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1986–87 snooker season

The 1986–87 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between July 1986 and May 1987. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and invitational events.

1986–87 snooker season
Details
DurationJuly 1986 – May 1987
Tournaments29 (6 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipEngland Steve Davis
MastersNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor
World ChampionshipEngland Steve Davis

Calendar edit

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
06-30 07-04   AUS NR Australian Masters Parmatta Club Sydney   Dennis Taylor   Steve Davis 3–2 [1]
07-28 08-03   CAN NR Canadian Professional Championship Snooker Centre Toronto   Cliff Thorburn   Jim Wych 6–2 [2]
08-?? 08-??   RSA NR South African Professional Championship Summit Club Johannesburg   Silvino Francisco   Francois Ellis 9–1 [2]
08-14 08-22   AUS NR Australian Professional Championship WIN (TV station) Sydney   Warren King   John Campbell 10–3 [2]
08-?? 08-??   THA NR Thailand Masters Chiang Mai Plaza Hotel Bangkok   James Wattana   Terry Griffiths 2–1 [3]
08-28 08-30   MYS NR Malaysian Masters Putra World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur   Jimmy White   Dennis Taylor 2–1 [4]
09-02 09-07   HKG NR Hong Kong Masters Queen Elizabeth Stadium Hong Kong   Willie Thorne   Dennis Taylor 8–3 [4]
09-?? 09-??   CHN NR China Masters Shanghai   Steve Davis   Terry Griffiths 3–0 [4]
09-15 09-17   IRL NR Carlsberg Challenge RTÉ Studios Dublin   Dennis Taylor   Jimmy White 8–3 [5]
09-17 09-21   ENG NR Matchroom Professional Championship Cliffs Pavilion Southend-on-Sea   Willie Thorne   Steve Davis 10–9 [6]
09-18 09-21   SCO NR Scottish Masters Hospitality Inn Glasgow   Cliff Thorburn   Alex Higgins 9–8 [7]
09-26 10-05   ENG WR International Open Trentham Gardens Stoke-on-Trent   Neal Foulds   Cliff Thorburn 12–9 [8]
10-18 10-26   ENG WR Grand Prix Hexagon Theatre Reading   Jimmy White   Rex Williams 10–6 [9]
10-28 11-01   CAN NR Canadian Masters CBC Television Studios Toronto   Steve Davis   Willie Thorne 9–3 [10]
11-22 11-30   ENG WR UK Championship Guild Hall Preston   Steve Davis   Neal Foulds 16–7 [11]
12-02 12-14   ENG TE World Doubles Championship Derngate Centre Northampton   Steve Davis
  Tony Meo 		  Mike Hallett
  Stephen Hendry 		12–3 [12]
01-02 01-11   ENG WR The Classic Norbreck Castle Hotel Blackpool   Steve Davis   Jimmy White 13–12 [13]
01-25 02-01   ENG NR The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London   Dennis Taylor   Alex Higgins 9–8 [14]
02-03 02-08   SCO NR Scottish Professional Championship Steve Davis Club Glasgow   Stephen Hendry   Jim Donnelly 10–7 [15]
02-06 02-11   ENG NR English Professional Championship Corn Exchange Ipswich   Tony Meo   Les Dodd 9–5 [16]
02-09 02-13   WAL NR Welsh Professional Championship Newport Centre Newport   Doug Mountjoy   Steve Newbury 9–7 [17]
02-15 03-01   ENG WR British Open Assembly Rooms Derby   Jimmy White   Neal Foulds 13–9 [18][19]
03-05 03-08   CHN NR Kent Cup Beijing Indoor Stadium Beijing   Willie Thorne   Jimmy White 5–2 [4]
03-18 03-21   ENG TE World Cup Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth   All Ireland A   Canada 9–2 [20][21]
03-24 03-29   IRL NR Irish Masters Goffs Complex Kildare   Steve Davis   Willie Thorne 9–1 [22]
04-18 05-04   ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield   Steve Davis   Joe Johnson 18–14 [23]
01-17 05-17   ENG NR Matchroom League   Steve Davis   Neal Foulds [n 2] [24]
05-?? 05-??   WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn   Neal Foulds   Willie Thorne 9–8 [25][26]
05-27 05-30   NIR NR Irish Professional Championship Antrim Forum Antrim   Dennis Taylor   Joe O'Boye 9–2 [27]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event
TE = Team event

Official rankings edit

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1986/1987

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[28][29][30]

No. Ch. Name
1     Steve Davis
2     Cliff Thorburn
3     Dennis Taylor
4     Tony Knowles
5     Jimmy White
6     Alex Higgins
7     Willie Thorne
8     Joe Johnson
9     Kirk Stevens
10     Terry Griffiths
11     Tony Meo
12     Silvino Francisco
13     Neal Foulds
14     Doug Mountjoy
15     Ray Reardon
16     Rex Williams

Notes edit

  1. ^ Dates use the mm-dd date format.
  2. ^ No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only.

References edit

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  7. ^ Turner, Chris. "Scottish Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  8. ^ Turner, Chris. "International Open, Goya Matchroom Trophy". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
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  10. ^ Turner, Chris. "Canadian Open, Canadian Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
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  12. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Doubles Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
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  17. ^ Turner, Chris. "Welsh Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
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  23. ^ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
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  28. ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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