1987 Hong Kong Masters

Hong Kong Masters 1987 09 2 1987 09 6 y Queen Elizabeth Stadium Hong Kong Matchroom Sport and WPBSA Non-ranking event £75,000 £30,000 92 (Jimmy White) ENG Steve Davis SCO Stephen Hendry 9–3 1986 1988 The 1987 Hong Kong Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held from 2 to 6 September 1987 at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong. Eight professional players and eight local amateur players participated. Steve Davis won the title, defeating Stephen Hendry 9–3 in the final. The tournament was sponsored by billiard table manufacturers Riley. Hong Kong leg goes to Davis Snooker Scene 7 Everton's News Agency October 1987Terry Smith 1988 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Aylesbury Pelham Books 144–150 0720718309 Fifth Davis Too Good For Hendry https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=amNPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DZADAAAAIBAJ&dq=hong-kong-masters%20snooker%20steve-davis&pg=2688%2C1543580 New Straits Times 13 April 2020Acteson Steve Far East Diary Snooker Scene 6 Everton's News Agency October 1987 The event was part of the World Series for the 1987–88 snooker season, a series of invitational snooker events organised by Barry Hearn of Matchroom Sport and Barrie Gill of CSS International, and endorsed by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Eight events were planned, but only three took place, which Hearn blamed on a sponsor withdrawing and competition for TV airtime with other sporting events. The highest break of the tournament was 92 by Jimmy White, in the fourth frame of his semi-final match against Stephen Hendry. Prize Fund Winner: £30,000 Runner-up: £12,000 Semi-final: £8,000 Quarter-final: £4,000 Highest break: £1,000 Main draw First roundBest of 5 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 5 frames Semi-finalsBest of 9 frames FinalBest of 17 frames England Steve Davis 3 Hong Kong 1959 W. Chi Kuen 0 Wales Terry Griffiths 3 Hong Kong 1959 Stanley Leung 0 Canada Cliff Thorburn 3 Hong Kong 1959 Sunny Tong 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 3 Hong Kong 1959 Franky Chan 0 England Jimmy White 3 Hong Kong 1959 Kenny Kwok 0 England Willie Thorne 3 Hong Kong 1959 John Chan 0 Scotland Stephen Hendry 3 Hong Kong 1959 Gary Kwok 0 England Neal Foulds 3 Hong Kong 1959 Ivan Li 0 England Steve Davis 3 Wales Terry Griffiths 0 Canada Cliff Thorburn 2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 3 England Jimmy White 3 England Willie Thorne 0 Scotland Stephen Hendry 3 England Neal Foulds 2 England Steve Davis 5 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 4 England Jimmy White 2 Scotland Stephen Hendry 5 England Steve Davis 9 Scotland Stephen Hendry 3 References Category:1987 in snooker Category:1987 in Hong Kong sport Category:Sports competitions in Hong Kong 1987