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Mercantile Credit Classic

Main Tour, Ranking

1-10 Jan 1988, Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool, England
Previous champion: Steve Davis (a) (1987)
See also: Results (63)

Final
England Steve Davis (a) 13-11 England John Parrott (a) Head to head

139-0 (99), 31-72, 34-68, 34-76 (69), 61-20, 76-18, 51-65

88-47, 79-0 (79), 63-14, 63-12, 66-57, 94-0 (60), 28-64

31-107 (103), 74-43, 39-68, 49-58, 9-114 (56), 60-62, 47-67 (58), 99-31 (83), 69-0 (68), 113-4 (99)

Semifinals
England Steve Davis (a) 9-2 Wales Steve Newbury (a) Head to head
England John Parrott (a) 9-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Quarterfinals
England Steve Davis (a) 5-3 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) Head to head
Wales Steve Newbury (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
England John Parrott (a) 5-1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 England Dave Martin (a)  
Round 3
(Last 16)
1 England Steve Davis (a) 5-0 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head
2 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-3 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 England Barry West (a)  
4 Wales Steve Newbury (a) 5-2 England Martin Clark (a)  
5 England John Parrott (a) 5-0 England John Virgo (a)  
6 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-3 South Africa Peter Francisco (a)  
7 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Tommy Murphy (a)  
8 England Dave Martin (a) 5-2 England Jimmy White (a)  
Round 2
(Last 32)
1 England Steve Davis (a) 5-0 Scotland Jim Donnelly (a)  
2 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-3 England Tony Meo (a) Head to head
3 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) 5-2 England Steve Longworth (a)  
4 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-2 England Joe Johnson (a) Head to head
5 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 Wales Cliff Wilson (a) Head to head
6 England Barry West (a) 5-2 England Willie Thorne (a)  
7 England Martin Clark (a) 5-2 England Mark Bennett (a) Head to head
8 Wales Steve Newbury (a) 5-3 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a)  
9 England John Virgo (a) 5-3 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
10 England John Parrott (a) 5-0 England David Taylor (a)  
11 South Africa Peter Francisco (a) 5-0 England Ken Owers (a)  
12 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-0 Malta Tony Drago (a) Head to head
13 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-0 Wales Colin Roscoe (a) Head to head
14 Northern Ireland Tommy Murphy (a) 5-4 England Dean Reynolds (a)  
15 England Dave Martin (a) 5-4 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a)  
16 England Jimmy White (a) 5-1 England John Spencer (a) Head to head
Round 1
(Last 64)
1 England Steve Davis (a) 5-0 England Les Dodd (a)  
2 Scotland Jim Donnelly (a) 5-4 Scotland Murdo MacLeod (a)  
3 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-0 England Tony Jones (a)  
4 England Tony Meo (a) 5-1 Canada Mario Morra (a)  
5 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) 5-3 England Brian Rowswell (a)  
6 England Steve Longworth (a) 5-3 England Ray Edmonds (a)  
7 England Joe Johnson (a) 5-2 Wales Tony Chappel (a)  
8 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-2 Canada Bill Werbeniuk (a)  
9 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 South Africa Jimmy van Rensberg (a)  
10 Wales Cliff Wilson (a) 5-3 England Dave Gilbert (a)  
11 England Willie Thorne (a) 5-1 England Malcolm Bradley (a)  
12 England Barry West (a) 5-3 England Bill Oliver (a)  
13 England Martin Clark (a) 5-4 England Mike Hallett (a)  
14 England Mark Bennett (a) 5-2 Canada Kirk Stevens (a)  
15 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 5-3 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
16 Wales Steve Newbury (a) 5-1 Ireland Eugene Hughes (a)  
17 England Neal Foulds (a) 5-1 Canada Bob Chaperon (a)  
18 England John Virgo (a) 5-2 Canada Gino Rigitano (a)  
19 England John Parrott (a) 5-2 England Mark Wildman (a)  
20 England David Taylor (a) 5-3 England Martin Smith (a)  
21 England Ken Owers (a) 5-3 England Rex Williams (a)  
22 South Africa Peter Francisco (a) 5-2 England Graham Cripsey (a) Head to head
23 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-2 England Terry Whitthread (a)  
24 Malta Tony Drago (a) 5-3 England George Scott (a)  
25 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 England Jon Wright (a)  
26 Wales Colin Roscoe (a) 5-3 Australia Eddie Charlton (a)  
27 England Dean Reynolds (a) 5-3 Ireland Joe O'Boye (a)  
28 Northern Ireland Tommy Murphy (a) 5-3 Australia John Campbell (a)  
29 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 5-0 England Fred Davis (a) Head to head
30 England Dave Martin (a) 5-2 Northern Ireland Jack McLaughlin (a)  
31 England Jimmy White (a) 5-1 England Steve James (a) Head to head
32 England John Spencer (a) 5-3 Scotland John Rea (a)  

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