2007 Irish Masters

Kilkenny Irish Masters
Tournament information
Dates	9–11 March 2007
Venue	Ormonde Hotel
City	Kilkenny
Country	Ireland
Organisation	RIBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	€20,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (147)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Barry Hawkins
Score	9–1
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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.^[1]^[2]^[3] In the quarter-finals O'Sullivan also compiled a maximum break against Joe Swail.^[4] The initial maximum break prize of a Citroën Coupe, worth €20,000, was later withdrawn by the organisers.^[5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[6]

Winner: €20,000
Runner-up: €8,000
Semi-final: €3,500
Highest break: €2,000

Round-robin stage

^[6]

Group A

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	John Higgins	2	1	6	4	+2	1
2	Gerard Greene	2	1	7	6	+1	1
3	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

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Fergal O'Brien	2	2	8	3	+5	2
2	Neil Robertson	2	1	5	5	0	1
3	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

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Barry Hawkins	2	2	8	5	+3	2
2	David Morris	2	1	7	5	+2	1
3	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

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Joe Swail	2	2	8	3	+5	1
2	Joe Delaney	2	1	5	6	−1	1
3	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

^[6]

Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals Best of 11 frames		Final Best of 17 frames

Graeme Dott	4

John Higgins	5
		John Higgins	5

		Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

Joe Swail	4
				Ronnie O'Sullivan	9

				Barry Hawkins	1
Stephen Hendry	2

Barry Hawkins	5
		Barry Hawkins	6

		Fergal O'Brien	5
Ken Doherty	0

Fergal O'Brien	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames Ormonde Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland, 11 March 2007.^[6]
Ronnie O'Sullivan England	9–1	Barry Hawkins England
Afternoon: 42–62, 71–70 (Hawkins 70), 70–48 (52), 63–30, 85–24 (57), 86–40 (60), 122–0 (122), 66–7 Evening: 138–0 (138), 80–0 (80)^[3]
138	Highest break	70
2	Century breaks	0
6	50+ breaks	1