The 1988 Everest World Matchplay was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 2 and 10 December 1988 in Brentwood, England.
Established by Barry Hearn, this was the first World Matchplay tournament and was an invitation event for the top twelve players on the provisional ranking list. It was the first snooker event to offer a six-figure prize with the winner of the event sponsored by Everest, the double glazing company, receiving £100,000.
Of the 12 players, the top eight seeds received a bye into the quarter-finals. Steve Davis won the event, defeating John Parrott 9–5 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £40,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Round 1: £5,000 Highest break: £10,000 Total: £250,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Len Ganley Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England, 10 December 1988. Steve Davis 9–5 John Parrott First session: 120–7 (100), 66–47, 69-6, 61-51, 102–4 (62), 59–41, 25–73 Second session: 18–91 64), 0–139 (135), 77-0 (53), 92–25 (84), 0–86, 1-85, 73-21100 Highest break 135 1 Century breaks 1 4 50+ breaks 2
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