1988–89 snooker season

The 1988–89 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between July 1988 and May 1989. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and invitational events.

1988–89 snooker season

Details
Duration	July 1988 – May 1989
Tournaments	29 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Doug Mountjoy
Masters	Stephen Hendry
World Championship	Steve Davis
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Calendar

Date[n 1]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Reference
05-22	05-26	NZL	NR	New Zealand Masters	New Zealand Parliament	Wellington	Stephen Hendry	Mike Hallett	6–1	[1]
07-18	07-24	AUS	NR	Australian Professional Championship	Roots Hill Retired Soldiers Club	Sydney	John Campbell	Robby Foldvari	9–7	[2]
08-03	08-07	HKG	NR	Hong Kong Masters	Queen Elizabeth Stadium	Hong Kong	Jimmy White	Neal Foulds	6–3	[1]
08-25	09-11	ENG	WR	International Open	Trentham Gardens	Stoke-on-Trent	Steve Davis	Jimmy White	12–6	[3]
09-??	09-??	CAN	NR	Canadian Professional Championship	Minkler Auditorium	Toronto	Alain Robidoux	Jim Wych	8–4	[2]
09-26	09-29	UAE	NR	Dubai Masters	Al Nasr Stadium	Dubai	Neal Foulds	Steve Davis	5–4	[4]
10-03	10-05	IRL	NR	Fosters Professional	RTÉ Studios	Dublin	Mike Hallett	Stephen Hendry	8–5	[5]
10-04	10-09	ENG	NR	Matchroom Professional Championship	Cliffs Pavilion	Southend-on-Sea	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor	10–7	[1]
10-10	10-23	ENG	WR	Grand Prix	Hexagon Theatre	Reading	Steve Davis	Alex Higgins	10–6	[6]
10-26	11-05	CAN	WR	Canadian Masters	Minkler Auditorium	Toronto	Jimmy White	Steve Davis	9–4	[7]
11-11	11-27	ENG	WR	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Doug Mountjoy	Stephen Hendry	16–12	[8]
12-02	12-10	ENG	NR	World Matchplay	Brentwood Centre	Brentwood	Steve Davis	John Parrott	9–5	[9]
09-17	12-18	EUR	NR	Norwich Union Grand Prix			Steve Davis	Jimmy White	5–4	[1][10]
01-01	01-15	ENG	WR	The Classic	Norbreck Castle Hotel	Blackpool	Doug Mountjoy	Wayne Jones	13–11	[11]
01-??	01-??	RSA	NR	South African Professional Championship		Johannesburg	Perrie Mans	Robbie Grace	8–5	[2]
01-22	01-29	ENG	NR	The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Stephen Hendry	John Parrott	9–6	[12][13]
01-30	02-11	FRA	WR	European Open	Casino de Deauville	Deauville	John Parrott	Terry Griffiths	9–8	[14][15]
02-14	02-17	NIR	NR	Irish Professional Championship	Antrim Forum	Antrim	Alex Higgins	Jack McLaughlin	9–7	[16]
02-12	02-18	ENG	NR	English Professional Championship	Redwood Lodge	Bristol	Mike Hallett	John Parrott	9–7	[17][18]
02-13	02-18	WAL	NR	Welsh Professional Championship	Newport Centre	Newport	Doug Mountjoy	Terry Griffiths	9–6	[19]
02-01	02-19	SCO	NR	Scottish Professional Championship	Marco's Leisure Centre	Edinburgh	John Rea	Murdo MacLeod	9–7	[18][20]
02-19	03-05	ENG	WR	British Open	Assembly Rooms	Derby	Tony Meo	Dean Reynolds	13–6	[21][22]
03-21	03-24	ENG	TE	World Cup	Bournemouth International Centre	Bournemouth	England	Rest of the World	9–8	[23][24]
03-28	04-02	IRL	NR	Irish Masters	Goff's	Kill	Alex Higgins	Stephen Hendry	9–8	[25]
04-20	04-23	CHN	NR	Kent Cup	Beijing Indoor Stadium	Beijing	Sakchai Sim-Ngam	Franky Chan	4–1	[26]
04-15	05-01	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Steve Davis	John Parrott	18–3	[27]
05-06	05-13	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Darren Morgan	Tony Drago	9–2	[28]
01-17	05-14	EUR	NR	Matchroom League			Steve Davis	John Parrott	[n 2]	[29]
09-28	05-23	ENG	NR	London Masters	Café Royal	London	Stephen Hendry	John Parrott	4–2	[1]

WR = World ranking event

NR = Non-ranking event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1988/1989

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.^[30][31][32]

No.	Ch.	Name
1		Steve Davis
2		Jimmy White
3		Neal Foulds
4		Stephen Hendry
5		Terry Griffiths
6		Cliff Thorburn
7		John Parrott
8		Tony Knowles
9		Mike Hallett
10		Dennis Taylor
11		Joe Johnson
12		Silvino Francisco
13		Willie Thorne
14		Peter Francisco
15		John Virgo
16		Cliff Wilson

Notes

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