The Kent Cup was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament staged on six occasions from 1987 to 1992.

Willie Thorne won the inaugural tournament, defeating Jimmy White in the final in front of 100 million viewers in China.

[2] By the following season the viewership had doubled to 200 million, with the 1988 edition seeing John Parrott win his maiden professional title with a victory over Martin Clark.

[4] Sakchai Sim-Ngam won the tournament, which was held exclusively for the players from the Asia-Pacific region.

[8] The following year the tournament was re-branded as the Kent Classic and the top professionals returned with an increased prize fund.