Details | |
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Duration | 29 June 1987 β 15 May 1988 |
Tournaments | 27 (6 ranking events) |
Triple Crown winners | |
UK Championship | Steve Davis |
Masters | Steve Davis |
World Championship | Steve Davis |
The 1987β88 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.
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 1987β88, 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 1β10 to Steve Meakin in a play-off. [1] [2]
New professionals for 1987β88 | Moved to non-tournament status |
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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 |
WR = World ranking event |
NR = Non-ranking event |
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 |
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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 |
Details | |
---|---|
Duration | 29 June 1987 β 15 May 1988 |
Tournaments | 27 (6 ranking events) |
Triple Crown winners | |
UK Championship | Steve Davis |
Masters | Steve Davis |
World Championship | Steve Davis |
The 1987β88 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.
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 1987β88, 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 1β10 to Steve Meakin in a play-off. [1] [2]
New professionals for 1987β88 | 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 |
WR = World ranking event |
NR = Non-ranking event |
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 |