Tokyo Masters

Tokyo Masters 1987
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Venue:	Tokyo Hilton , Tokyo , Japan
Opening:	August 28, 1987
Endgame:	August 31, 1987
Winner:	Dennis Taylor
Finalist:	Terry Griffiths
Highest Break:	118 ( Terry Griffiths )

The British Caledonian Tokyo Masters 1987 was a professional snooker invitation tournament during the 1987/88 season . It was held from August 28 to 31, 1987 at the Tokyo Hilton in the Japanese capital of Tokyo . The winner of the only staging of the tournament was the Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor , who defeated the Welshman Terry Griffiths 6: 3 in the final. Griffiths played the only century of the tournament with a 118 break and thus the highest tournament break.

The Tokyo Masters was the first of three tournament of Barry Hearn 's company Matchroom Sport discharged 1987 World Series .

Prize money

The tournaments of the World Series, there was a fixed price of money, which a total of 100,000 pounds sterling was per tournament. In addition, the World Series winner received an extra cash prize.

	Prize money
winner	£ 30,000
finalist	£ 18,000
Semi-finalist	£ 12,000
Quarter finalist	£ 7,000
All in all	£ 1,000,000

Tournament course

Eight players were invited to the tournament , who played in the knockout system for the tournament victory. The quarter-finals were in the best of 3 frames mode , the semifinals in the best of 5 frames mode and the final in the best of 11 frames mode .

	Quarterfinals Best of 3 Frames					Semi-final best of 5 frames					Final Best of 11 frames
	Steve Davis		2
	Willie Thorne		0
						Steve Davis		2
						Dennis Taylor		3
	Dennis Taylor		2
	Tony Meo		1
											Dennis Taylor		6th
											Terry Griffiths		3
	Stephen Hendry		0
	Jimmy White		2
						Jimmy White		0
						Terry Griffiths		3
	Terry Griffiths		2
	Neal Foulds		1

final

The Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor had defeated the Englishman Steve Davis in the semi-finals in a remake of the 1985 World Cup final, known as the match of the century , just 3-2. His opponent, ex-world champion Terry Griffiths , on the other hand, was able to throw his semi-final opponent Jimmy White out of the tournament with a white wash .

Taylor got off to a better start and took a 2-0 lead before Griffiths won the third frame to make it 2-1. With two 50s breaks in the two following frames, Taylor was able to extend his lead to 4: 1 and then to 5: 1 with the next frame. Griffiths was able to get close to 5: 3 before Taylor won the ninth frame to win the tournament and match with 54:44

Final: Best of 11 Frames Tokyo Hilton ,  Tokyo , Japan , August 31, 1987
Dennis Taylor	6 : 3	Terry Griffiths
75 : 61; 63 : 9; 22: 73 ; 115 : 0 (53); 96 : 4 (55); 85:29 ; 22: 68 ; 42: 89 ; 54 : 44
55	Highest break	-
-	Century breaks	-
2	50+ breaks	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ron Florax: 1987 Tokyo Masters. Cuetracker.net, accessed January 1, 2019 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Ron Florax: 1987 Tokyo Masters - Finishes. Cuetracker.net, accessed January 1, 2019 .  
3. ^ ^{A b} Chris Turner: Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events - First held 1980-1989. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on January 1, 2019 .