1988 World Snooker Championship
The 1988 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1988 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 April and 2 May 1988 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
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Dates | 16 April – 2 May 1988 |
Venue | Crucible Theatre |
City | Sheffield |
Country | England |
Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £475,000 |
Winner's share | £95,000 |
Highest break | Steve James (140) |
Final | |
Champion | Steve Davis |
Runner-up | Terry Griffiths |
Score | 18–11 |
← 1987 1989 → |
Steve Davis won his fifth world title, defeating Terry Griffiths 18–11 in the final. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.
Tournament summary
- Terry Griffiths reached his second world final, nine years after his victory over Dennis Taylor in 1979. Steve Davis defeated Griffiths 18–11, to win his fifth world title.[1]
- Bill Werbeniuk made his last appearance at the Crucible when he played Taylor in the first round and lost 8–10.[2]
- Jimmy White and Stephen Hendry met in the second round of the tournament for the first of their seven Crucible encounters. In a close match, Hendry levelled the score at 12–12 but White won the deciding frame, and the match, 13–12. He would not beat Hendry at the Crucible again until they met in the first round in 1998. This match was showcased on BBC Two on 23 April 2020, one of the "Crucible Classics" shown in place of the 2020 World Snooker Championship which was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.[3]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4][5]
- Winner: £95,000
- Runner-up: £57,000
- Semi-final: £28,000
- Quarter-final: £14,250
- Last 16: £7,125
- Last 32: £4,007.81
- Last 48: £3117.19
- Last 64: £1632.81
- Stage one highest break: £2,375
- Stage two highest break: £9,500
- Stage two maximum break: £90,000
- Total: £475,000
Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in brackets beside players are their seeding ranks. Players in bold denote match winners.[4][6][7][8]
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Best of 19 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 31 frames | |||||||||||
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22 & 23 April | ||||||||||||||
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19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
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17 & 18 April | ||||||||||||||
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22 & 23 April | ||||||||||||||
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Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 1 & 2 May 1988. Referee: John Williams[9] | ||
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18–11 | Terry Griffiths (6)![]() |
46–71, 53–52, 64–21, 76–25, 80–22, 78–0, 1–86, 56–60, 83–6, 81–0, 22–79, 9–82, 60–63, 61–70, 67–9, 8–111, 60–53, 56–33, 74–8, 10–68, 70–9, 79–31, 9–78, 92–41, 70–46, 118–4, 28–87, 123–1, 66–35 | Century breaks: 2 (Davis 2) Highest break by Davis: 123 |
46–71, 53–52, 64–21, 76–25, 80–22, 78–0, 1–86, 56–60, 83–6, 81–0, 22–79, 9–82, 60–63, 61–70, 67–9, 8–111, 60–53, 56–33, 74–8, 10–68, 70–9, 79–31, 9–78, 92–41, 70–46, 118–4, 28–87, 123–1, 66–35 |
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Century breaks
There were 18 century breaks in the championship, the highest of the tournament was 140 made by Steve James.[10][11][12] James' performance at the championship earned him the Snooker Writers Association's Achievement of the Year award.[13] The highest break of the qualifying stage was 141 made by Billy Kelly.[4]
- 140, 112, 104, 103 Steve James
- 125, 108, 101 Stephen Hendry
- 124 Tony Knowles
- 123, 118, 106, 104 Steve Davis
- 119 Jimmy White
- 114, 101 Terry Griffiths
- 109, 105 Silvino Francisco
- 102 Neal Foulds
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