2007 Irish Masters

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Kilkenny Irish Masters

|dates={{Start and end dates|2007|03|9|2007|03|11|df=y}}

|venue=Ormonde Hotel

|location=Kilkenny

|country=Ireland

|organisation= RIBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=

|winners_share=€20,000

|highest_break={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (147)

|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins

|score=9–1

|previous=2005

|next=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.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/mar/12/snooker.sport |title=O'Sullivan smashes 147 on way to Irish Masters title |publisher=guardian.co.uk |accessdate=8 March 2010 | location=London | first=David | last=Hendon | date=12 March 2007}}{{cite web|title=Ronnie rockets to Irish Masters.|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Snooker%3A+IN+BRIEF+-+Ronnie+rockets+to+Irish+Masters.-a0160405932|newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post|accessdate=31 March 2011}}{{cite web|title=O'Sullivan races to Irish title|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6440427.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=20 December 2012}} In the quarter-finals O'Sullivan also compiled a maximum break against Joe Swail.{{cite web|title=O'Sullivan notches 147 in Ireland|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6438505.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=20 December 2012}} The initial maximum break prize of a Citroën Coupe, worth €20,000, was later withdrawn by the organisers.{{cite web|last=Whebell|first=Charles|title=O'Sullivan driven to victory|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/2309092/OSullivan-driven-to-victory.html|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=4 March 2014|date=12 March 2007}}

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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

{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2006-7/2006%20Kilkenny%20Masters.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314213035/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2006-7/2006%20Kilkenny%20Masters.htm |archivedate=2007-03-14 |title=2007 Kilkenny Irish Masters – The Paul Hunter Trophy |publisher=Global Snooker |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-02-04 }}

=Group A=

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#aaffaa;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} John Higgins \|2	1	6	4	+2	1
2	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|NIR}} Gerard Greene \|2	1	7	6	+1	1
3	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|IRL}} 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=

width=20\|POS !width=165\|Player !width=20\|MP !width=20\|MW !width=20\|FW !width=20\|FL !width=20\|FD !width=20\|PTS
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#aaffaa;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien \|2	2	8	3	+5	2
2	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|AUS}} Neil Robertson \|2	1	5	5	0	1
3	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} 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=

width=20\|POS !width=165\|Player !width=20\|MP !width=20\|MW !width=20\|FW !width=20\|FL !width=20\|FD !width=20\|PTS
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#aaffaa;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Barry Hawkins \|2	2	8	5	+3	2
2	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|IRL}} David Morris \|2	1	7	5	+2	1
3	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} 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=

width=20\|POS !width=165\|Player !width=20\|MP !width=20\|MW !width=20\|FW !width=20\|FL !width=20\|FD !width=20\|PTS
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#aaffaa;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|NIR}} Joe Swail \|2	2	8	3	+5	1
2	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|IRL}} Joe Delaney \|2	1	5	6	−1	1
3	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|WAL}} 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

{{8TeamBracket

| 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}} Graeme Dott

| RD1-score1=4

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins

| RD1-score2=5

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

| RD1-score3=5

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail

| RD1-score4=4

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team5={{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| RD1-score5=2

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-team6={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins

| RD1-score6=5

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team7={{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty

| RD1-score7=0

| RD1-seed8=

| RD1-team8={{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien

| RD1-score8=5

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins

| RD2-score1=5

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

| RD2-score2=6

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins

| RD2-score3=6

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien

| RD2-score4=5

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan

| RD3-score1=9

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins

| RD3-score2=1

}}

Final

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"

colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames
Ormonde Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland, 11 March 2007.

width="200" align="right" | Ronnie O'Sullivan
{{ENG}}

| width="100" align="center" | 9–1

| width="200" | Barry Hawkins
{{ENG}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | Afternoon: 42–62, {{nobr|71–70 (Hawkins 70)}}, {{nobr|70–48 (52)}}, {{nobr|63–30}}, {{nobr|85–24 (57)}}, {{nobr|86–40 (60)}}, {{nobr|122–0 (122)}}, {{nobr|66–7}}
Evening: 138–0 (138), {{nobr|80–0 (80)}}

align="right" | 138

| align="center" | Highest break

| 70

align="right" | 2

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 0

align="right" | 6

| align="center" | 50+ breaks

| 1

Century breaks

147, 138, 134, 122 {{ndash}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
135 {{ndash}} John Higgins
131, 107, 104 {{ndash}} Barry Hawkins
109 {{ndash}} Fergal O'Brien
103 {{ndash}} David Morris
102 {{ndash}} Joe Swail

References

Category:Irish Masters

Irish Masters

Masters

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#aaffaa;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|SCO}} John Higgins \|2	1	6	4	+2	1
2	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|NIR}} Gerard Greene \|2	1	7	6	+1	1
3	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|IRL}} Michael Judge \|2	1	4	7	−3	1

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#aaffaa;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien \|2	2	8	3	+5	2
2	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|AUS}} Neil Robertson \|2	1	5	5	0	1
3	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Stephen Lee \|2	0	3	8	−5	0

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#aaffaa;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Barry Hawkins \|2	2	8	5	+3	2
2	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|IRL}} David Morris \|2	1	7	5	+2	1
3	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Jimmy White \|2	0	3	8	−5	0

width=20\|POS !width=165\|Player !width=20\|MP !width=20\|MW !width=20\|FW !width=20\|FL !width=20\|FD !width=20\|PTS
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#aaffaa;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|NIR}} Joe Swail \|2	2	8	3	+5	1
2	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|IRL}} Joe Delaney \|2	1	5	6	−1	1
3	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|WAL}} Matthew Stevens \|2	0	4	8\|
4	0