Summary
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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–11 January 1987 |
| Venue | Norbreck Castle Hotel |
| City | Blackpool |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking 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) |
| Score | 13–12 |
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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 edit
| 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 | Jimmy White
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Terry Griffiths
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Terry Griffiths (WAL)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
 John Campbell (AUS)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jimmy White
| 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Jones (WAL)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson (WAL)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barry West (ENG)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds (ENG)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jimmy White
| 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Steve Davis
| 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Steve Davis (ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Tony Meo (ENG)
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Steve Davis
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton (AUS)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott (ENG)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Steve Davis
| 9 | |||||||||||||||||
 Stephen Hendry
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Danny Fowler (ENG)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (SCO)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Silvino Francisco
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Silvino Francisco (RSA)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peter Francisco (RSA)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final edit
| Final: Best of 25 frames. Referee: . Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool, England, 10 & 11 January 1987. | ||
| Steve Davis England
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13–12 | Jimmy White England
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| 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 (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 edit
Last-64 round edit
Last-32 round edit
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Century breaks edit
(Including qualifying rounds)
- 140, 112 – Cliff Thorburn
- 136, 122, 111 – Stephen Hendry
- 131 – John Parrott
- 126 – Jimmy White
- 122, 102 – Mark Bennett
- 119, 108 – Steve Davis
- 112 – Danny Fowler
- 109 – Tommy Murphy
- 106 – Peter Francisco
- 104 – Steve Duggan
- 104 – Neal Foulds
- 103 – Terry Griffiths
- 100 – Jon Wright
References edit
- ^ Clyde, Alexander (13 November 1986). "Early call for Davis". The Evening Standard. p. 51 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Everton, Clive (9 January 1987). "World event still hunting a sponsor". The Guardian. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Everton, Clive (10 January 1987). "Davis crushes young pretender". The Guardian. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Everton, Clive (12 January 1987). "Davis holds out to win a classic". The Guardian. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Classic". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.