The 1988 Tennents UK Championship took place at the Guildhall, Preston in November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 19 and 27 November 1988. This was the last UK Championship to be sponsored by Tennents, The following year and the year after that, the championship would be sponsored by StormSeal. The highest break of the tournament was 139 made by David Roe.
Doug Mountjoy won in the final 16–12 against Stephen Hendry, and picked up the £80,000 winners cheque.
[1] Round of 32 Best of 17 frames
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Steve Davis 9–3 Gary Wilkinson Dennis Taylor 9–4 Joe O'Boye John Parrott 9–8 Nigel Gilbert Cliff Thorburn 9–6 Steve James Willie Thorne 9–3 Kirk Stevens Stephen Hendry 9–3 Colin Roscoe |
Terry Griffiths 9–2 Steve Duggan Dean Reynolds 9–3 Cliff Wilson Barry West 9–4 Silvino Francisco |
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Danny Fowler | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 4 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 9 | |||||||||||||
| David Roe | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 9 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo | 8 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Barry West | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Barry West | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Bennett | 4 | |||||||||||||
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