1987 Canadian Masters

Canadian Masters

Tournament information
Dates	27–31 October 1987 (1987-10-27 – 1987-10-31)
Venue	CBC Television Studios
City	Toronto
Country	Canada
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£75,000 [1]
Winner's share	£25,000 [2]
Highest break	Dennis Taylor  (NIR) (127) [3]
Final
Champion	Dennis Taylor
Runner-up	Jimmy White
Score	9–7
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The 1987 Labbatt's Canadian Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 and 31 October 1987 at the CBC Television Studios in Toronto, Canada. ^[4]

Dennis Taylor won the tournament by defeating Jimmy White 9–7 in the final. ^[5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^[6]

• Winner: £25,000
• Runner-up: £12,000
• Semi-final: £9,000
• Quarter-final: £5,000
• Total: £75,000 ^[1]

Main draw

^[5]

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-finals Best of 15 Frames					Final Best of 17 Frames
	Dennis Taylor		5
	Steve Davis		1			Dennis Taylor		8
	Cliff Thorburn		5			Cliff Thorburn		5
	Joe Johnson		3								Dennis Taylor		9
	Jimmy White		5								Jimmy White		7
	Tony Knowles		1			Jimmy White		8
	Neal Foulds		5			Neal Foulds		7
	Terry Griffiths		4

References

1. Smith, Terry (27 October 1987). "Young Hendry moves up to join big boys". The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 37.
2. Smith, Terry (2 November 1987). "Taylor makes White suffer". The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 30.
3. Everton, Clive (2 November 1987). "Repeat win for Taylor". The Guardian. London. p. 29.
4. "Canadian Open, Canadian Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
5. Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 154.
6. Smith, Terry, ed. (1988). "John Labbatt Classic Canadian Masters Results". Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Fifth ed.). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. p. 77. ISBN   0720718309.