1988 Kent Cup

Kent Cup

Tournament information
Dates	5–8 April 1988 (1988-04-05 – 1988-04-08)
Venue	Beijing Indoor Stadium
City	Beijing
Country	China
Organisation	Framework and WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£35,000
Final
Champion	John Parrott
Runner-up	Martin Clark
Score	5–1
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The 1988 Kent Cup was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament held in Beijing from 5 to 8 April 1988.^[1][2]

The invited competitors were eight professionals, six Chinese and two Hong Kong amateur players. Nine hours of nationwide coverage in China led to viewing figures of 200 million.^[3] John Parrott won the tournament, defeating Martin Clark 5–1 in the final.^[4]

Main draw[]

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	First round Best of 3 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 5 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	John Parrott	2
	Jin Weheng	0
					John Parrott	3
					Tony Drago	1
	Tony Drago	2
	Gary Kwok	0
									John Parrott	4
									Dean Reynolds	2
	Dean Reynolds	2
	Zhong Minwon	0
					Dean Reynolds	3
					Alex Higgins	2
	Alex Higgins	2
	Wang Lin	0
													John Parrott	5
													Martin Clark	1
	Martin Clark	2
	Sun Linbo	0
					Martin Clark	3
					Eugene Hughes	1
	Eugene Hughes	2
	Franky Chan	1
									Martin Clark	4
									Tony Knowles	3
	Tony Knowles	2
	Li Yuanhai	0
					Tony Knowles	3
					Joe Johnson	0
	Joe Johnson	2
	Li Baoying	0

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