2018 Seniors Irish Masters
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|tournament_name=Seniors Irish Masters
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|2018|01|6|2018|01|7|df=y}}
|venue=Goffs
|location=Kill
|country=Ireland
|organisation=Snooker Legends
|format=Seniors event
|Total prize fund=
|winners_share=
|highest_break=
|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis
|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Jonathan Bagley
|score=4–0
|previous=
|next=2019
}}
The 2018 Seniors Irish Masters was a senior snooker tournament which took place at Goffs in Kill, County Kildare, Ireland, from 6 to 7 January 2018. It was the second event on the newly created World Seniors Tour.{{cite web |url=http://www.ribsa.ie/?p=3163 |title=World Snooker Seniors Tour 2017-2018 |website=www.ribsa.ie |date=8 November 2017 |access-date=12 December 2017 |archive-date=30 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030095817/http://www.ribsa.ie/?p=3163 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=702 |title=Seniors Irish Masters |website=www.snooker.org |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
The tournament was won by Steve Davis.{{cite web|url= https://snookerhq.com/2018/01/08/steve-davis-crowned-seniors-irish-masters-champion/|title=Steve Davis Crowned Seniors Irish Masters Champion|date=8 January 2018|work=Snookerhq.com|accessdate=12 January 2018}}{{cite web|url= http://wpbsa.com/davis-wins-seniors-irish-masters/|title=Davis wins Seniors Irish Masters |website=www.wpbsa.com|accessdate=11 November 2022}}
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money is shown below:{{cite web|title=Terms And Conditions - 2017/2018 World Seniors Tour|url=http://www.snookerlegends.co.uk/docs/WST_17-18_t&c.pdf|publisher=Snooker Legends|accessdate=17 December 2017}}
- Winner: £5,000
- Runner-up: £2,000
- Semi-finals: £800
- Quarter-finals: £400
- Highest break: £500
- Total: £10,700
Main draw
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|bold_winner=high
|RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 5 frames|RD2 = Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames
|3rdplace=no|RD3 = Final
Best of 7 frames
|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White|3|{{flagicon|NIR}} Patrick Wallace|0
|| {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty|2|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jonathan Bagley}}|3*
|| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott|3|{{flagicon|IRL}} Patsy Fagan|0
|| {{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor|1|{{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis|3
|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Jonathan Bagley|3*
|| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott|0|{{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis|3
|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jonathan Bagley|0 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis|4
}}
* A re-spotted black ball shootout replaced final frame deciders at 2–2.
Final
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colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Goffs, Kill, County Kildare, Ireland, 7 January 2018. |
width="230" align="right" | Jonathan Bagley {{ENG}} | width="100" align="center" | 0–4 | width="230" | Steve Davis |
colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" |44–57, 25–73 (56), 59–68, 6–61 |
align="right" | 32
| align="center" | Highest break | 56 |
align="right" | 0
| align="center" | Century breaks | 0 |
align="right" | 0
| align="center" | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Notes
- Patrick Wallace replaced Julian Logue who withdrew from the tournament.
References
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{{World Seniors Championship}}
{{Snooker season 2017/2018}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Irish Senior Masters, 2018}}
Category:Snooker competitions in Ireland
Category:Sport in County Kildare
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