1987 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship 1987 Embassy World Snooker Championship
Attendees:	32
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 18, 1987
Endgame:	May 4th 1987
Winner:	Steve Davis
Finalist:	Joe Johnson
Highest Break:	127 ( Steve Davis)
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The 1987 World Snooker Championship took place from April 18 to May 4, 1987 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield .

In the final there was a new edition of the final of the previous year . However , this time Steve Davis won the game against Joe Johnson and won his fourth world title.

The six-time world champion Ray Reardon made his last appearance at a world championship final, while the later seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry made it to the quarter-finals for the first time and is the youngest quarter-finalist in World Cup history at 18 years and 108 days.

Prize money

Prize money 1987	Profit in £
winner	80,000
defeated finalist	48,000
Semi-finalist	24,000
Quarter finalist	12,000
Round of 16	6,000
First round off	3,375
Highest break	8,000
Maximum break	80,000
All in all	£ 400,000

Final round

	Round 1 Best of 19 frames					Round of 16 best of 25 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames					Semi-final best of 31 frames					Final Best of 35 frames
	1	Joe Johnson	10
		Eugene Hughes	9
						1	Joe Johnson	13
							Murdo MacLeod	7th
	16	Rex Williams	5
		Murdo MacLeod	10
											1	Joe Johnson	13
												Stephen Hendry	12
	9	Kirk Stevens	4th
		Steve Longworth	10
							Steve Longworth	7th
							Stephen Hendry	13
	8th	Willie Thorne	7th
		Stephen Hendry	10
																1	Joe Johnson	16
																13	Neal Foulds	9
	5	Tony Knowles	6th
		Mike Hallett	10
							Mike Hallett	13
						12	Silvino Francisco	9
	12	Silvino Francisco	10
		John Campbell	3
												Mike Hallett	9
											13	Neal Foulds	13
	13	Neal Foulds	10
		John Virgo	4th
						13	Neal Foulds	13
						4th	Dennis Taylor	10
	4th	Dennis Taylor	10
		Mark Bennett	9
																					1	Joe Johnson	14th
																					2	Steve Davis	18th
	3	Cliff Thorburn	5
		Dene O'Kane	10
							Dene O'Kane	13
						14th	Doug Mountjoy	5
	14th	Doug Mountjoy	10
		David Taylor	5
												Dene O'Kane	6th
											6th	Jimmy White	13
	11	Tony Meo	8th
		John Parrott	10
							John Parrott	11
						6th	Jimmy White	13
	6th	Jimmy White	10
		Dean Reynolds	8th
																6th	Jimmy White	11
																2	Steve Davis	16
	7th	Alex Higgins	10
		Jon Wright	6th
						7th	Alex Higgins	10
						10	Terry Griffiths	13
	10	Terry Griffiths	10
		Jim Wych	6th
											10	Terry Griffiths	5
											2	Steve Davis	13
	15th	Ray Reardon	10
		Barry West	5
						15th	Ray Reardon	4th
						2	Steve Davis	13
	2	Steve Davis	10
		Warren King	7th

final

In the very first frame Davis scored the highest break of the tournament with a 127. After Day 1 Davis was just 9: 7 ahead and was able to extend this lead to 14:10 in the third session. Johnson came up to 13:14 in the last session, but Davis then got three frames in a row. When the score was 17:14, Davis ended the game with a 78 break to make the final score 18:14.

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Len Ganley Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 3rd / 4th May 1987
Joe Johnson	14: 18	Steve Davis
101	Highest break	127
1	Century breaks	1
6th	50+ breaks	13

Century breaks

18 century breaks were achieved by eleven different players.

The highest break in qualifying was a 132 break from Dene O'Kane .

Steve Davis	127
Jimmy White	119, 114
Rex Williams	112
Neal Foulds	109, 106, 105, 102
Joe Johnson	108, 102, 101
Mike Hallett	105, 103
Stephen Hendry	103
Steve Longworth	103
John Virgo	101
Tony Meo	100
Ray Reardon	100

swell

• Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac (2011 edition). , Bournemouth 2011.
• Global Snooker ( Memento from March 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
• Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( Memento from June 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )