2007 Irish Masters

Kilkenny Irish Masters
Tournament information
Dates 9–11 March 2007
Venue Ormonde Hotel
City Kilkenny
Country Ireland
Format Non-ranking event
Winner's share €20,000
Highest break England Ronnie O'Sullivan (147)
Final
Champion England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up England Barry Hawkins
Score 9–1
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The 2007 Kilkenny Irish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 9 and 11 March 2007 at the Ormonde Hotel in Kilkenny, Ireland.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 9–1 against Barry Hawkins to claim the Paul Hunter Trophy.[1][2][3] In the quarter-finals O'Sullivan also compiled a maximum break against Joe Swail.[4] The initial maximum break prize of a Citroën Coupe, worth €20,000, was later withdrawn by the organisers.[5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]

Round-robin stage

[6]

Group A

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1Scotland John Higgins 2164+21
2Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 2176+11
3Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 2147−31
  • Gerard Greene 3–4 Michael Judge
  • Gerard Greene 4–2 John Higgins
  • John Higgins 4–0 Michael Judge

Group B

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 2283+52
2Australia Neil Robertson 215501
3England Stephen Lee 2038−50
  • Fergal O'Brien 4–2 Stephen Lee
  • Neil Robertson 4–1 Stephen Lee
  • Neil Robertson 1–4 Fergal O'Brien

Group C

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1England Barry Hawkins 2285+32
2Republic of Ireland David Morris 2175+21
3England Jimmy White MBE 2038−50
  • Barry Hawkins 4–3 David Morris
  • Jimmy White 2–4 Barry Hawkins
  • David Morris 4–1 Jimmy White

Group D

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1Northern Ireland Joe Swail 2165+11
2Wales Matthew Stevens 216601
3Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney 2156−11
  • Matthew Stevens 2–4 Joe Delaney
  • Joe Delaney 1–4 Joe Swail
  • Joe Swail 4–2 Matthew Stevens

Knockout stage

[6]

Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
         
Scotland Graeme Dott 4
Scotland John Higgins 5
Scotland John Higgins 5
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 4
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9
England Barry Hawkins 1
Scotland Stephen Hendry 2
England Barry Hawkins 5
England Barry Hawkins 6
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 5
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 0
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames
Ormonde Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland, 11 March 2007.[6]
Ronnie O'Sullivan
 England		 9–1 Barry Hawkins
 England
Afternoon: 42–62, 71–70 (70), 70–48 (52), 63–30, 85–24 (57), 86–40 (60)
Evening: 122–0 (122), 66–7
122 Highest break 70
1 Century breaks 0
4 50+ breaks 1

Century breaks

[6]

References

  1. ↑ Hendon, David (12 March 2007). "O'Sullivan smashes 147 on way to Irish Masters title". London: guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Ronnie rockets to Irish Masters.". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "O'Sullivan races to Irish title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "O'Sullivan notches 147 in Ireland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Whebell, Charles (12 March 2007). "O'Sullivan driven to victory". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "2007 Kilkenny Irish Masters – The Paul Hunter Trophy". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010.
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