1987–88 snooker season

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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

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.

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