1987 Classic (snooker)

1987 Classic
Tournament information
Dates2–11 January 1987 (1987-01-02 – 1987-01-11)
VenueNorbreck Castle Hotel
CityBlackpool
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£250,000
Winner's share£50,000
Highest break Jimmy White (ENG) (126)
Final
Champion Steve Davis (ENG)
Runner-up Jimmy White (ENG)
Score13–12
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The 1987 Mercantile Credit Classic was the eighth edition of the professional snooker tournament which took place from 2–11 January 1987. The tournament was played at the Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool, Lancashire. Television coverage was by ITV with weekday afternoon coverage on Channel 4.

Qualifying took place in November 1986. The leading players started at the last-64 stage and had to win two matches to reach the last-16 televised stage in January. Only five of the leading 16 seeded players reached the last-16 including defending champion Jimmy White and Steve Davis[1]

In the first semi-final Jimmy White beat Dean Reynolds in the deciding frame after fluking a red and then making a break of 74.[2] Steve Davis beat Stephen Hendry 9–3 in the second semi-final.[3]

Defending champion Jimmy White made it to the final again but lost to Steve Davis in another 13–12 result. Davis won the first prize of £50,000 while White took the runners-up prize of £30,000 and another £5,000 for the high break prize for his break of 126 in the semi-finals.[4]

Main draw

[5]

Last 16
Best of 9 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames 		Final
Best of 25 frames
            
1  Jimmy White (ENG) 5
 Steve Duggan (ENG) 2
1 England Jimmy White 5
10 Wales Terry Griffiths 3
10  Terry Griffiths (WAL) 5
 John Campbell (AUS) 3
1 England Jimmy White 9
England Dean Reynolds 8
   Wayne Jones (WAL) 3
 Cliff Wilson (WAL) 5
  Wales Cliff Wilson 1
England Dean Reynolds 5
   Barry West (ENG) 3
 Dean Reynolds (ENG) 5
1 England Jimmy White 12
3 England Steve Davis 13
3  Steve Davis (ENG) 5
11  Tony Meo (ENG) 2
3 England Steve Davis 5
England John Parrott 4
   Eddie Charlton (AUS) 4
 John Parrott (ENG) 5
3 England Steve Davis 9
Scotland Stephen Hendry 3
   Danny Fowler (ENG) 4
 Stephen Hendry (SCO) 5
Scotland Stephen Hendry 5
12 South Africa Silvino Francisco 0
12  Silvino Francisco (RSA) 5
 Peter Francisco (RSA) 1

Final

Final: Best of 25 frames. Referee: .
Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool, England, 10 & 11 January 1987.
Steve Davis
 England 		13–12 Jimmy White
 England
First session: 52–61, 25–65, 66–36, 95–29, 74–12 (70), 56–66 (Davis 55), 65–21
Second session: 54–62, 68–66 (White 53), 6–69, 123–0 (119), 67–43, 37–71, 28–73, 69–58 (Davis 55, White 58)
Third session: 73–22 (72), 7–107 (74), 72–2 (53), 7–94 (50), 71–0 (60), 36–47, 1–75 (75), 65–35, 55–80, 75–35
119 Highest break 75
1 Century breaks 0
7 50+ breaks 5

Qualifying

Last-64 round

Last-32 round

Century breaks

(Including qualifying rounds)

References

  1. ^ Clyde, Alexander (13 November 1986). "Early call for Davis". The Evening Standard. p. 51 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Everton, Clive (9 January 1987). "World event still hunting a sponsor". The Guardian. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Everton, Clive (10 January 1987). "Davis crushes young pretender". The Guardian. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Everton, Clive (12 January 1987). "Davis holds out to win a classic". The Guardian. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Classic". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.