1988 Matchroom Professional Championship

1988 Matchroom Professional Championship

Tournament information
Dates	4–9 October 1988 (1988-10-04 – 1988-10-09)
Venue	Cliffs Pavilion
City	Southend-on-Sea
Country	England
Organisation	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£130,000 [1]
Winner's share	£50,000 [2]
Highest break	Steve Davis  (ENG) (132) [2]
Final
Champion	Steve Davis  (ENG)
Runner-up	Dennis Taylor  (ENG)
Score	10–7
← 1987

The 1988 LEP Matchroom Professional Championship was the third and final edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament which took place between 4 and 9 October 1988 in Southend-on-Sea, England. ^{[1] [3]}

The tournament featured eight professional players, all part of Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport stable. The tournament was won by Steve Davis, who defeated reigning champion Dennis Taylor 10–7 in the final, winning the first prize of £50,000. ^{[2] [4] [5]} Davis also won the high break prize of £5,000 for a break of 132. ^[2]

Prize fund

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

• Winner: £50,000
• Runner-up: £25,000
• Semi-final: £12,500
• Quarter-final: £6,250
• Highest break: £5,000
• Total: £130,000 ^[1]

Tournament draw

	Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 19 Frames
	Dennis Taylor  (NIR)	6
	Tony Meo  (ENG)	4
					Dennis Taylor	6
					Neal Foulds	3
	Neal Foulds  (ENG)	6
	Terry Griffiths  (WAL)	4
									Dennis Taylor	7
									Steve Davis	10
	Jimmy White  (ENG)	6
	Cliff Thorburn  (CAN)	4
					Jimmy White	4
					Steve Davis	6
	Steve Davis  (ENG)	6
	Willie Thorne  (ENG)	2

References

1. "Getting a kick out of snooker—a solution" . Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 28 July 1988. Retrieved 30 January 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Now Steve's won the lot" . Sandwell Evening Mail. 10 October 1988. Retrieved 20 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
4. Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 156.
5. "1988 Matchroom Professional Championship Results". snookerdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
6. Smith, Terry, ed. (1989). "LEP Matchroom Championship". Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Sixth Edition). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. p. 66. ISBN   0720719445.