Snooker season 1987/1988

Snooker season 1987/1988

Details
Duration	July 1987–May 1988
Tournaments	27
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Steve Davis
Masters	Steve Davis
World Championship	Steve Davis
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The snooker season 1987/1988 was a series of snooker tournaments played from July 1987 to May 1988. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and invitational events.

Calendar

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

Official rankings

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.^[29][30][31]

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

References

External links

• 1987/1988 season at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database