Snooker season 1986/1987

Snooker season 1986/1987

Details
Duration	July 1986–May 1987
Tournaments	30
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Steve Davis
Masters	Dennis Taylor
World Championship	Steve Davis
← 1985/1986 1987/1988 →

The snooker season 1986/1987 was a series of snooker tournaments played from July 1986 to May 1987. 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		Carlsberg Challenge	RTÉ Studios	Dublin	Dennis Taylor	Jimmy White	8–3	[1]
08–??	08–??	THA		Thailand Masters	Chiang Mai Plaza Hotel	Bangkok	James Wattana	Terry Griffiths	2–1	[2]
08–??	08–??	AUS		Australian Masters	Parmatta Club	Sydney	Dennis Taylor	Steve Davis	3–2	[3]
08–??	08–??	CAN		Canadian Professional Championship		Toronto	Cliff Thorburn	Jim Wych	6–2	[4]
08–??	08–??	RSA		South African Professional Championship		Johannesburg	Silvino Francisco	Francois Ellis	9–1	[4]
09–??	09–??	AUS		Australian Professional Championship	Wooloongong	Sydney	Warren King	John Campbell	10–3	[4]
09–??	09–??	MYS		Malaysian Masters	Putra World Trade Centre	Kuala Lumpur	Jimmy White	Dennis Taylor	2–1	[5]
09–??	09–??	HKG		Hong Kong Masters		Hong Kong	Willie Thorne	Dennis Taylor	8–3	[5]
09–??	09–??	CHN		China Masters		Shanghai	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	3–0	[5]
09–18	09–21	SCO		Scottish Masters	Hospitality Inn	Glasgow	Cliff Thorburn	Alex Higgins	9–8	[6]
09–26	10–05	ENG	WR	International Open	Trentham Gardens	Stoke-on-Trent	Neal Foulds	Cliff Thorburn	12–9	[7]
10–??	10–??	ENG		Matchroom Trophy	Cliffs Pavilion	Southend-on-Sea	Willie Thorne	Steve Davis	10–9	[8]
10–18	10–26	ENG	WR	Grand Prix	Hexagon Theatre	Reading	Jimmy White	Rex Williams	10–6	[9]
10–28	11–01	CAN		Canadian Masters	CBC Television Studios	Toronto	Steve Davis	Willie Thorne	9–3	[10]
11–14	11–30	ENG	WR	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Steve Davis	Neal Foulds	16–7	[11]
12–02	12–14	ENG		World Doubles Championship	Derngate Centre	Northampton	Steve Davis Tony Meo	Mike Hallett Stephen Hendry	12–3	[12]
12–??	12–??	ENG		Pot Black	BBC Studios	Birmingham	Jimmy White	Kirk Stevens	2–0	[13][14]
01–02	01–11	ENG	WR	The Classic	Norbreck Castle Hotel	Blackpool	Steve Davis	Jimmy White	13–12	[15]
01–25	02–01	ENG		The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	9–8	[16]
02–??	02–??	SCO		Scottish Professional Championship	Steve Davis Club	Glasgow	Stephen Hendry	Jim Donnelly	10–7	[17]
02–??	02–??	NIR		Irish Professional Championship	Antrim Forum	Antrim	Dennis Taylor	Joe O'Boye	9–2	[18]
02–06	02–11	ENG		English Professional Championship	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Tony Meo	Les Dodd	9–5	[19]
02–09	02–13	WAL		Welsh Professional Championship	Newport Centre	Newport	Doug Mountjoy	Steve Newbury	9–7	[20]
02–15	03–01	ENG	WR	British Open	Assembly Rooms	Derby	Jimmy White	Neal Foulds	13–9	[21][22]
03–05	03–08	CHN		Kent Cup		Beijing	Willie Thorne	Jimmy White	5–2	[5]
03–18	03–21	ENG		World Cup	Bournemouth International Centre	Bournemouth	All Ireland A	Canada	9–2	[23][24]
03–24	03–29	IRL		Irish Masters	Goffs Complex	Kildare	Steve Davis	Willie Thorne	9–1	[25]
04–18	05–04	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Steve Davis	Joe Johnson	18–14	[26]
05–??	05–??	WAL		Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Neal Foulds	Willie Thorne	9–8	[27][28]
01–??	05–??	ENG		Matchroom League			Steve Davis	Neal Foulds	[n 2]	[29]

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.^[30][31][32]

No.	Ch.	Name
1		Steve Davis
2		Cliff Thorburn
3		Dennis Taylor
4		Tony Knowles
5		Jimmy White
6		Alex Higgins
7		Willie Thorne
8		Joe Johnson
9		Kirk Stevens
10		Terry Griffiths
11		Tony Meo
12		Silvino Francisco
13		Neal Foulds
14		Doug Mountjoy
15		Ray Reardon
16		Rex Williams

Notes

References

External links

• 1986/1987 season at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database