| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18–24 July 1988 (1988-07-18 – 1988-07-24) |
| Venue | Roots Hill Retired Soldiers Club |
| City | Sydney |
| Country | Australia |
| Organisation | Australian Professional Association |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | A$15,100 |
| Winner's share | A$4,000 |
| Highest break |  Robby Foldvari (124) |
| Final | |
| Champion | John Campbell |
| Runner-up | Robby Foldvari |
| Score | 9–7 |
| ← 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. This was the final edition of the tournament.
John Campbell won the tournament defeating Robby Foldvari 9–7 in the final.
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.
| First Round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Warren King (1)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Frangie*
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Frangie*
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lou Condo
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warren King (1)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robby Foldvari (4)
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robby Foldvari (4)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Potazsnyk*
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Potazsnyk*
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Potazsnyk*
| 5 | Glen Wilkinson
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Charlton*
| 1 | Robby Foldvari (4)
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| John Campbell (3)
| 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Campbell (3)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ian Anderson
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ian Anderson
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Giannaros
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Campbell (3)
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton (2)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton (2)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Jenkins
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Jenkins
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paddy Morgan
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Wheeler, Les (September 1988). "John Campbell regains Australian title". Snooker Scene. pp. 14–15.
- Wheeler, Les (26 July 1988). "Noise upsets Eddie in last hurrah". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. p. 46.
- Wheeler, Les (18 July 1988). "Steady Eddie's fitness could be the cue for the title". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. p. 57.
- "Other National Professional Championships". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 157.
- "1988 Australian Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Retrieved 22 February 2018.