1987 Kent Cup

Kent Cup
Tournament information
Dates	5–8 March 1987
City	Beijing
Country	China
Organisation	Matchroom Sport and WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Final
Champion	Willie Thorne (ENG)
Runner-up	Jimmy White (ENG)
Score	5–2
	1988 →

The 1987 Kent Cup was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament held in Beijing from 5 to 8 March 1987. The invited competitors were seven players managed by Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport, and also Rex Williams and eight Chinese amateur players. Willie Thorne won the tournament, defeating Jimmy White 5–2 in the final, which was watched by over 100 million television viewers in China.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Main draw

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Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames		Semi-finals Best of 7 frames		Final Best of 9 frames

Steve Davis	4

Rex Williams	0
		Steve Davis	3

		Willie Thorne	4
Willie Thorne	4

Terry Griffiths	1
				Willie Thorne	5

				Jimmy White	2
Jimmy White	4

Tony Meo	0
		Jimmy White	4

		Neal Foulds	3
Dennis Taylor	1

Neal Foulds	4

References

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Tournament information
Dates	5–8 March 1987 (1987-03-05 – 1987-03-08)
City	Beijing
Country	China
Organisation	Matchroom Sport and WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Final
Champion	Willie Thorne (ENG)
Runner-up	Jimmy White (ENG)
Score	5–2
1988 →