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1988 Australian Professional Championship

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c 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.