2018 Seniors Irish Masters

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|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

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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

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

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

References

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{{World Seniors Championship}}

{{Snooker season 2017/2018}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Irish Senior Masters, 2018}}

Category:World Seniors Tour

Category:2018 in snooker

Category:2018 in Irish sport

Category:Snooker competitions in Ireland

Category:Sport in County Kildare

Seniors Irish Masters

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