1986–87 snooker season

The 1986–87 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 30 June 1986 and 30 May 1987. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and invitational events.

1986–87 snooker season

Details
Duration	30 June 1986 – 30 May 1987
Tournaments	29 (6 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Steve Davis
Masters	Dennis Taylor
World Championship	Steve Davis
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Calendar

Date[n 1]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Reference
06-30	07-04	AUS	NR	Australian Masters	Parmatta Club	Sydney	Dennis Taylor	Steve Davis	3–2	[1]
07-28	08-03	CAN	NR	Canadian Professional Championship	Snooker Centre	Toronto	Cliff Thorburn	Jim Wych	6–2	[2]
08-??	08-??	RSA	NR	South African Professional Championship	Summit Club	Johannesburg	Silvino Francisco	Francois Ellis	9–1	[2]
08-14	08-22	AUS	NR	Australian Professional Championship	WIN (TV station)	Sydney	Warren King	John Campbell	10–3	[2]
08-??	08-??	THA	NR	Thailand Masters	Chiang Mai Plaza Hotel	Bangkok	James Wattana	Terry Griffiths	2–1	[3]
08-28	08-30	MYS	NR	Malaysian Masters	Putra World Trade Centre	Kuala Lumpur	Jimmy White	Dennis Taylor	2–1	[4]
09-02	09-07	HKG	NR	Hong Kong Masters	Queen Elizabeth Stadium	Hong Kong	Willie Thorne	Dennis Taylor	8–3	[4]
09-??	09-??	CHN	NR	China Masters		Shanghai	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	3–0	[4]
09-15	09-17	IRL	NR	Carlsberg Challenge	RTÉ Studios	Dublin	Dennis Taylor	Jimmy White	8–3	[5]
09-17	09-21	ENG	NR	Matchroom Professional Championship	Cliffs Pavilion	Southend-on-Sea	Willie Thorne	Steve Davis	10–9	[6]
09-18	09-21	SCO	NR	Scottish Masters	Hospitality Inn	Glasgow	Cliff Thorburn	Alex Higgins	9–8	[7]
09-26	10-05	ENG	WR	International Open	Trentham Gardens	Stoke-on-Trent	Neal Foulds	Cliff Thorburn	12–9	[8]
10-18	10-26	ENG	WR	Grand Prix	Hexagon Theatre	Reading	Jimmy White	Rex Williams	10–6	[9]
10-28	11-01	CAN	NR	Canadian Masters	CBC Television Studios	Toronto	Steve Davis	Willie Thorne	9–3	[10]
11-22	11-30	ENG	WR	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Steve Davis	Neal Foulds	16–7	[11]
12-02	12-14	ENG	TE	World Doubles Championship	Derngate Centre	Northampton	Steve Davis Tony Meo	Mike Hallett Stephen Hendry	12–3	[12]
01-02	01-11	ENG	WR	The Classic	Norbreck Castle Hotel	Blackpool	Steve Davis	Jimmy White	13–12	[13]
01-25	02-01	ENG	NR	The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	9–8	[14]
02-03	02-08	SCO	NR	Scottish Professional Championship	Steve Davis Club	Glasgow	Stephen Hendry	Jim Donnelly	10–7	[15]
02-06	02-11	ENG	NR	English Professional Championship	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Tony Meo	Les Dodd	9–5	[16]
02-09	02-13	WAL	NR	Welsh Professional Championship	Newport Centre	Newport	Doug Mountjoy	Steve Newbury	9–7	[17]
02-15	03-01	ENG	WR	British Open	Assembly Rooms	Derby	Jimmy White	Neal Foulds	13–9	[18][19]
03-05	03-08	CHN	NR	Kent Cup	Beijing Indoor Stadium	Beijing	Willie Thorne	Jimmy White	5–2	[4]
03-18	03-21	ENG	TE	World Cup	Bournemouth International Centre	Bournemouth	All Ireland A	Canada	9–2	[20][21]
03-24	03-29	IRL	NR	Irish Masters	Goffs Complex	Kildare	Steve Davis	Willie Thorne	9–1	[22]
04-18	05-04	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Steve Davis	Joe Johnson	18–14	[23]
05-09	05-16	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Neal Foulds	Willie Thorne	9–8	[24][25]
01-17	05-17	ENG	NR	Matchroom League			Steve Davis	Neal Foulds	[n 2]	[26]
05-27	05-30	NIR	NR	Irish Professional Championship	Antrim Forum	Antrim	Dennis Taylor	Joe O'Boye	9–2	[27]

WR = World ranking event

NR = Non-ranking event

TE = Team event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1986/1987

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.^[28][29][30]

No.	Ch.	Name
1		Steve Davis
2		Cliff Thorburn
3		Dennis Taylor
4		Tony Knowles
5		Jimmy White
6		Alex Higgins
7		Willie Thorne
8		Joe Johnson
9		Kirk Stevens
10		Terry Griffiths
11		Tony Meo
12		Silvino Francisco
13		Neal Foulds
14		Doug Mountjoy
15		Ray Reardon
16		Rex Williams

Notes

1. Dates use the mm-dd date format.
2. No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only.