| Tournament Name: | 1987 Dulux British Open |
| Venue: | Assembly Rooms |
| Location: | Derby |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £300,000[1] |
| Winners Share: | £60,000 |
| Highest Break: | (140)[2] |
| Score: | 13–9 |
| Previous: | 1986 |
| Next: | 1988 |
The 1987 British Open (officially the 1987 Dulux British Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 15 February to 1 March 1987 with television coverage on ITV and Channel 4 beginning on 20 February at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, England.[3] __TOC__
The Last 64 was played at Solihull in November 1986. The last 32 onwards was played at Derby.
| Final: Best of 25 frames. Referee: John Williams Assembly Rooms, Derby, England. 28 February and 1 March 1987. | |||
| Jimmy White | 13–9 | Neal Foulds | |
| Afternoon: 18–72 (58), 0–129 (105), 57–64 (White 55, Foulds 51), 17–52 (52), 89–12, 80–0, 67–24 Evening: 5–90, 73–16, 21–81, 73–6, 20–75, 80–33 (71), 4–87, 65–53 (56) Afternoon: 87–23 (56), 61–18, 85–44 (57), 73–15, 69–35, 4–79 (58), 76–24 (61) | |||
| 71 | Highest break | 105 | |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 | |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 8 | |