2007 Irish Masters

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Kilkenny Irish Masters
Tournament information
Dates9–11 March 2007 (2007-03-09 2007-03-11)
VenueOrmonde Hotel
City Kilkenny
Country Ireland
OrganisationRIBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share 20,000
Highest break Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan (147)
Final
Champion Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins
Score9–1
2005
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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.

Contents

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 [4] The initial maximum break prize of a Citroën Coupe, worth €20,000, was later withdrawn by the organisers.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

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

[6]

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

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames
Ormonde Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland, 11 March 2007. [6]
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Flag of England.svg  England
9–1 Barry Hawkins
Flag of England.svg  England
Afternoon: 42–62, 71–70 (Hawkins 70), 70–48 (52), 63–30, 85–24 (57), 86–40 (60), 122–0 (122), 66–7
Evening:138–0 (138), 80–0 (80) [3]
138Highest break70
2Century breaks0
650+ breaks1

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. 1 2 "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 14 March 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2009.