1986–87 snooker season

1986–87 snooker season

Details
Duration	July 1986 – May 1987
Tournaments	29 (6 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Steve Davis
Masters	Dennis Taylor
World Championship	Steve Davis
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between July 1986 and 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	NR	Carlsberg Challenge	RTÉ Studios	Dublin	Dennis Taylor	Jimmy White	8–3	[1]
08–??	08–??	THA	NR	Thailand Masters		Bangkok	James Wattana	Terry Griffiths	2–1	[2]
08–??	08–??	AUS	NR			Sydney	Dennis Taylor	Steve Davis	3–2	[3]
08–??	08–??	CAN	NR	Canadian Professional Championship		Toronto	Cliff Thorburn	Jim Wych	6–2	[4]
08–??	08–??	RSA	NR	South African Professional Championship		Johannesburg	Silvino Francisco		9–1	[4]
09–??	09–??	AUS	NR	Australian Professional Championship		Sydney	Warren King	John Campbell	10–3	[4]
09–??	09–??	MYS	NR	Malaysian Masters	Putra World Trade Centre	Kuala Lumpur	Jimmy White	Dennis Taylor	2–1	[5]
09–??	09–??	HKG	NR	Hong Kong Masters		Hong Kong	Willie Thorne	Dennis Taylor	8–3	[5]
09–??	09–??	CHN	NR	China Masters		Shanghai	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	3–0	[5]
09–17	09–21	ENG	NR	Matchroom Professional Championship	Cliffs Pavilion	Southend-on-Sea	Willie Thorne	Steve Davis	10–9	[6]
09–18	09–21	SCO	NR	Scottish Masters		Glasgow	Cliff Thorburn	Alex Higgins	9–8	[7]
09–26	10–05	ENG	WR	International Open	Trentham Gardens	Stoke-on-Trent	Neal Foulds	Cliff Thorburn	12–9	[8]
10–18	10–26	ENG	WR	Grand Prix	Hexagon Theatre	Reading	Jimmy White	Rex Williams	10–6	[9]
10–28	11–01	CAN	NR	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	TE	World Doubles Championship		Northampton	Steve Davis Tony Meo	Mike Hallett Stephen Hendry	12–3	[12]
01–02	01–11	ENG	WR	The Classic	Norbreck Castle Hotel	Blackpool	Steve Davis	Jimmy White	13–12	[13]
01–25	02–01	ENG	NR	The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	9–8	[14]
02–??	02–??	SCO	NR	Scottish Professional Championship		Glasgow	Stephen Hendry	Jim Donnelly	10–7	[15]
02–??	02–??	NIR	NR	Irish Professional Championship		Antrim	Dennis Taylor	Joe O'Boye	9–2	[16]
02–06	02–11	ENG	NR	English Professional Championship	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Tony Meo	Les Dodd	9–5	[17]
02–09	02–13	WAL	NR	Welsh Professional Championship	Newport Centre	Newport	Doug Mountjoy	Steve Newbury	9–7	[18]
02–15	03–01	ENG	WR	British Open		Derby	Jimmy White	Neal Foulds	13–9	[19][20]
03–05	03–08	CHN	NR	Kent Cup	Beijing Indoor Stadium	Beijing	Willie Thorne	Jimmy White	5–2	[5]
03–18	03–21	ENG	TE	World Cup	Bournemouth International Centre	Bournemouth	All Ireland A	Canada	9–2	[21][22]
03–24	03–29	IRL	NR	Irish Masters		Kildare	Steve Davis	Willie Thorne	9–1	[23]
04–18	05–04	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Steve Davis	Joe Johnson	18–14	[24]
05–??	05–??	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Neal Foulds	Willie Thorne	9–8	[25][26]
01–17	05–17	ENG	NR	Matchroom League			Steve Davis	Neal Foulds	[n 2]	[27]

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.^[28][29][30]

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

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