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1987–88 snooker season

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The 1987–88 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 29 June 1987 and 15 May 1988. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and invitational events.

1987–88 snooker season
Details
Duration29 June 1987 – 15 May 1988
Tournaments27 (6 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipEngland Steve Davis
MastersEngland Steve Davis
World ChampionshipEngland Steve Davis

New professional players edit

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association had introduced a play-off system to restrict the number of entries for professional tournaments, other than the World Championship, to 128. A total of ten amateurs, being the World Amateur Champion, the English Amateur Champion, and the eight players (excluding otherwise-qualified players) finishing highest in a play-off series, would be considered for professional status.[1]

For 1987–88, six-play offs between those amateurs and the lowest-ranked professional would have been necessary to keep to the limit of 128. The English Amateur Championship winner Antony Harris accepted a place on the professional tour, but World Amateur champion Paul Mifsud declined. Existing professionals Bert Demarco, Mike Hines, Paddy Morgan, Bernard Bennett and James Giannaros, rather than participate in the play-offs, opted to accept "non-tournament" status, which would allow them to enter only the World Championship. This meant that Gary Wilkinson, Martin Clark, Jim Chambers, Derek Heaton, Robert Marshall and Eric Lawlor took their places on the tour. Maurice Parkin took non-tournament status after losing 1–10 to Steve Meakin in a play-off.[1][2]

Changes in professional tour membership[1]
New professionals for 1987–88 Moved to non-tournament status
Antony Harris
Gary Wilkinson
Martin Clark
Jim Chambers
Derek Heaton
Robert Marshall
Eric Lawlor
Steve Meakin 		Bert Demarco
Mike Hines
Paddy Morgan
Bernard Bennett
James Giannaros
Maurice Parkin

Calendar edit

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
06-29 07-08   AUS NR Australian Masters Parmatta Club Sydney   Stephen Hendry   Mike Hallett [n 2] [3]
07-13 07-19   AUS NR Australian Professional Championship Lakemba Services Memorial Club Sydney   Warren King   Eddie Charlton 10–7 [4]
08-02 08-08   CAN NR Canadian Professional Championship Scarborough Village Theatre Toronto   Cliff Thorburn   Jim Bear 8–4 [4]
08-28 08-31   JPN NR Tokyo Masters Tokyo Prince Hotel Tokyo   Dennis Taylor   Terry Griffiths 6–3 [5]
09-02 09-06   HKG NR Hong Kong Masters Queen Elizabeth Stadium Hong Kong   Steve Davis   Stephen Hendry 9–3 [5][6][7]
09-14 09-16   IRL NR Carling Challenge RTÉ Studios Dublin   Dennis Taylor   Joe Johnson 8–5 [8]
09-17 09-20   SCO NR Scottish Masters Hospitality Inn Glasgow   Joe Johnson   Terry Griffiths 9–7 [9]
09-25 10-04   ENG WR International Open Trentham Gardens Stoke-on-Trent   Steve Davis   Cliff Thorburn 12–5 [10]
10-17 10-25   ENG WR Grand Prix Hexagon Theatre Reading   Stephen Hendry   Dennis Taylor 10–7 [11]
10-27 10-31   CAN NR Canadian Masters CBC Television Studios Toronto   Dennis Taylor   Jimmy White 9–7 [12]
11-04 11-07   ENG NR Matchroom Professional Championship Cliffs Pavilion Southend-on-Sea   Dennis Taylor   Willie Thorne 10–3 [5]
11-13 11-29   ENG WR UK Championship Guild Hall Preston   Steve Davis   Jimmy White 16–14 [13]
12-01 12-13   ENG TE World Doubles Championship Derngate Centre Northampton   Mike Hallett
  Stephen Hendry 		  Cliff Thorburn
  Dennis Taylor 		12–8 [14]
01-01 01-10   ENG WR The Classic Norbreck Castle Hotel Blackpool   Steve Davis   John Parrott 13–11 [15]
01-?? 01-??   RSA NR South African Professional Championship Germiston   Francois Ellis   Jimmy van Rensberg 9–4 [4]
01-24 01-30   ENG NR The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London   Steve Davis   Mike Hallett 9–0 [16]
02-04 02-10   ENG NR English Professional Championship Corn Exchange Ipswich   Dean Reynolds   Neal Foulds 9–5 [17][18]
02-08 02-12   WAL NR Welsh Professional Championship Newport Centre Newport   Terry Griffiths   Wayne Jones 9–3 [17][19]
02-09 02-12   NIR NR Irish Professional Championship Antrim Forum Antrim   Jack McLaughlin   Dennis Taylor 9–4 [17][20]
02-11 02-14   SCO NR Scottish Professional Championship Marco's Leisure Centre Edinburgh   Stephen Hendry   Murdo MacLeod 10–4 [21][22]
02-21 03-06   ENG WR British Open Assembly Rooms Derby   Stephen Hendry   Mike Hallett 13–2 [23][24]
03-16 03-19   ENG TE World Cup Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth   England   Australia 9–7 [25][26]
03-22 03-27   IRL NR Irish Masters Goff's Kill   Steve Davis   Neal Foulds 9–4 [27][28]
04-06 04-09   CHN NR Kent Cup Beijing Indoor Stadium Beijing   John Parrott   Martin Clark 5–1 [5]
04-16 05-02   ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield   Steve Davis   Terry Griffiths 18–11 [29]
05-07 05-14   WAL NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn   John Parrott   Mike Hallett 9–1 [30]
01-23 05-15   EUR NR Matchroom League   Steve Davis   Stephen Hendry [n 3] [31]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event

Official rankings edit

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1987/1988

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.[32][33][34]

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

Notes edit

  1. ^ Dates use the mm-dd date format.
  2. ^ The final was decided on aggregate score over five frames. Stephen Hendry won 371–226.
  3. ^ No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only.

References edit

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External links edit

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