2007 Irish Professional Championship

Irish Professional Championship

Tournament information
Dates	25–30 September 2007 (2007-09-25 – 2007-09-30)
Venue	Red Cow Exhibition Centre
City	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Format	Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund	€16,500
Winner's share	€8,000 [1]
Highest break	115 (Ken Doherty)
Final
Champion	Ken Doherty
Runner-up	Fergal O'Brien
Score	9–2
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The 2007 Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in September 2007. The tournament was held at the Red Cow Exhibition Centre in Dublin, and featured sixteen players exclusively from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

The last-16 and quarter-final matches were played over the best of nine frames, the semi-finals best of eleven and the final best of seventeen.

Two-time world champion and six-time Irish Professional champion Alex Higgins, now aged 58, entered the tournament for the third year in succession; his first-round loss to Fergal O'Brien would be the final competitive match he played before his death in 2010. ^[2]

Ken Doherty won the event, beating O'Brien 9–2 in the final. ^[3]

Main draw

	Last 16 Best of 9 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 17 frames
	Fergal O'Brien	5
	Alex Higgins	0
					Fergal O'Brien	5
					Mark Allen	4
	Mark Allen	5
	Gary Hardiman	4
									Fergal O'Brien	6
									Joe Delaney	5
	Joe Delaney	5
	Eamonn Kelly	1
					Joe Delaney	5
					Joe Swail	0
	Joe Swail	5
	Colm Gilcreest	1
													Fergal O'Brien	2
													Ken Doherty	9
	Gerard Greene	5
	Leo Fernandez	3
					Gerard Greene	5
					Michael Judge	2
	Michael Judge	5
	Dessie Sheehan	1
									Gerard Greene	2
									Ken Doherty	6
	Vincent Muldoon	5
	David Morris	2
					Vincent Muldoon	0
					Ken Doherty	5
	Ken Doherty	5
	Patrick Wallace	0

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Red Cow Exhibition Centre, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 30 September 2007.
Ken Doherty	9–2	Fergal O'Brien
69(66)–0, 16–106(61), 76–47, 71–41, 66–76, 70(50)–1, 75–31, 73–1 (no score for three frames)
111	Highest break	61
1	Century breaks	0
3	50+ breaks	1

Century breaks

• 115, 111 – Ken Doherty
• 107 – Joe Delaney
• 106 – David Morris

References

1. "CueTracker - Prize Money Won by Ken Doherty in Season 2007-2008 - Snooker Results & Statistics".
2. "CueTracker - Alex Higgins - Season 2007-2008 - Professional - Snooker Results & Statistics".
3. "CueTracker - 2007 Irish Professional Championship - Snooker Results & Statistics".