1988 Masters (snooker)

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Benson & Hedges Masters

Tournament information
Dates	24–31 January 1988 (1988-01-24 – 1988-01-31)
Venue	Wembley Conference Centre
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£225,000
Winner's share	£56,000
Highest break	Steve Davis (ENG) (126)
Final
Champion	Steve Davis (ENG)
Runner-up	Mike Hallett (ENG)
Score	9–0
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The 1988 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 31 January 1988 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The players ranked inside the top 16 took part in the competition.

Defending champion, Dennis Taylor, lost in the first round against Mike Hallett, who had made his debut.

Steve Davis won his second Masters title by defeating Hallett 9 frames to 0. This is the only time a whitewash had occurred in a Masters final.^[1]

Field[]

Defending champion Dennis Taylor was the number 1 seed with World Champion Steve Davis seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings. Mike Hallett and John Parrott were making their debuts in the Masters.

Main draw[]

^[2][3]

	Last 16 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	1	Dennis Taylor (NIR)	3
	16	Mike Hallett (ENG)	5
						16	Mike Hallett	5
						9	Alex Higgins	2
	8	Tony Knowles (ENG)	4
	9	Alex Higgins (NIR)	5
											16	Mike Hallett	6
											13	John Parrott	5
	5	Cliff Thorburn (CAN)	5
	12	Rex Williams (ENG)	3
						5	Cliff Thorburn	4
						13	John Parrott	5
	4	Neal Foulds (ENG)	4
	13	John Parrott (ENG)	5
																16	Mike Hallett	0
																2	Steve Davis	9
	3	Jimmy White (ENG)	5
	14	Doug Mountjoy (WAL)	0
						3	Jimmy White	3
						6	Joe Johnson	5
	6	Joe Johnson (ENG)	5
	11	Willie Thorne (ENG)	4
											6	Joe Johnson	3
											2	Steve Davis	6
	7	Terry Griffiths (WAL)	5
	10	Silvino Francisco (RSA)	3
						7	Terry Griffiths	0
						2	Steve Davis	5
	2	Steve Davis (ENG)	5
	15	Dean Reynolds (ENG)	2

Final[]

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 31 January 1988.
Steve Davis  England	9–0	Mike Hallett  England
First session: 68–55 (61), 130–0 (126), 87–25, 75–20, 99–28 (72), 98–27, 70–33 (53), 59–46
126	Highest break
1	Century breaks	0
4	50+ breaks	0

Century breaks[]

Total: 2^[4]

• 126 – Steve Davis
• 105 – John Parrott

References[]