1987/88 snooker season

1987/88 snooker season
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
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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
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
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

1. ↑ 371: 226; Points combined from 5 frames
2. ↑ The result of the meeting of the two players in the group stage; Davis took 1st place, Hendry 2nd place

Web links

• Season overview on Cuetracker