1987 World Doubles Championship

The 1987 Foster's World Doubles was the sixth staging of the doubles snooker tournament. It was played at the Derngate in Northampton and held between 1 and 13 December 1987 with the tournament televised on ITV.[1] Foster's became the sponsors for this tournament as part of the Courage Group as was previous sponsor Hofmeister.

Foster's World Doubles
Tournament information
Dates1–13 December 1987
VenueDerngate
CityNorthampton
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£60,000
Highest break182 Hallett/Hendry (combined)
Final
ChampionHallett/Hendry
Runner-upThorburn/Taylor
Score12–6
1986

Steve Davis and Tony Meo lost out in the first round and the only time they failed to make the last 16 in the history of the World Doubles. Last year's finalists Mike Hallett and Stephen Hendry went of to win the final World Doubles beating Cliff Thorburn and Dennis Taylor 12–6 and as most of the champions of the tournament, they got the highest combined break of 182. The championship was discontinued as other snooker events were now filling the calendar.

Results

Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
            
Taylor/Thorburn 5
Taylor/Charlton 2
Taylor/Thorburn 5
Johnson/Knowles 0
Johnson/Knowles 5
 
Taylor/Thorburn 9
James/Roe 1
Parrott/Reynolds 5
 
Parrott/Reynolds 2
James/Roe 5
 
James/Roe 5
Taylor/Thorburn 8
Hendry/Hallett 12
S Francisco/P Francisco 5
Mountjoy/Jones 3
S Francisco/P Francisco 5
Wych/O'Kane 1
Wilson/King 2
Wych/O'Kane 5
S Francisco/P Francisco 4
Hendry/Hallett 9
Griffiths/Foulds 5
Williams/Miles 3
Griffiths/Foulds 1
Hendry/Hallett 5
Higgins/White ?
Hendry/Hallett 5

References

  1. Turner, Chris. "World Doubles Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
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