| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5–8 March 1987 (1987-03-05 – 1987-03-08) |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | Matchroom Sport and WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Willie Thorne (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Jimmy White (ENG) |
| Score | 5–2 |
| 1988 → | |
The 1987 Kent Cup was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament held in Beijing from 5 to 8 March 1987. The invited competitors were seven players managed by Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport, and also Rex Williams and eight Chinese amateur players. Willie Thorne won the tournament, defeating Jimmy White 5–2 in the final, which was watched by over 100 million television viewers in China.
Main draw
| Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 9 frames | ||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
| 4 | |||||||||||||
 Terry Griffiths
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds
| 3 | |||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds
| 4 | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Morrison, Ian (1989). The Official 1990 Matchroom Special. London: Hamyln. p. 57. ISBN 0600566005.
- ^ "1987 Kent Cup Results". snookerdatabase.co.uk. Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- "1987 Kent Cup Results". snookerdatabase.co.uk. Snooker Event Calendar (1987). Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.