1988 UK Championship
The 1988 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 27 November 1988 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. This was the last UK Championship to be sponsored by Tennent's, and for the following two years the championship would be sponsored by StormSeal. The highest break of the tournament was 139 made by David Roe.
Doug Mountjoy won in the final 16–12 against Stephen Hendry, and picked up the £80,000 winners cheque. Mounjoy was 46 years old and remains the oldest winner of the UK Championship.Main draw
Final
Century breaks
- 139, 108 David Roe
- 136, 101 Steve Davis
- 136 Joe Johnson
- 134, 124, 108 John Parrott
- 133 Bill Werbeniuk
- 132, 113, 103 Stephen Hendry
- 132 Dene O'Kane
- 131, 129, 124, 121, 118, 106 Doug Mountjoy
- 128, 108 Terry Griffiths
- 128, 106 Cliff Thorburn
- 128 Robert Marshall
- 120, 118, 115 Dean Reynolds
- 118 Dave Martin
- 113 Steve Campbell
- 111 John Spencer
- 109 Marcel Gauvreau
- 108 Tony Jones
- 106, 104 Gary Wilkinson
- 106, 104 John Virgo
- 105 Ken Owers
- 105 Willie Thorne
- 103, 101 Jimmy White
- 102 Steve Longworth
- 101 Warren King
- 101 Martin Smith
- 100 Steve Newbury