1988 UK Championship

1988 Tennent's UK Championship 1988 11 19 1988 11 27 y Preston Guild Hall Preston England WPBSA Ranking event £80,000 David Roe ENG (139) Doug Mountjoy WAL Stephen Hendry SCO 16–12 1987 1989 The 1988 UK Championship (officially the 1988 Tennent's UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 27 November 1988 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.Turner Chris UK Championship http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160153/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 1 March 2011 This was the last UK Championship to be sponsored by Tennent's; for the following two years the championship would be sponsored by StormSeal. The highest break of the tournament was 139 by David Roe. Doug Mountjoy defeated Stephen Hendry 16–12 in the final and received the £80,000 winner's prize. Aged 46 years and 172 days, Mountjoy became the tournament's oldest winner, a record that stood for the next 35 years. Ronnie O'Sullivan superseded Mountjoy as the oldest UK Champion when he won the 2023 event aged 47 years and 363 days.Bisset Roddy 2023-12-03 Rocket Captures Eighth UK Crown https://wst.tv/rocket-capture-eighth-uk-crown/ https://web.archive.org/web/20231203235146/https://wst.tv/rocket-capture-eighth-uk-crown/ dead December 3, 2023 2023-12-20 World Snooker en-USUK Championship 2023: Ronnie O'Sullivan claims record-extending eighth title https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/67607991 BBC Sport 3 December 2023 The final attracted an average of 13.2million viewers on BBC1, peaking at 16.3million.Waumsley Rick Television's Top Ten Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham April 1992 14–15 Main draw UK Championship http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071813/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 5 February 20131988 UK Championship Results http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=117 Snooker Database 13 October 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111007101916/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=117 7 October 2011 Last 64Best of 17 frames Last 32Best of 17 frames Last 16Best of 17 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 17 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames FinalBest of 31 frames ENG Steve Davis 9 AUS Warren King 7 ENG Gary Wilkinson 9 CAN Bob Chaperon 0 ENG Martin Clark 9 ENG Mike Hallett 6 ENG Danny Fowler 9 ENG Steve Longworth 8 NIR Dennis Taylor 9 NIR Jack McLaughlin 5 IRL Joe O'Boye 9 IRL Eugene Hughes 8 ENG John Parrott 9 ENG Dave Martin 6 ENG Nigel Gilbert 9 ENG John Spencer 7 CAN Cliff Thorburn 9 CAN Alain Robidoux 4 ENG Steve James 9 IRL Tony Kearney 1 RSA 1982 Peter Francisco 9 SCO John Rea 2 ENG David Roe 9 ENG Tony Meo 6 ENG Willie Thorne 9 ENG Dave Gilbert 3 CAN Kirk Stevens 9 AUS Eddie Charlton 7 SCO Stephen Hendry 9 NIR Tommy Murphy 4 WAL Colin Roscoe 9 WAL Steve Newbury 7 ENG Neal Foulds 9 ENG Mark Rowing 4 WAL Doug Mountjoy 9 WAL Wayne Jones 7 ENG Joe Johnson 9 ENG Martin Smith 2 ENG Rex Williams 9 ENG Bob Harris 4 ENG John Virgo 9 ENG Brian Rowswell 3 NZL Dene O'Kane 9 WAL Ray Reardon 8 ENG Tony Knowles 9 CAN Jim Wych 4 NIR Alex Higgins 9 ENG Les Dodd 7 WAL Terry Griffiths 9 ENG Ken Owers 2 ENG Steve Duggan 9 MLT Tony Drago 7 WAL Cliff Wilson 9 ENG Ray Edmonds 1 ENG Dean Reynolds 9 WAL Tony Chappel 4 RSA 1982 Silvino Francisco 9 ENG Paul Medati 8 ENG Barry West 9 ENG Tony Jones 5 ENG Jimmy White 9 AUS John Campbell 5 WAL Mark Bennett 9 ENG David Taylor 4 ENG Steve Davis 9 ENG Gary Wilkinson 3 ENG Martin Clark 6 ENG Danny Fowler 9 NIR Dennis Taylor 9 IRL Joe O'Boye 4 ENG John Parrott 9 ENG Nigel Gilbert 8 CAN Cliff Thorburn 9 ENG Steve James 6 RSA 1982 Peter Francisco 7 ENG David Roe 9 ENG Willie Thorne 9 CAN Kirk Stevens 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 9 WAL Colin Roscoe 3 ENG Neal Foulds 4 WAL Doug Mountjoy 9 ENG Joe Johnson 9 ENG Rex Williams 7 ENG John Virgo 9 NZL Dene O'Kane 8 ENG Tony Knowles 9 NIR Alex Higgins 6 WAL Terry Griffiths 9 ENG Steve Duggan 2 WAL Cliff Wilson 3 ENG Dean Reynolds 9 RSA 1982 Silvino Francisco 4 ENG Barry West 9 ENG Jimmy White 6 WAL Mark Bennett 9 ENG Steve Davis 9 ENG Danny Fowler 6 NIR Dennis Taylor 4 ENG John Parrott 9 CAN Cliff Thorburn 9 ENG David Roe 8 ENG Willie Thorne 4 SCO Stephen Hendry 9 WAL Doug Mountjoy 9 ENG Joe Johnson 5 ENG John Virgo 9 ENG Tony Knowles 3 WAL Terry Griffiths 9 ENG Dean Reynolds 6 ENG Barry West 9 WAL Mark Bennett 4 ENG Steve Davis 9 ENG John Parrott 4 CAN Cliff Thorburn 2 SCO Stephen Hendry 9 WAL Doug Mountjoy 9 ENG John Virgo 8 WAL Terry Griffiths 9 ENG Barry West 5 ENG Steve Davis 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 9 WAL Doug Mountjoy 9 WAL Terry Griffiths 4 SCO Stephen Hendry 12 WAL Doug Mountjoy 16 Final Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: John StreetThe Guild Hall, Preston, England, 26 and 27 November 1988. Doug Mountjoy 16–12 Stephen Hendry First session: 75–25, 0–103 (103), 79–6 (71), 75–30, 25–113 (113), 81–47 (52), 87–0Second session: 124–7 (98), 62–65, 13–96 (68), 14–89, 37–72 (55), 79–9, 0-136 (129)Third session: 76–49, 71–41, 125–0 (81), 73–0 (72), 71–21, 131–1 (131), 106–0 (106)Fourth session: 129–0 (124), 15–96 (96), 54–66, 5–73, 21–80 (61), 43–56, 67–11131 Highest break 129 3 Century breaks 3 10 50+ breaks 6 Century breaks 139, 108 David Roe 136, 101 Steve Davis 136 Joe Johnson 134, 124, 108 John Parrott 133 Bill Werbeniuk 132, 113, 103 Stephen Hendry 132 Dene O'Kane 131, 129, 124, 121, 118, 106 Doug Mountjoy 128, 108 Terry Griffiths 128, 106 Cliff Thorburn 128 Robert Marshall 120, 118, 115 Dean Reynolds 118 Dave Martin 113 Steve Campbell 111 John Spencer 109 Marcel Gauvreau 108 Tony Jones 106, 104 Gary Wilkinson 106, 104 John Virgo 105 Ken Owers 105 Willie Thorne 103, 101 Jimmy White 102 Steve Longworth 101 Warren King 101 Martin Smith 100 Steve Newbury References Category:UK Championship (snooker) UK Championship UK Championship UK Championship