The 1988 Australian Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 18 and 24 July 1988 at the Roots Hill Retired Soldiers Club in Sydney, Australia.[3] This was the final edition of the tournament.[4]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18–24 July 1988 |
| Venue | Roots Hill Retired Soldiers Club |
| City | Sydney |
| Country | Australia |
| Organisation | Australian Professional Association |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | A$15,100[1] |
| Winner's share | A$4,000[1] |
| Highest break |  Robby Foldvari (124)[2] |
| Final | |
| Champion | John Campbell |
| Runner-up | Robby Foldvari |
| Score | 9–7 |
← 1987 | |
John Campbell won the tournament defeating Robby Foldvari 9–7 in the final.[5]
Main draw
editResults of the tournament are shown below. Winning players are denoted in bold, and numbers in parentheses show seedings. An asterisk denotes that the player was a member of the Australian Professional Association but not of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.[1][6]
| First Round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Warren King (1)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Frangie*
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Frangie*
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lou Condo
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warren King (1)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robby Foldvari (4)
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robby Foldvari (4)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Potazsnyk*
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Potazsnyk*
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Potazsnyk*
| 5 | Glen Wilkinson
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Charlton*
| 1 | Robby Foldvari (4)
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| John Campbell (3)
| 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Campbell (3)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ian Anderson
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ian Anderson
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Giannaros
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Campbell (3)
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton (2)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton (2)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Jenkins
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Jenkins
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paddy Morgan
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c Wheeler, Les (September 1988). "John Campbell regains Australian title". Snooker Scene. pp. 14–15.
- ^ Wheeler, Les (26 July 1988). "Noise upsets Eddie in last hurrah". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. p. 46.
- ^ Wheeler, Les (18 July 1988). "Steady Eddie's fitness could be the cue for the title". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. p. 57.
- ^ "Other National Professional Championships". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 157.
- ^ "1988 Australian Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Retrieved 22 February 2018.