2007 Irish Masters

Kilkenny Irish Masters
Tournament information
Dates9–11 March 2007 (2007-03-09 – 2007-03-11)
VenueOrmonde Hotel
CityKilkenny
CountryRepublic of Ireland
OrganisationRIBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share€20,000
Highest breakEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan (147)
Final
ChampionEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-upEngland Barry Hawkins
Score9–1
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Snooker tournament

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, Republic of 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a maximum break against Joe Swail.[4] The initial maximum break prize of a Citroën Coupe, worth €20,000, was later withdrawn by the organisers.[5]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]

  • Winner: €20,000
  • Runner-up: €8,000
  • Semi-final: €3,500
  • Highest break: €2,000

Round-robin stage

[6]

Group A

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1 Scotland John Higgins 2 1 6 4 +2 1
2 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 2 1 7 6 +1 1
3 Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 2 1 4 7 −3 1
  • 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
1 Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 2 2 8 3 +5 2
2 Australia Neil Robertson 2 1 5 5 0 1
3 England Stephen Lee 2 0 3 8 −5 0
  • 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
1 England Barry Hawkins 2 2 8 5 +3 2
2 Republic of Ireland David Morris 2 1 7 5 +2 1
3 England Jimmy White 2 0 3 8 −5 0


  • 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
1 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 2 2 8 3 +5 1
2 Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney 2 1 5 6 −1 1
3 Wales Matthew Stevens 2 0 4 8 -4 0


  • 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, Republic of Ireland, 11 March 2007.[6]
Ronnie O'Sullivan
 England 		9–1 Barry Hawkins
 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]
138 Highest break 70
2 Century breaks 0
6 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d e "2007 Kilkenny Irish Masters – The Paul Hunter Trophy". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
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