1988 UK Championship
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 19–27 November 1988 |
| Venue | Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £80,000 |
| Highest break | 139 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Doug Mountjoy |
| Runner-up |  Stephen Hendry |
| Score | 16–12 |
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The 1988 Tennents UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 27 November 1988 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.[1] This was the last UK Championship to be sponsored by Tennents, and for the following two years the championship would be sponsored by StormSeal.[1] The highest break of the tournament was 139 made by David Roe.
Doug Mountjoy won in the final 16–12 against Stephen Hendry, and picked up the £80,000 winners cheque.[1]
Main draw
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Round of 32 Best of 17 frames
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| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
 Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Danny Fowler | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 4 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn | 9 | |||||||||||||
| David Roe | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 9 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo | 8 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Barry West | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Barry West | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Bennett | 4 | |||||||||||||
Century breaks
- 139, 108 David Roe
- 136, 101 Steve Davis
- 136 Joe Johnson
- 133 Bill Werbeniuk
- 134, 124, 108 John Parrott
- 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
- ^ a b c Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "1988 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.