2007 Irish Masters

December 2021 December 2021 Kilkenny Irish Masters 2007 03 9 2007 03 11 y Ormonde Hotel Kilkenny Ireland RIBSA Non-ranking event €20,000 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (147) ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG Barry Hawkins 9–1 2005 Last 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.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/mar/12/snooker.sport O'Sullivan smashes 147 on way to Irish Masters title guardian.co.uk 8 March 2010 London David Hendon 12 March 2007Ronnie rockets to Irish Masters. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Snooker%3A+IN+BRIEF+-+Ronnie+rockets+to+Irish+Masters.-a0160405932 Liverpool Daily Post 31 March 2011O'Sullivan races to Irish title http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6440427.stm BBC Sport 20 December 2012 In the quarter-finals O'Sullivan also compiled a maximum break against Joe Swail.O'Sullivan notches 147 in Ireland http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6438505.stm BBC Sport 20 December 2012 The initial maximum break prize of a Citroën Coupe, worth €20,000, was later withdrawn by the organisers.Whebell Charles O'Sullivan driven to victory https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/2309092/OSullivan-driven-to-victory.html The Daily Telegraph 4 March 2014 12 March 2007 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: €20,000 Runner-up: €8,000 Semi-final: €3,500 Highest break: €2,000 Round-robin stage http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2006-7/2006%20Kilkenny%20Masters.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070314213035/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2006-7/2006%20Kilkenny%20Masters.htm 2007-03-14 2007 Kilkenny Irish Masters – The Paul Hunter Trophy Global Snooker dead 2009-02-04 Group A POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1SCO John Higgins2164+212NIR Gerard Greene2176+113IRL Michael Judge2147−31 Gerard Greene 3–4 Michael Judge Gerard Greene 4–2 John Higgins John Higgins 4–0 Michael Judge Group B POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1IRL Fergal O'Brien2283+522AUS Neil Robertson 2155013ENG Stephen Lee2038−50 Fergal O'Brien 4–2 Stephen Lee Neil Robertson 4–1 Stephen Lee Neil Robertson 1–4 Fergal O'Brien Group C POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1ENG Barry Hawkins2285+322IRL David Morris 2175+213ENG Jimmy White2038−50 Barry Hawkins 4–3 David Morris Jimmy White 2–4 Barry Hawkins David Morris 4–1 Jimmy White Group D POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1NIR Joe Swail2283+512IRL Joe Delaney2156−113WAL Matthew Stevens 2048-40 Matthew Stevens 2–4 Joe Delaney Joe Delaney 1–4 Joe Swail Joe Swail 4–2 Matthew Stevens Knockout stage Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames SCO Graeme Dott 4 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 NIR Joe Swail 4 SCO Stephen Hendry 2 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 IRL Ken Doherty 0 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 ENG Barry Hawkins 6 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 9 ENG Barry Hawkins 1 Final Final: Best of 17 framesOrmonde Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland, 11 March 2007. Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–1 Barry Hawkins 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) 138 Highest break 70 2 Century breaks 0 6 50+ breaks 1 Century breaks 147, 138, 134, 122 Ronnie O'Sullivan 135 John Higgins 131, 107, 104 Barry Hawkins 109 Fergal O'Brien 103 David Morris 102 Joe Swail References Category:Irish Masters Irish Masters Masters Category:Sport in County Kilkenny Category:Kilkenny (city) Category:March 2007 sports events in Europe Category:March 2007 in Ireland