| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–9 April 1988 (1988-04-06 – 1988-04-09) |
| Venue | Beijing Indoor Stadium |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | Framework and WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £120,000 |
| Winner's share | £35,000 |
| Highest break | 107,  John Parrott |
| Final | |
| Champion | John Parrott |
| Runner-up | Martin Clark |
| Score | 5–1 |
| ← 1987 1989 → | |
The 1988 Kent Cup was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament held in Beijing from 6 to 9 April 1988.
The invited competitors were eight professionals, six Chinese and two Hong Kong amateur players. Nine hours of nationwide coverage in China led to viewing figures of 200 million. John Parrott won the tournament, defeating Martin Clark 5–1 in the final. Parrtott compiled the highest break of the tournament, 107, in the final frame of his match against Jin Weheng.
Main draw
Results of the tournament are shown below, with winning players indicated in bold.
| First round Best of 3 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 5 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 9 frames | ||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Jin Weheng
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Tony Drago
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Drago
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Gary Kwok
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Zhong Minwon
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Alex Higgins
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Wang Lin
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Martin Clark
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Martin Clark
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Sun Linbo
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Martin Clark
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Eugene Hughes
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Eugene Hughes
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Franky Chan
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Martin Clark
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Li Yuanhai
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Li Baoying
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Hearn and Kruger at daggers drawn". The Daily Telegraph. London. 30 January 1988. p. 26.
- "Parrott's China victory". Liverpool Echo. 9 April 1988. p. 61.
- Turner, Chris. "Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- "John's Trip To China "Just Fab"". Liverpool Echo. 12 April 1988. p. 35.
- "Reds lead way to Wembley as Parrott pots a first success". Liverpool Echo. 11 April 1988. p. 36.
- ^ "Parrott shows Chinese snooker". Snooker Scene. May 1998. p. 17.