1987 World Doubles Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1–13 December 1987 |
| Venue | Derngate |
| City | Northampton |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £60,000 |
| Highest break | 182 Hallett/Hendry (combined) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Hallett/Hendry |
| Runner-up | Thorburn/Taylor |
| Score | 12–6 |
← 1986 | |
The 1987 Foster's World Doubles was the sixth staging of the doubles snooker tournament. It was played at the Derngate in Northampton and held between 1 and 13 December 1987 with the tournament televised on ITV.[1] Foster's became the sponsors for this tournament as part of the Courage Group as was previous sponsor Hofmeister.
Steve Davis and Tony Meo lost out in the first round and the only time they failed to make the last 16 in the history of the World Doubles. Last year's finalists Mike Hallett and Stephen Hendry went of to win the final World Doubles beating Cliff Thorburn and Dennis Taylor 12–6 and as most of the champions of the tournament, they got the highest combined break of 182. The championship was discontinued as other snooker events were now filling the calendar.
Results
| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
  Taylor/Thorburn
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
  Taylor/Charlton
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor/Thorburn
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnson/Knowles
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnson/Knowles
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor/Thorburn
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James/Roe
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parrott/Reynolds
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parrott/Reynolds
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James/Roe
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James/Roe
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor/Thorburn
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hendry/Hallett
| 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
 S Francisco/P Francisco
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mountjoy/Jones
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| S Francisco/P Francisco
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Wych/O'Kane
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wilson/King
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wych/O'Kane
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| S Francisco/P Francisco
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hendry/Hallett
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Griffiths/Foulds
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Williams/Miles
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Griffiths/Foulds
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hendry/Hallett
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Higgins/White
| ? | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hendry/Hallett
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Turner, Chris. "World Doubles Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.