy White	5: 2
March 18-21	World cup	Bournemouth	Invitation tournament	/ Team All Ireland A	Team Canada	9: 2
March 24-29	Irish Masters	Kill	Invitation tournament	Steve Davis	Willie Thorne	9: 1
April 18th to May 4th	World Snooker Championship	Sheffield	World ranking tournament	Steve Davis	Joe Johnson	18:14
June	Pontins Professional	Prestatyn	Non-ranking	Neal Foulds	Willie Thorne	9: 8

National championships

date	competition	venue	winner	finalist	Result
August 1986	South African Professional Championship	Johannesburg	Silvino Francisco	François Ellis	9: 1
August 1986	Canadian Professional Championship	Toronto	Cliff Thorburn	Jim Wych	6: 2
August 1st to 22nd	Australian Professional Championship	Sydney	Warren King	John Campbell	10: 3
February 1987	Irish Professional Championship	Antrim	Dennis Taylor	Joe O'Boye	9: 2
February 1987	Scottish Professional Championship	Glasgow	Stephen Hendry	Jim Donnelly	10: 7
February 6th to 11th	English Professional Championship	Ipswich	Tony Meo	Les Dodd	9: 5
February 9-13	Welsh Professional Championship	Newport	Doug Mountjoy	Steve Newbury	9: 7

Ranking list

The world ranking list for snooker 1986/87 was calculated from the results of the world ranking tournaments. The best 16 players are shown.

No.	Surname	change
1	Steve Davis	▬
2	Cliff Thorburn	▬
3	Dennis Taylor	▲ 1
4th	Tony Knowles	▼ 1
5	Jimmy White	▲ 2
6th	Alex Higgins	▲ 3
7th	Willie Thorne	▲ 4
8th	Joe Johnson	▲ 8
9	Kirk Stevens	▼ 4
10	Terry Griffiths	▼ 2
11	Tony Meo	▼ 1
12	Silvino Francisco	▲ 1
13	Neal Foulds	▲ 10
14th	Doug Mountjoy	▲ 1
15th	Ray Reardon	▼ 9
16	Rex Williams	▲ 11

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ron Florax: Season 1986/87 - Professional. Cuetracker.net, accessed on June 2, 2018 .  
2. ↑ Chris Turner: Historical World Rankings. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on June 8, 2012 ; accessed on June 3, 2018 .