1988 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship 1988 Embassy World Snooker Championship
Attendees:	32
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 16, 1988
Endgame:	May 2, 1988
Winner:	Steve Davis
Finalist:	Terry Griffiths
Highest Break:	140 ( Steve James )
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The 1988 World Snooker Championship took place from April 16 to May 2, 1988 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield .

In the final, last year's winner Steve Davis played against Terry Griffiths , the 1979 world champion . Davis won the game 18:11, making it his fifth world title.

Tony Drago from Malta made it to the quarter-finals, setting the record for the best performance of a European outside of Great Britain and Ireland, which is still valid today.

Prize money

1988 prize money	Profit in £
winner	95,000
defeated finalist	57,000
Semi-finalist	28,000
Quarter finalist	14,250
Round of 16	7.125
First round off	4,007.81
Highest break	9,500
Maximum break	90,000
All in all	£ 475,000

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	Steve Davis	10
		John Virgo	8th
						1	Steve Davis	13
						16	Mike Hallett	1
	16	Mike Hallett	10
		Bob chaperone	2
											1	Steve Davis	13
												Tony Drago	3
	9	Alex Higgins	2
		Tony Drago	10
							Tony Drago	13
						8th	Dennis Taylor	5
	8th	Dennis Taylor	10
		Bill Werbeniuk	8th
																1	Steve Davis	16
																4th	Cliff Thorburn	8th
	5	Joe Johnson	10
		Cliff Wilson	7th
						5	Joe Johnson	9
							Steve James	13
	12	Rex Williams	6th
		Steve James	10
												Steve James	10
											4th	Cliff Thorburn	13
	13	John Parrott	10
		Warren King	6th
						13	John Parrott	10
						4th	Cliff Thorburn	13
	4th	Cliff Thorburn	10
		Kirk Stevens	6th
																					1	Steve Davis	18th
																					6th	Terry Griffiths	11
	3	Neal Foulds	10
		Wayne Jones	7th
						3	Neal Foulds	13
						14th	Doug Mountjoy	1
	14th	Doug Mountjoy	10
		Barry West	6th
											3	Neal Foulds	9
											6th	Terry Griffiths	13
	11	Willie Thorne	10
		Peter Francisco	6th
						11	Willie Thorne	9
						6th	Terry Griffiths	13
	6th	Terry Griffiths	10
		Steve Longworth	1
																6th	Terry Griffiths	16
																2	Jimmy White	11
	7th	Tony Knowles	10
		Danny Fowler	8th
						7th	Tony Knowles	13
							Eddie Charlton	7th
	10	Silvino Francisco	7th
		Eddie Charlton	10
											7th	Tony Knowles	6th
											2	Jimmy White	13
	15th	Dean Reynolds	6th
		Stephen Hendry	10
							Stephen Hendry	12
						2	Jimmy White	13
	2	Jimmy White	10
		John Campbell	3

final

Davis got off to a better start in the final and took a 5-2 lead after the first session. In the second session Griffiths was able to equalize again to 8: 8. On the second day Griffiths could only win three frames and Davis was able to win his fifth title in the last session with the only two Century Breaks of the finals.

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: John Williams Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 1./2. May 1988
Steve Davis	18 : 11	Terry Griffiths
123	Highest break	65
2	Century breaks	-
9	50+ breaks	6th

qualification

The results of the two final qualifying rounds for the unset players are shown in the following overview:

3rd round

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Steve Duggan	910 : 910	Paul Gibson
2	Bob chaperone	510 : 510	Tommy Murphy
3	Tony Chappel	7th10 : 710	Graham Miles
4th	Bill Werbeniuk	8th10 : 810	Malcolm Bradley
5	Cliff Wilson	210 : 210	Alain Robidoux
6th	Steve James	110 : 110	Paddy Browne
7th	Warren King	910 : 910	Martin Clark
8th	Kirk Stevens	510 : 510	Jim Wych
9	Wayne Jones	8th10 : 810	Mario Morra
10	Barry West	910 : 910	Martin Smith
11	Peter Francisco	110 : 110	Mark Wildman
12	Steve Longworth	4th10 : 410	Pat Houlihan
13	Danny Fowler	8th10 : 810	Les Dodd
14th	Eddie Charlton	010 : 010	Eddie Sinclair
15th	Stephen Hendry	8th10 : 810	Ken Owers
16	John Campbell	4th10 : 410	Jim Bear

4th round

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	John Virgo	510 : 510	Steve Duggan
2	Bob chaperone	6th10 : 610	David Taylor
3	Tony Drago	7th10 : 710	Tony Chappel
4th	Bill Werbeniuk	4th10 : 410	Tony Meo
5	Cliff Wilson	6th10 : 610	Bill Oliver
6th	Steve James	6th10 : 610	Eugene Hughes
7th	Warren King	7th10 : 710	John Spencer
8th	Kirk Stevens	7th10 : 710	Mark Bennett
9	Wayne Jones	510 : 510	Dave Martin
10	Barry West	8th10 : 810	Steve Newbury
11	Peter Francisco	510 : 510	Robby Foldvari
12	Steve Longworth	210 : 210	Graham Cripsey
13	Danny Fowler	310 : 310	Murdo MacLeod
14th	Eddie Charlton	4th10 : 410	Bob Harris
15th	Stephen Hendry	4th10 : 410	Jon Wright
16	John Campbell	310 : 310	Fred Davis

Century breaks

There were 18 century breaks by eight different players.

The highest break in qualifying was a 141 break from Billy Kelly .

Steve James	140 , 112, 104, 103
Stephen Hendry	125, 108, 101
Tony Knowles	124
Steve Davis	123, 118, 106, 104
Jimmy White	119
Terry Griffiths	114, 101
Silvino Francisco	109, 105
Neal Foulds	102

swell

• Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac (2011 edition). , Bournemouth 2011.
• Global Snooker ( Memento from June 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
• Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( Memento from June 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )