1987–88 snooker season

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

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

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

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

  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.

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