The 1988 Rothmans Matchroom League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 23 January to 15 May 1988.[2]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 23 January – 15 May 1988 |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £220,000[1] |
Winner's share | £70,000[2] |
Highest break | Tony Meo (147)[3] |
Final | |
Champion | Steve Davis |
Runner-up | Stephen Hendry |
Score | Round-Robin |
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Steve Davis topped the table and won the tournament. Tony Meo recorded a maximum break in his match against Stephen Hendry.[4]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
Ranking | DAV |
HEN |
THO |
FOU |
WHI |
GRI |
THO |
MEO |
TAY |
JOH |
Frame W-L |
Match W-D-L |
Pld-Pts | |
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Winner | Steve Davis | x | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 45–27 | 6–3–0 | 9–21 |
Runner-up | Stephen Hendry | 4 | x | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 46–26 | 5–3–1 | 9–18 |
3 | Willie Thorne | 3 | 6 | x | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 41–31 | 4–3–2 | 9–15 |
4 | Neal Foulds | 3 | 4 | 5 | x | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 40–32 | 4–3–2 | 9–15 |
5 | Jimmy White | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | x | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 34–38 | 4–2–3 | 9–14 |
6 | Terry Griffiths | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | x | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 35–37 | 3–4–2 | 9–13 |
7 | Cliff Thorburn | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | x | 4 | 6 | 7 | 37–35 | 3–2–4 | 9–11 |
8 | Tony Meo | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | x | 4 | 6 | 34–38 | 2–3–4 | 9–9 |
9 | Dennis Taylor | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | x | 8 | 30–42 | 1–2–6 | 9–5 |
10 | Joe Johnson | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | x | 18–54 | 0–1–8 | 9–1 |
If points were level then match wins, followed by most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher.