1986–87 snooker season

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 →

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.

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

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

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