1987 British Open
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 15 February – 1 March 1987 |
Venue | Assembly Rooms |
City | Derby |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £300,000 |
Winner's share | £60,000 |
Highest break | Neal Foulds (ENG) (140) |
Final | |
Champion | Jimmy White (ENG) |
Runner-up | Neal Foulds (ENG) |
Score | 13–9 |
← 1986 1988 → |
The 1987 British Open (officially the 1987 Dulux British Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 15 February to 1 March 1987 with television coverage on ITV and Channel 4 beginning on 20 February at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, England.
Main draw
The Last 64 was played at Solihull in November 1986. The last 32 onwards was played at Derby.
Final
Final: Best of 25 frames. Referee: John Williams Assembly Rooms, Derby, England. 28 February and 1 March 1987. | ||
Jimmy White England |
13–9 | Neal Foulds England |
Afternoon: 18–72 (58), 0–129 (105), 57–64 (White 55, Foulds 51), 17–52 (52), 89–12, 80–0, 67–24 Evening: 5–90, 73–16, 21–81, 73–6, 20–75, 80–33 (71), 4–87, 65–53 (56) Afternoon: 87–23 (56), 61–18, 85–44 (57), 73–15, 69–35, 4–79 (58), 76–24 (61) | ||
71 | Highest break | 105 |
0 | Century breaks | 1 |
3 | 50+ breaks | 8 |