The 1987 UK Championship (officially the 1987 Tennent's UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event started on 13 November 1987 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 21 and 29 November 1987.
Willie Thorne made UK Championship history, when he became the first player to make a maximum break at the tournament against Tommy Murphy, although it was not televised, as it took place on 17 November.
Steve Davis meanwhile won his sixth and last UK title by defeating Jimmy White 16–14 in a classic match.
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: John WilliamsThe Guild Hall, Preston, England, 28 and 29 November 1987. Steve Davis 16–14 Jimmy White First session: 112–20 (106), 9–91 (91), 56–77, 0–139 (139), 53–74 (58), 78–27 (55), 27–77Second session: 67–53 (White 52), 84–14, 31–103, 107–13 (107), 98–0 (98), 5–107 (57, 50), 75–37 (75)Third session: 19–83, 16–67, 82–36, 81–44, 64–5, 73–0 (73), 16–75 (50)Fourth session: 8–68, 28–77 (70), 107–0 (100), 65–64 (White 58), 4–64, 111–3 (110), 16–63 (59), 121–0 (108), 59–42110 Highest break 139 5 Century breaks 1 9 50+ breaks 10
Century breaks
147, 122, 108, 107 Willie Thorne 139 Jimmy White 137, 100 Tony Meo 134 Joe Johnson 133, 107 Cliff Thorburn 132 John Campbell 127, 104 Steve James 126 Nigel Gilbert
110, 108, 107, 106, 100 Steve Davis 110, 101, 101 John Parrott 107 Dene O'Kane 106 Alex Higgins 105, 100 Ray Edmonds 105 Dennis Taylor 101 Tony Chappel 100 Graham Cripsey
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