1987 Canadian Masters
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27–31 October 1987 |
| Venue | CBC Television Studios |
| City | Toronto |
| Country | Canada |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £75,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £25,000[2] |
| Highest break | .svg.png){kind=small} Dennis Taylor (NIR) (127)[3] |
| Final | |
| Champion | Dennis Taylor |
| Runner-up |  Jimmy White |
| Score | 9–7 |
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The 1987 Labbatt's Canadian Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 and 31 October 1987 at the CBC Television Studios in Toronto, Canada.[4]
Dennis Taylor won the tournament by defeating Jimmy White 9–7 in the final.[5]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]
- Winner: £25,000
- Runner-up: £12,000
- Semi-final: £9,000
- Quarter-final: £5,000
- Total: £75,000[1]
Main draw
| Quarter-finals Best of 9 Frames | Semi-finals Best of 15 Frames | Final Best of 17 Frames | ||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 1 | Dennis Taylor
| 8 | |||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Cliff Thorburn
| 5 | Cliff Thorburn
| 5 | |||||||||||
| Joe Johnson
| 3 | Dennis Taylor
| 9 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 5 | Jimmy White
| 7 | |||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
| 1 | Jimmy White
| 8 | |||||||||||
| Neal Foulds
| 5 | Neal Foulds
| 7 | |||||||||||
 Terry Griffiths
| 4 | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b Smith, Terry (27 October 1987). "Young Hendry moves up to join big boys". The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 37.
- ^ Smith, Terry (2 November 1987). "Taylor makes White suffer". The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 30.
- ^ Everton, Clive (2 November 1987). "Repeat win for Taylor". The Guardian. London. p. 29.
- ^ "Canadian Open, Canadian Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ a b Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 154.
- ^ Smith, Terry, ed. (1988). "John Labbatt Classic Canadian Masters Results". Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Fifth Edition). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. p. 77. ISBN 0720718309.