1987/88 snooker season
1987/88 snooker season |
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Season dates | |
Beginning of the season | August 1987 |
End of season | May 14, 1988 |
Ranked tournaments | 6th |
Non-ranking | 2 |
Invitation tournaments | 11 |
number of players | 219 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
UK Championship | Steve Davis |
Masters | Steve Davis |
World Champion | Steve Davis |
World ranking | |
Ranking first | Steve Davis |
← 1986/87
1988/89 →
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For Snooker season 1987/1988 included six Snooker -Profiturniere affecting snooker world rankings and a number of other tournaments in various formats, all between August 1987 and the final of the World Cup on May 2, 1988, discharged.
Season results
The following table shows the seasonal results.
date | competition | venue | Art | winner | Final opponent | Result |
August 1987 | Australian Masters | Sydney | Invitation tournament | Stephen Hendry | Mike Hallett | |
August 28th to 31st | Tokyo Masters | Tokyo | Invitation tournament | Dennis Taylor | Terry Griffiths | 6: 3 |
September 2nd to 6th | Hong Kong Masters | Hong Kong | Invitation tournament | Steve Davis | Stephen Hendry | 9: 3 |
September 17-20, 1987 | Scottish Masters | Glasgow | Invitation tournament | Joe Johnson | Terry Griffiths | 9: 7 |
September 21-23 | Carling Challenge | Dublin | Invitation tournament | Dennis Taylor | Joe Johnson | 8: 5 |
October 25-4, 1987 | International Open | Stoke-on-Trent | World ranking tournament | Steve Davis | Cliff Thorburn | 12: 5 |
Early October 1987 | Matchroom Professional Championship | Southend | Invitation tournament | Dennis Taylor | Willie Thorne | 10: 3 |
October 17-25, 1987 | Grand Prix | Reading | World ranking tournament | Stephen Hendry | Dennis Taylor | 10: 7 |
October 26th to 31st, 1987 | Canadian Masters | Toronto | Invitation tournament | Dennis Taylor | Jimmy White | 9: 7 |
November 13-29, 1987 | UK Championship | Preston | World ranking tournament | Steve Davis | Jimmy White | 16:14 |
December 1st to 13th, 1987 | World Doubles Championship | Northampton | Invitation tournament |
Mike Hallett Stephen Hendry |
Cliff Thorburn Dennis Taylor |
12: 8 |
January 1-10, 1988 | Classic | Blackpool | World ranking tournament | Steve Davis | John Parrott | 13:11 |
January 1988 | Matchroom League | different | league | Steve Davis | Stephen Hendry | 4: 4 |
January 24th to 31st, 1988 | Masters | London | Invitation tournament | Steve Davis | Mike Hallett | 9-0 |
February 21 to March 6, 1988 | British Open | Derby | World ranking tournament | Stephen Hendry | Mike Hallett | 13: 2 |
March 16-19, 1988 | World cup | Bournemouth | Invitation tournament | Team England | Team Australia | 9: 7 |
March 22-27, 1988 | Irish Masters | Kill | Invitation tournament | Steve Davis | Neal Foulds | 9: 4 |
April 6th to 9th, 1988 | Kent Cup | Beijing | Non-ranking | John Parrott | Martin Clark | 5: 1 |
April 16 to May 2, 1988 | World Snooker Championship | Sheffield | World ranking tournament | Steve Davis | Terry Griffiths | 18:11 |
May 7th to 14th | Pontins Professional | Prestatyn | Non-ranking | John Parrott | Mike Hallett | 9: 1 |
National professional championships
date | competition | venue | Art | winner | Final opponent | Result |
August 1987 | Canadian Professional Championship | Toronto | Invitation tournament | Cliff Thorburn | Jim Bear | 8: 4 |
August 1987 | Australian Professional Championship | Sydney | Invitation tournament | Warren King | Eddie Charlton | 10: 7 |
January 1988 | Welsh Professional Championship | Newport | Invitation tournament | Terry Griffiths | Wayne Jones | 9: 3 |
January 1988 | South African Professional Championship | Germiston | Invitation tournament | François Ellis | Jimmy van Rensberg | 9: 4 |
February 1988 | English Professional Championship | Ipswich | Invitation tournament | Dean Reynolds | Neal Foulds | 9: 5 |
February 1988 | Scottish Professional Championship | Edinburgh | Invitation tournament | Stephen Hendry | Murdo MacLeod | 10: 4 |
February 1988 | Irish Professional Championship | Antrim | Invitation tournament | Jack McLaughlin | Dennis Taylor | 9: 4 |
Qualifying tournaments
date | competition | venue | winner | finalist | Result |
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November 1985 | WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 1 | Prestatyn | Anthony Harris | Tony Putman | 5: 1 |
November 1985 | WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 2 | Barry Island | Terry Parsons | Robert Marshall | 5: 2 |
May 1986 | WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 3 | Barry Island | Martin Clark | Paul Cavney | 5: 2 |
May / June 1986 | WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 4 | Brean Sands | Gary Wilkinson | Jim Chambers | 5: 1 |
World ranking
The snooker world ranking was only updated after each full season and takes into account the performance of the past two seasons. The following table shows the 32 best players in the world rankings for the 1987/88 season; is based on the results of seasons 85/86 and 86/87 . The previous year's position is given in brackets.
Place 1 - 8 | Place 9 - 16 | 17th - 24th place | Place 25 - 32 | ||||
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1 | Steve Davis (1) | 9 | Alex Higgins (6) | 17th | Cliff Wilson (23) | 25th | David Taylor (21) |
2 | Jimmy White (5) | 10 | Silvino Francisco (12) | 18th | Peter Francisco (26) | 26th | Eddie Charlton (25) |
3 | Neal Foulds (13) | 11 | Willie Thorne (7) | 19th | John Virgo (19) | 27 | Dave Martin (28) |
4th | Cliff Thorburn (2) | 12 | Rex Williams (16) | 20th | Tony Meo (11) | 28 | John Spencer (??) |
5 | Joe Johnson (8) | 13 | John Parrott (17) | 21st | Kirk Stevens (9) | 29 | Barry West (30) |
6th | Terry Griffiths (10) | 14th | Doug Mountjoy (14) | 22nd | John Campbell (18) | 30th | Murdo MacLeod (22) |
7th | Tony Knowles (4) | 15th | Dean Reynolds (29) | 23 | Stephen Hendry (??) | 31 | Steve Longworth (31) |
8th | Dennis Taylor (3) | 16 | Mike Hallett (27) | 24 | Eugene Hughes (20) | 32 | Tony Drago (??) |
Remarks
- ↑ 371: 226; Points combined from 5 frames
- ↑ The result of the meeting of the two players in the group stage; Davis took 1st place, Hendry 2nd place