1988 World Snooker Championship
World Snooker Championship 1988 Embassy World Snooker Championship
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Attendees: | 32 |
Venue: | Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England |
Opening: | April 16, 1988 |
Endgame: | May 2, 1988
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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 £ |
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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
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 |
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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 |
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1 | Steve Duggan | 10 : 9 | Paul Gibson |
2 | Bob chaperone | 10 : 5 | Tommy Murphy |
3 | Tony Chappel | 10 : 7 | Graham Miles |
4th | Bill Werbeniuk | 10 : 8 | Malcolm Bradley |
5 | Cliff Wilson | 10 : 2 | Alain Robidoux |
6th | Steve James | 10 : 1 | Paddy Browne |
7th | Warren King | 10 : 9 | Martin Clark |
8th | Kirk Stevens | 10 : 5 | Jim Wych |
9 | Wayne Jones | 10 : 8 | Mario Morra |
10 | Barry West | 10 : 9 | Martin Smith |
11 | Peter Francisco | 10 : 1 | Mark Wildman |
12 | Steve Longworth | 10 : 4 | Pat Houlihan |
13 | Danny Fowler | 10 : 8 | Les Dodd |
14th | Eddie Charlton | 10 : 0 | Eddie Sinclair |
15th | Stephen Hendry | 10 : 8 | Ken Owers |
16 | John Campbell | 10 : 4 | Jim Bear |
4th round
game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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1 | John Virgo | 10 : 5 | Steve Duggan |
2 | Bob chaperone | 10 : 6 | David Taylor |
3 | Tony Drago | 10 : 7 | Tony Chappel |
4th | Bill Werbeniuk | 10 : 4 | Tony Meo |
5 | Cliff Wilson | 10 : 6 | Bill Oliver |
6th | Steve James | 10 : 6 | Eugene Hughes |
7th | Warren King | 10 : 7 | John Spencer |
8th | Kirk Stevens | 10 : 7 | Mark Bennett |
9 | Wayne Jones | 10 : 5 | Dave Martin |
10 | Barry West | 10 : 8 | Steve Newbury |
11 | Peter Francisco | 10 : 5 | Robby Foldvari |
12 | Steve Longworth | 10 : 2 | Graham Cripsey |
13 | Danny Fowler | 10 : 3 | Murdo MacLeod |
14th | Eddie Charlton | 10 : 4 | Bob Harris |
15th | Stephen Hendry | 10 : 4 | Jon Wright |
16 | John Campbell | 10 : 3 | 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 )