Embassy World Championship
Tour: Main Tour;
Date: 18 Apr - 4 May 1987;
Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England;
Type: Ranking;
Defending champion: Joe Johnson (a);
Notes: See also results (31)
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Steve Davis (a) | 18 | - | 14 | |
Joe Johnson (a) |
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128-0 (127), 53-61, 69-74 (SD 55), 2-71 (50), 77-1 (69), 83-12, 57-66, 69-8 (60), 82-35 (66), 79-5, 15-118 (101), 77-25, 91-0 (84), 44-76 (73), 88-7 (51), 6-70, 34-68, 69-0 (69), 80-0, 81-24, 68-24, 52-66 (SD 52), 77-0, 22-75 (62), 53-70 (JJ 52), 44-76 (62), 59-73, 104-0 (64), 113-6 (73), 91-33 (53), 34-77, 78-0 (78) Referee: Len Ganley |
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| Semifinals | ||||||||||
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Joe Johnson (a) | 16 | - | 9 | |
Neal Foulds (a) | ||||
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Steve Davis (a) | 16 | - | 11 | |
Jimmy White |
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  White missed the 10th black in a maximum attempt in frame 16. Aided by a fluked black, and by a free ball following a foul by White, Davis eventually won the frame by 74-73. | ||
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Joe Johnson (a) | 13 | - | 12 |  |
Stephen Hendry |
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Neal Foulds (a) | 13 | - | 9 | |
Mike Hallett (a) |
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Jimmy White | 13 | - | 6 |  |
Dene O'Kane (a) |
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Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 5 |  |
Terry Griffiths (a) |
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Round 2 (Last 16) |
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| 1 | |
Joe Johnson (a) | 13 | - | 7 | |
Murdo MacLeod (a) | |||
| 2 | |
Stephen Hendry | 13 | - | 7 | |
Steve Longworth (a) | re-spotted black in frame 16 won by Hendry for a 10-6 lead at the end of the 2nd session. | ||
| 3 | |
Mike Hallett (a) | 13 | - | 9 |  |
Silvino Francisco (a) | Hallett reached his first World Championship quarter-final. | ||
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Neal Foulds (a) | 13 | - | 10 |  |
Dennis Taylor (a) |
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| 5 | |
Dene O'Kane (a) | 13 | - | 5 | |
Doug Mountjoy (a) | Mountjoy led 3�0. | ||
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Jimmy White | 13 | - | 11 | |
John Parrott (a) |
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| 7 | |
Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 10 | |
Alex Higgins (a) |
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| 8 | |
Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 4 | |
Ray Reardon (a) |
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Reardon led 3�1 | |
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Round 1 (Last 32) |
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| 1 | |
Joe Johnson (a) | 10 | - | 9 |  |
Eugene Hughes (a) | |||
| 2 | |
Murdo MacLeod (a) | 10 | - | 5 | |
Rex Williams (a) | MacLeod was the first Scottish player to secure a victory at the Crucible Theatre. | ||
| 3 | |
Steve Longworth (a) | 10 | - | 4 |  |
Kirk Stevens (a) | |||
| 4 | |
Stephen Hendry | 10 | - | 7 | |
Willie Thorne (a) |
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At age 18 years and 97 days, Hendry became the youngest-ever player to win a World Championship match at the Crucible. | |
| 5 | |
Mike Hallett (a) | 10 | - | 6 | |
Tony Knowles (a) |
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Knowles led 6-5. | |
| 6 | |
Silvino Francisco (a) | 10 | - | 3 |  |
John Campbell (a) | |||
| 7 | |
Neal Foulds (a) | 10 | - | 4 | |
John Virgo (a) | |||
| 8 | |
Dennis Taylor (a) | 10 | - | 4 | |
Mark Bennett (a) | |||
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Dene O'Kane (a) | 10 | - | 5 | |
Cliff Thorburn (a) | O'Kane, 39th in the rankings, won nine frames in a row against second-ranked player Cliff Thorburn. Thorburn's cue tip split during the sixth frame and was not replaced until after the end of the first session. He was unable to win a frame after the tip was broken. | ||
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Doug Mountjoy (a) | 10 | - | 5 | |
David Taylor (a) | |||
| 11 | |
John Parrott (a) | 10 | - | 8 | |
Tony Meo (a) |
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| 12 | |
Jimmy White | 10 | - | 8 | |
Dean Reynolds (a) |
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Reynolds won the first two frames of the second session both on respotted blacks. | |
| 13 | |
Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 6 | |
Jon Wright (a) | |||
| 14 | |
Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 4 | |
Jim Wych (a) | |||
| 15 | |
Ray Reardon (a) | 10 | - | 5 | |
Barry West (a) | West's 1st time at the Crucible | ||
| 16 | |
Steve Davis (a) | 10 | - | 7 | |
Warren King (a) |
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King came back from 7-1. | |
