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. In the quarter-finals O'Sullivan also compiled a maximum break against Joe Swail. The initial maximum break prize of a Citroën Coupe, worth €20,000, was later withdrawn by the organisers.
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
Group A
POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 John Higgins2164+212 Gerard Greene2176+113 Michael Judge2147−31
Gerard Greene 3–4 Michael Judge Gerard Greene 4–2 John Higgins John Higgins 4–0 Michael Judge
Group B
POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 Fergal O'Brien2283+522 Neil Robertson 2155013 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
POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 Barry Hawkins2285+322 David Morris 2175+213 Jimmy White2038−50
Barry Hawkins 4–3 David Morris Jimmy White 2–4 Barry Hawkins David Morris 4–1 Jimmy White
Group D
POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 Joe Swail2283+512 Joe Delaney2156−113 Matthew Stevens 2048-40
Matthew Stevens 2–4 Joe Delaney Joe Delaney 1–4 Joe Swail Joe Swail 4–2 Matthew Stevens
Knockout stage
Final
Final: Best of 17 framesOrmonde Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland, 11 March 2007. Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–1 Barry Hawkins Afternoon: 42–62, , , , , , , Evening: 138–0 (138), 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