1987_World_Doubles_Championship
1987 World Doubles Championship
Snooker tournament
The 1987 Foster's World Doubles was the sixth staging of the doubles snooker tournament. It was played at the Derngate in Northampton and held between 1 and 13 December 1987.[1][2][3] Foster's became the sponsors for this tournament as part of the Courage Group as was previous sponsor Hofmeister.[1]
Steve Davis and Tony Meo lost out in the pre-TV stages to Martin Clark and Jim Chambers 5–1. The previous year's finalists Mike Hallett and Stephen Hendry went on to win the final World Doubles beating Cliff Thorburn and Dennis Taylor 12–6 and also recorded the highest combined break of the televised phase, 182.[4] Thorburn and Taylor took a 5–0 lead in the final, and the match was later level at 5–5, 6–6 and 7–7.[3]
The size of the audiences at Northampton was a disappiontment to the sponsors.[5] The championship was discontinued as the sponsor's contract had expired, and there was a proliferation of other events.[1]
