It was played at the Derngate in Northampton and held between 2 and 14 December 1986 with the tournament televised on ITV.
[3] Steve Davis and Tony Meo went on to win their fourth title in five years by beating Mike Hallett and 17 year old Stephen Hendry 12–3 in the final, after leading 11–2 before the last session.
[4] The highest break of the tournament, calculated as the highest combined break made by playing partners in a single match, was 217 by Davis and Meo.
[5] The winners received £50,000 prize money between them.
Winning players are denoted in bold.