1994 Irish Masters
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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=Irish Masters
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|1994|03|22|1994|03|27|df=y}}
|venue=Goffs
|location=Kill
|country=Ireland
|organisation=WPBSA
|format=Non-Ranking event
|Total prize fund=£190,000{{cite web|url=http://cuetracker.net/Tournaments/irish-masters/1994/450|title=CueTracker - 1994 Irish Masters - Snooker Results & Statistics|website=cuetracker.net}}
|highest_break= 141 (Fergal O'Brien and Stephen Hendry)
|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
|runner_up={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
|score=9–8
|previous=1993
|next=1995
}}
The 1994 Irish Masters was the twentieth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 22 to 27 March 1994.
The tournament was played at Goffs in Kill, County Kildare, and featured twelve professional players.
Steve Davis won the title for the eighth time, beating Alan McManus 9–8 in the final.{{Cite web|url=http://cuetracker.net/Players/alan-mcmanus/1993-1994|title=CueTracker - Alan McManus - Season 1993-1994 - Professional Results - Snooker Results & Statistics|website=cuetracker.net|language=en|access-date=2018-03-19}}
Qualifying
Four qualifying matches were played, under a best-of-nine frames format, the winners going on to play Jimmy White, John Parrott, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry, all of whom were seeded to the quarter-final stage.
=Round 1=
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 {{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths
- {{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien 5–1 {{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne
- {{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana 5–1 {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
- {{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus 5–2 {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
Main draw
{{8TeamBracket-Compact
| RD1=Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
| RD2=Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
| RD3=Final
Best of 17 frames
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
| RD1-score1=5
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott
| RD1-score2=2
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien
| RD1-score3=5
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry
| RD1-score4=2
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD1-score5=5
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
| RD1-score6=2
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White
| RD1-score7=5
| RD1-seed8=
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|THA}} James Wattana
| RD1-score8=2
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
| RD2-score1=6
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien
| RD2-score2=4
| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD2-score3=6
| RD2-seed4=
| RD2-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White
| RD2-score4=5
| RD3-seed1=
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
| RD3-score1=8
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
| RD3-score2=9
}}
Final
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |
colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown. Goffs, Kildare, Ireland, 27 March 1994. |
width="230" align="right" | Steve Davis {{ENG}} | width="100" align="center" | 9–8 | width="230" | Alan McManus |
colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | 89–1 (54), 72–30 (65), 80–0, 108–0 (105), 9–84, 12–122 (118), 69–50 (69), 102–9 (101), 37–99 (77), 62–72 (Davis 54), 75–9 (52), 19–64, 13–111 (72), 0–118 (87), 9–79 (69), 89–40, 77–39 (69) |
align="right" | 105
| align="center" | Highest break | 118 |
align="right" | 2
| align="center" | Century breaks | 1 |
align="right" | 8
| align="center" | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Century breaks
- 141, 102 {{ndash}} Fergal O'Brien
- 141 {{ndash}} Stephen Hendry
- 120, 105, 101 {{ndash}} Steve Davis
- 118 {{ndash}} John Parrott
- 118, 106 {{ndash}} Alan McManus
References
{{reflist}}
{{Irish Masters}}
{{Snooker season 1993/1994}}