2019 Seniors Irish Masters

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Seniors Irish Masters
Tournament information
Dates5–6 January 2019 (2019-01-05 2019-01-06)
VenueGoffs
City Kill
Country Ireland
OrganisationWorld Seniors Snooker
FormatSeniors event
Total prize fund 14,000
Winner's share€7,500
Highest break Flag of England.svg Jimmy White (101)
Final
Champion Flag of England.svg Jimmy White
Runner-up Flag of Ireland.svg Rodney Goggins
Score4–1
2018
2020

The 2019 Seniors Irish Masters was a senior snooker tournament that took place from 5 to 6 January 2019 at Goffs in Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. [1] It was the second event on the 2018/2019 World Seniors Tour.

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Patrick Wallace and Rodney Goggins qualified for the event through qualification tournaments in Celbridge and Dublin respectively. They took their places in the tournament alongside 2018 World Seniors Champion Aaron Canavan and five legends of the sport.

Steve Davis won the 2018 event, beating Jonathan Bagley 4–0 in the final, but chose not to defend his title. [2]

Jimmy White won the event with a 4–1 victory in the final against Rodney Goggins. [3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below: [4]

Main draw

[5]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty 1
 
 
 
Flag of Ireland.svg Rodney Goggins 3
 
Flag of Ireland.svg Rodney Goggins 3
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg Joe Johnson 0
 
Flag of England.svg Joe Johnson 3
 
 
 
Ulster Banner.svg Dennis Taylor 1
 
Flag of Ireland.svg Rodney Goggins 1
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 4
 
Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 3
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg Willie Thorne 0
 
Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 3*
 
 
 
Ulster Banner.svg Patrick Wallace 2
 
Flag of Jersey.svg Aaron Canavan0
 
 
Ulster Banner.svg Patrick Wallace 3
 

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.
Goffs, Kill, County Kildare, Ireland, 6 January 2019.
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Rodney Goggins
1–4Flag of England.svg  England
Jimmy White
59–46 (52), 1–71, 25–83, 3–103 (96), 1–67
52Highest break96
0Century breaks0
150+ breaks1

Century breaks

Total: 1

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