1988 Matchroom Professional Championship

1988 Matchroom Professional Championship 1988 10 4 1988 10 9 y Cliffs Pavilion Southend-on-Sea England Matchroom Sport Non-ranking event £130,000 £50,000 Steve Davis ENG (132) Steve Davis ENG Dennis Taylor ENG 10–7 1987 The 1988 LEP Matchroom Professional Championship was the third and final edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament which took place between 4 and 9 October 1988 in Southend-on-Sea, England.Getting a kick out of snooker—a solution Huddersfield Daily Examiner 28 July 1988 30 January 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19880728/020/0020 British Newspaper Archive subscriptionOther Non-Ranking and Invitation Events http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc2.html#MatchPro https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160458/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc2.html#MatchPro dead 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 21 October 2018 The tournament featured eight professional players, all part of Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport stable. The tournament was won by Steve Davis, who defeated reigning champion Dennis Taylor 10–7 in the final, winning the first prize of £50,000.Now Steve's won the lot Sandwell Evening Mail 10 October 1988 20 December 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002487/19881010/426/0041 British Newspaper Archive subscriptionHayton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 156http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=752 1988 Matchroom Professional Championship Results snookerdatabase.co.uk 21 October 2017 21 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181021190817/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=752 dead Davis also won the high break prize of £5,000 for a break of 132. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Smith, Terry 1989 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Aylesbury Pelham Books 0720719445 LEP Matchroom Championship 66 Sixth Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £12,500 Quarter-final: £6,250 Highest break: £5,000 Total: £130,000 Tournament draw main 3 high 200 yes yes Quarter-finalsBest of 11 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 19 Frames Dennis Taylor NIR 6 Tony Meo ENG 4 Neal Foulds ENG 6 Terry Griffiths WAL 4   Jimmy White ENG 6 Cliff Thorburn CAN 4 Steve Davis ENG 6 Willie Thorne ENG 2 NIR Dennis Taylor 6 ENG Neal Foulds 3 ENG Jimmy White 4 ENG Steve Davis 6 NIR Dennis Taylor 7 ENG Steve Davis 10 References Category:Matchroom Professional Championship Matchroom Professional Championship Matchroom Professional Championship Matchroom Professional Championship