1987 World Snooker Championship
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Dates | 18 April–4 May 1987 |
Venue | Crucible Theatre |
City | Sheffield |
Country | England |
Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £400,000 |
Winner's share | £80,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
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Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 18–14 |
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The 1987 Embassy World Snooker Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 April–4 May 1987 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
Joe Johnson made it to the final again, as did Steve Davis, making it a repeat of the 1986 final. However Johnson did not retain his title, as he fell to the Crucible curse and lost 14–18 to Davis. It was Davis' fourth world title.
Tournament summary
- The Davis vs. Johnson final was the first time in the Crucible that two players had met at the final two years running. The last time it happened in the championship was in 1951 by Fred Davis and Walter Donaldson. It would happen again when Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White met three times in a row between 1992 and 1994.[1][2] This is also the only time that the final was contested by top two seeds of the tournament.[3]
- Ray Reardon made his last appearance at the Crucible when he beat Yorkshire debutant Barry West 10–5. He then met Davis in the second round where he lost 4–13.[4][5] He dropped out of the top 32 in the rankings at the end of the season from 15 to 38.[6]
- Aged 18 years and 97 days Stephen Hendry became the youngest ever player to win a match at the Crucible.[7]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8][9]
- Winner: £80,000
- Runner-up: £48,000
- Semi-finals: £24,000
- Quarter-finals: £12,000
- Last 16: £6,000
- Last 32: £3,375
- Highest break: £8,000
- Maximum break: £80,000
- Total: £400,000
Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[8][10][11][12]
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Best of 19 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 31 frames | |||||||||||
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5 | |||||||||||||
28 & 29 April | ||||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
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13 | |||||||||||||
19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
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12 | |||||||||||||
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4 | |||||||||||||
24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
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7 | |||||||||||||
19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
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13 | |||||||||||||
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7 | |||||||||||||
30 April, 1 & 2 May | ||||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
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16 | |||||||||||||
20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
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6 | |||||||||||||
25, 26 & 27 April | ||||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
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13 | |||||||||||||
21 & 22 April | ||||||||||||||
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9 | |||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
28 & 29 April | ||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||
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9 | |||||||||||||
21 & 22 April | ||||||||||||||
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13 | |||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
26 & 27 April | ||||||||||||||
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4 | |||||||||||||
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13 | |||||||||||||
22 & 23 April | ||||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
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4 | |||||||||||||
22 & 23 April | ||||||||||||||
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5 | |||||||||||||
26 & 27 April | ||||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
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13 | |||||||||||||
22 April | ||||||||||||||
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28 & 29 April | ||||||||||||||
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6 | |||||||||||||
21 April | ||||||||||||||
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13 | |||||||||||||
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8 | |||||||||||||
25, 26 & 27 | ||||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
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11 | |||||||||||||
20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
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13 | |||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
30 April, 1 & 2 May | ||||||||||||||
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8 | |||||||||||||
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11 | |||||||||||||
19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
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16 | |||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
28 & 29 April | ||||||||||||||
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6 | |||||||||||||
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5 | |||||||||||||
18 & 19 April | ||||||||||||||
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10 | |||||||||||||
23, 24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
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18 April | ||||||||||||||
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7 | |||||||||||||
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 3 & 4 May 1987. Referee: Len Ganley[13] | ||
Joe Johnson (1)![]() |
14 – 18 | Steve Davis (2)![]() |
0–128, 61–53, 74–69, 71–2, 1–77, 12–83, 66–57, 8–69, 35–82, 5–79, 118–15, 25–77, 0–91, 76–44, 7–88, 70–6, 68–34, 0–69, 0–80, 24–81, 24–68, 66–52, 0–77, 75–22, 70–53, 76–44, 73–59, 0–104, 6–113, 33–91, 77–34, 0–78 | Century breaks: 2 (Johnson 1, Davis 1) Highest break by Johnson: 101 |
0–128, 61–53, 74–69, 71–2, 1–77, 12–83, 66–57, 8–69, 35–82, 5–79, 118–15, 25–77, 0–91, 76–44, 7–88, 70–6, 68–34, 0–69, 0–80, 24–81, 24–68, 66–52, 0–77, 75–22, 70–53, 76–44, 73–59, 0–104, 6–113, 33–91, 77–34, 0–78 |
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Century breaks
There were 18 century breaks at the championship, the highest of the tournament being 127 by Davis.[8] Davis' 127 is the lowest ever highest break recorded in the Crucible.[14][15][16] Dene O'Kane's 132 was the highest break of the qualifying stages.[8]
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