1988 World Snooker Championship

Tournament summary

• Terry Griffiths reached his second world final, nine years after his victory over Dennis Taylor in 1979. Steve Davis defeated Griffiths 18–11, to win his fifth world title.
• Bill Werbeniuk made his last appearance at the Crucible when he played Taylor in the first round and lost 8–10.
• Jimmy White and Stephen Hendry met in the second round of the tournament for the first of their seven Crucible encounters. In a close match, Hendry levelled the score at 12–12 but White won the deciding frame, and the match, 13–12. He would not beat Hendry at the Crucible again until they met in the first round in 1998. This match was showcased on BBC Two on 23 April 2020, one of the "Crucible Classics" shown in place of the 2020 World Snooker Championship which was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

  Prize fund

• Winner: £95,000
• Runner-up: £57,000
• Semi-final: £28,000
• Quarter-final: £14,250
• Last 16: £7,125
• Last 32: £4,007.81
• Last 48: £3117.19
• Last 64: £1632.81
• Stage one highest break: £2,375
• Stage two highest break: £9,500
• Stage two maximum break: £90,000
• Total: £475,000

  Main draw

Century breaks

• 140, 112, 104, 103 Steve James
• 125, 108, 101 Stephen Hendry
• 124 Tony Knowles
• 123, 118, 106, 104 Steve Davis
• 119 Jimmy White
• 114, 101 Terry Griffiths
• 109, 105 Silvino Francisco
• 102 Neal Foulds