Australian Professional Championship
Tournament information
Dates18–24 July 1988 (1988-07-18 1988-07-24)
VenueRoots Hill Retired Soldiers Club
CitySydney
CountryAustralia
OrganisationAustralian Professional Association
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fundA$15,100[1]
Winner's shareA$4,000[1]
Highest breakAustralia Robby Foldvari (124)[2]
Final
ChampionAustralia John Campbell
Runner-upAustralia Robby Foldvari
Score9–7
1987

The 1988 Australian Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place between 18 and 24 July 1988 at the Roots Hill Retired Soldiers Club in Sydney, Australia.[3] This was the final edition of the tournament.[4]

John Campbell won the tournament defeating Robby Foldvari 9–7 in the final.[5]

Main draw

Results of the tournament are shown below. Winning players are denoted in bold, and numbers in parentheses show seedings. An asterisk denotes that the player was a member of the Australian Professional Association but not of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.[1][6]

First Round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Australia Warren King (1) 5
Australia Sam Frangie* 4
Australia Sam Frangie* 5
Australia Lou Condo 2
Australia Warren King (1) 4
Australia Robby Foldvari (4) 8
Australia Robby Foldvari (4) 5
Australia Vladimir Potazsnyk* 3
Australia Vladimir Potazsnyk* 5
Australia Vladimir Potazsnyk* 5 Australia Glen Wilkinson 3
Australia Edward Charlton* 1 Australia Robby Foldvari (4) 7
Australia John Campbell (3) 9
Australia John Campbell (3) 5
Australia Ian Anderson 0
Australia Ian Anderson 5
Australia James Giannaros 2
Australia John Campbell (3) 8
Australia Eddie Charlton (2) 6
Australia Eddie Charlton (2) 5
Australia Greg Jenkins 0
Australia Greg Jenkins 5
Australia Paddy Morgan 3

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wheeler, Les (September 1988). "John Campbell regains Australian title". Snooker Scene. pp. 14–15.
  2. Wheeler, Les (26 July 1988). "Noise upsets Eddie in last hurrah". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. p. 46.
  3. Wheeler, Les (18 July 1988). "Steady Eddie's fitness could be the cue for the title". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. p. 57.
  4. "Other National Professional Championships". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 157.
  6. "1988 Australian Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
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