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Rothmans Grand Prix

Main Tour, Ranking

17-25 Oct 1987, Hexagon Theatre, Reading, England
Previous champion: Jimmy White (1986)
See also: Results (63)

Final
Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 10-7 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  

Session 1:
60-68, 52-74 (60), 9-90, 79-0 (79), 26-60, 96-22, 89-11 (58), 73-13, 63-17
Session 2:
63-48, 69-24, 98-0 (98), 13-121, 79-20, 29-73, 33-80 (50), 76-30

Referee: Len Ganley

This was Hendry's 1st ranking title.
Semifinals
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 9-4 South Africa Peter Francisco (a) Head to head
Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 9-7 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Quarterfinals
South Africa Peter Francisco (a) 5-3 England Willie Thorne (a) Head to head
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-2 Wales Steve Newbury (a) Head to head
England John Parrott (a) 5-2 Canada Bob Chaperon (a)  
Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-2 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Round 3
1 England Willie Thorne (a) 5-2 Malta Tony Drago (a) Head to head
2 South Africa Peter Francisco (a) 5-1 England Graham Cripsey (a) Head to head
3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-2 Wales Cliff Wilson (a)  
4 Wales Steve Newbury (a) 5-3 England Gary Wilkinson (a)  
5 Canada Bob Chaperon (a) 5-2 England Mick Fisher (a)  
6 England John Parrott (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
7 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-0 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) Head to head
8 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-2 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head
Round 2
1 Malta Tony Drago (a) 5-3 England Jimmy White (a) Head to head
2 England Willie Thorne (a) 5-2 England Roger Bales (a)  
3 England Graham Cripsey (a) 5-4 England Paul Gibson (a)  
4 South Africa Peter Francisco (a) 5-2 England Joe Johnson (a)  
5 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-3 Canada Bill Werbeniuk (a) Head to head
6 Wales Cliff Wilson (a) 5-3 England John Virgo (a)  
7 England Gary Wilkinson (a) 5-3 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a)  
8 Wales Steve Newbury (a) 5-0 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) Head to head
9 England Mick Fisher (a) 5-4 England Martin Clark (a)  
10 Canada Bob Chaperon (a) 5-0 England Pat Houlihan (a)  
11 England John Parrott (a) 5-0 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) Head to head
12 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 Wales Tony Chappel (a)  
13 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England David Roe (a) Head to head
14 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) 5-3 England Ray Edmonds (a) Head to head
15 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-1 England Jim Chambers (a)  
16 England Steve Davis (a) 5-1 Canada Jim Wych (a)  
Round 1
(Last 64)
1 England Jimmy White (a) 5-1 England Jon Wright (a)  
2 Malta Tony Drago (a) 5-1 England Jim Meadowcroft (a)  
3 England Roger Bales (a) 5-3 Australia John Campbell (a)  
4 England Willie Thorne (a) 5-1 Canada Jim Bear (a)  
5 England Paul Gibson (a) 5-4 England Mike Hallett (a)  
6 England Graham Cripsey (a) 5-3 England Barry West (a)  
7 England Joe Johnson (a) 5-4 England Steve James (a) Head to head
8 South Africa Peter Francisco (a) 5-3 Scotland John Rea (a)  
9 Canada Bill Werbeniuk (a) 5-1 Australia Robby Foldvari (a)  
10 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
11 Wales Cliff Wilson (a) 5-4 Australia Glen Wilkinson (a)  
12 England John Virgo (a) 5-1 Canada Marcel Gauvreau (a)  
13 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) 5-1 England Danny Fowler (a)  
14 England Gary Wilkinson (a) 5-4 England Steve Longworth (a)  
15 Wales Steve Newbury (a) 5-0 England Tony Meo (a) Head to head
16 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 5-2 England Tony Jones (a) Head to head
17 England Martin Clark (a) 5-4 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
18 England Mick Fisher (a) 5-4 Ireland Eugene Hughes (a)  
19 England Pat Houlihan (a) 5-4 England Dean Reynolds (a)  
20 Canada Bob Chaperon (a) 5-3 England David Taylor (a)  
21 England John Parrott (a) 5-1 England Les Dodd (a)  
22 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) 5-1 Wales Wayne Jones (a)  
23 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-0 Ireland Tony Kearney (a)  
24 Wales Tony Chappel (a) 5-1 England John Spencer (a)  
25 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-0 Northern Ireland Jack McLaughlin (a)  
26 England David Roe (a) 5-4 England Dave Martin (a)  
27 England Ray Edmonds (a) 5-3 England Rex Williams (a) Head to head
28 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) 5-3 South Africa Jimmy van Rensberg (a)  
29 England Jim Chambers (a) 5-2 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a)  
30 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-1 England Mark Bennett (a) Head to head
31 Canada Jim Wych (a) 5-4 Scotland Murdo MacLeod (a)  
32 England Steve Davis (a) 5-1 England Graham Miles (a)  

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