Tournament information | |
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Dates | 23 January – 15 May 1988 |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Winner's share | £70,000 [1] |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | Round-Robin |
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The 1988 Rothmans Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 23 January to 15 May 1988. [1]
Steve Davis topped the table and won the tournament. Tony Meo recorded a maximum break in his match against Stephen Hendry. [2]
Ranking | ![]() DAV | ![]() HEN | ![]() THO | ![]() FOU | ![]() WHI | ![]() GRI | ![]() THO | ![]() MEO | ![]() TAY | ![]() JOH | Frame W-L | Match W-D-L | Pld-Pts | |
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Winner | Steve Davis | x | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 45–27 | 6–3–0 | 9–21 |
Runner-up | Stephen Hendry | 4 | x | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 46–26 | 5–3–1 | 9–18 |
3 | Willie Thorne | 3 | 6 | x | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 41–31 | 4–3–2 | 9–15 |
4 | Neal Foulds | 3 | 4 | 5 | x | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 40–32 | 4–3–2 | 9–15 |
5 | Jimmy White | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | x | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 34–38 | 4–2–3 | 9–14 |
6 | Terry Griffiths | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | x | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 35–37 | 3–4–2 | 9–13 |
7 | Cliff Thorburn | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | x | 4 | 6 | 7 | 37–35 | 3–2–4 | 9–11 |
8 | Tony Meo | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | x | 4 | 6 | 34–38 | 2–3–4 | 9–9 |
9 | Dennis Taylor | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | x | 8 | 30–42 | 1–2–6 | 9–5 |
10 | Joe Johnson | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | x | 18–54 | 0–1–8 | 9–1 |
If points were level then match wins, followed by most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher.
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