1988 World Snooker Championship
| Tournament information | |
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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 |
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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, Sheffield.
Steve Davis won his fifth world title, defeating Terry Griffiths 18–11 in the final. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.
Contents
1 Tournament summary
2 Prize fund
3 Main draw
4 Century breaks
5 References
Tournament summary
Terry Griffiths made his second world final nine years after his victory against Dennis Taylor in 1979, but lost 11–18 to Steve Davis, who won his fifth World title.[1]
Bill Werbeniuk made his last appearance in the Crucible when he played Taylor and lost 8–10.[2]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3][4]
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Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[3][5][6][7]
First round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | |||||||||||
| Best of 19 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 31 frames | |||||||||||
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| 16 April | | | | | | | ||||||||
| Steve Davis (1) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 21 & 22 April | ||||||||||||||
| John Virgo | 8 | | ||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (1) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 16 & 17 April | ||||||||||||||
| | Mike Hallett (16) | 1 | | |||||||||||
| Mike Hallett (16) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 26 & 27 April | ||||||||||||||
 Bob Chaperon | 2 | | ||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (1) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 17 & 18 April | ||||||||||||||
| |  Tony Drago | 4 | | |||||||||||
 Alex Higgins (9) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 22 & 23 April | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Drago | 10 | | ||||||||||||
| Tony Drago | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 17 & 18 April | ||||||||||||||
| | Dennis Taylor (8) | 5 | | |||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor (8) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 28, 29 & 30 April | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk | 8 | | ||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (1) | 16 | |||||||||||||
| 18 & 19 April | ||||||||||||||
| | Cliff Thorburn (4) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson (5) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 23, 24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson | 7 | | ||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson (5) | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
| | Steve James | 13 | | |||||||||||
| Rex Williams (12) | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 26 & 27 April | ||||||||||||||
| Steve James | 10 | | ||||||||||||
| Steve James | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
| | Cliff Thorburn (4) | 13 | | |||||||||||
| John Parrott (13) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
 Warren King | 4 | | ||||||||||||
| John Parrott (13) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
| | Cliff Thorburn (4) | 13 | | |||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn (4) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens | 6 | | ||||||||||||
| 20 & 21 April | | | | | | | ||||||||
| Neal Foulds (3) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne Jones | 7 | | ||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds (3) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 20 April | ||||||||||||||
| | Doug Mountjoy (14) | 1 | | |||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy (14) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 26 & 27 April | ||||||||||||||
| Barry West | 6 | | ||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds (3) | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 19 April | ||||||||||||||
| | Terry Griffiths (6) | 13 | | |||||||||||
| Willie Thorne (11) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 23, 24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
 Peter Francisco | 6 | | ||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne (11) | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 18 & 19 April | ||||||||||||||
| | Terry Griffiths (6) | 13 | | |||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths (6) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 28, 29 & 30 April | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Longworth | 1 | | ||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths (6) | 16 | |||||||||||||
| 17 & 18 April | ||||||||||||||
| | Jimmy White (2) | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles (7) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 22 & 23 April | ||||||||||||||
| Danny Fowler | 8 | | ||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles (7) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 17 & 18 April | ||||||||||||||
| | Eddie Charlton | 7 | | |||||||||||
| Silvino Francisco (10) | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 26 & 27 April | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton | 10 | | ||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles (7) | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 16 & 17 April | ||||||||||||||
| | Jimmy White (2) | 13 | | |||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds (15) | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 21, 22 & 23 April | ||||||||||||||
 Stephen Hendry | 10 | | ||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 16 April | ||||||||||||||
| | Jimmy White (2) | 13 | | |||||||||||
| Jimmy White (2) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| John Campbell | 3 | | ||||||||||||
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 1 & 2 May 1988. Referee: John Williams[8] | ||
Steve Davis (1) England | 18–11 | Terry Griffiths (6) Wales |
| 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 |
| Steve Davis wins the 1988 Embassy World Snooker Championship | ||
Century breaks
There were 18 century breaks in the championship, the highest of the tournament was 140 made by Steve James.[9][10][11] James' performance at the championship earned him the Snooker Writers Association's Achievement of the Year award.[12] The highest break of the qualifying stage was 141 made by Billy Kelly.[3]
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References
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