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Irish Masters
Tournament information
Venue Ormonde Hotel
Location Kilkenny
Country Ireland
Established 1975
Organisation(s) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
Format Non-ranking event
Final year 2007
Final champion(s)
England Ronnie O'Sullivan

The Irish Masters was a professional snooker tournament. It was founded in 1978, following on from the successful Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament (alternatively known as the Benson & Hedges Ireland Championship). The final champion of the tournament was Ronnie O'Sullivan.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Winners


  • 3 Notes


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





History


The Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament started out as a challenge match in 1975 between Alex Higgins and John Spencer. In 1976 and 1977 the event was staged as a four-man invitational, and was replaced by the Irish Masters in 1978. Benson & Hedges continued their sponsorship with the tournament being played at Goffs, Co. Kildare. After tobacco sponsorship was outlawed in Ireland in 2000, the Irish government funded the event from 2001 and it was subsequently relocated to the Citywest Hotel, Saggart, Co. Dublin. The tournament was staged on an invitational basis for most of its existence but became a ranking tournament from the 2002/03 season. The event was dropped from the calendar in the 2005/2006 season.[1] In 2007, a three-day invitational event known as the Kilkenny Irish Masters was staged with 16 players. It attracted a strong field with 9 of the world's top 16 players taking part, with Ronnie O'Sullivan winning the title.[2][3]


The tournament was dominated most of all by Steve Davis, who won it eight times. It was won by Irish players on two occasions, Alex Higgins in 1989 and Ken Doherty in 1998. Doherty claimed the title despite losing in the final 3–9 against Ronnie O'Sullivan, as O'Sullivan subsequently failed a drugs test after testing positive for cannabis.[4] There was only one official maximum break in the history of the tournament. John Higgins made it in the quarter-finals of the 2000 event against Jimmy White.[1] There has been one further maximum break in 2007 by O'Sullivan,[5] but it is not included in the list of official maximum breaks.[6]



Winners















































































































































































































































































Year
Winner
Runner-up
Final score
Venue
Season
Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament (non-ranking)[1]
1975

England John Spencer

Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
9–7

Republic of Ireland Dublin

1974/75
1976

England John Spencer

Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
5–0

Republic of Ireland Dublin

1975/76
1977

Northern Ireland Alex Higgins

Wales Ray Reardon
5–3

Republic of Ireland Leopardstown

1976/77
Irish Masters (non-ranking)[1][7]

1978

England John Spencer

Wales Doug Mountjoy
5–3

Republic of Ireland Kill

1977/78

1979

Wales Doug Mountjoy

Wales Ray Reardon
6–5

Republic of Ireland Kill

1978/79

1980

Wales Terry Griffiths

Wales Doug Mountjoy
9–8

Republic of Ireland Kill

1979/80

1981

Wales Terry Griffiths

Wales Ray Reardon
9–7

Republic of Ireland Kill

1980/81

1982

Wales Terry Griffiths

England Steve Davis
9–5

Republic of Ireland Kill

1981/82

1983

England Steve Davis

Wales Ray Reardon
9–2

Republic of Ireland Kill

1982/83

1984

England Steve Davis

Wales Terry Griffiths
9–1

Republic of Ireland Kill

1983/84

1985

England Jimmy White

Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
9–5

Republic of Ireland Kill

1984/85

1986

England Jimmy White

England Willie Thorne
9–5

Republic of Ireland Kill

1985/86

1987

England Steve Davis

England Willie Thorne
9–1

Republic of Ireland Kill

1986/87

1988

England Steve Davis

England Neal Foulds
9–4

Republic of Ireland Kill

1987/88

1989

Northern Ireland Alex Higgins

Scotland Stephen Hendry
9–8

Republic of Ireland Kill

1988/89

1990

England Steve Davis

Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor
9–4

Republic of Ireland Kill

1989/90

1991

England Steve Davis

England John Parrott
9–5

Republic of Ireland Kill

1990/91

1992

Scotland Stephen Hendry

Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty
9–6

Republic of Ireland Kill

1991/92

1993

England Steve Davis

Scotland Alan McManus
9–4

Republic of Ireland Kill

1992/93

1994

England Steve Davis

Scotland Alan McManus
9–8

Republic of Ireland Kill

1993/94

1995

England Peter Ebdon

Scotland Stephen Hendry
9–8

Republic of Ireland Kill

1994/95

1996

Wales Darren Morgan

England Steve Davis
9–8

Republic of Ireland Kill

1995/96

1997

Scotland Stephen Hendry

Wales Darren Morgan
9–8

Republic of Ireland Kill

1996/97

1998

Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty *

England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Disqualified

Republic of Ireland Kill

1997/98

1999

Scotland Stephen Hendry

England Stephen Lee
9–8

Republic of Ireland Kill

1998/99

2000

Scotland John Higgins

Scotland Stephen Hendry
9–4

Republic of Ireland Kill

1999/00

2001

England Ronnie O'Sullivan

Scotland Stephen Hendry
9–8

Republic of Ireland Saggart

2000/01

2002

Scotland John Higgins

England Peter Ebdon
10–3

Republic of Ireland Saggart

2001/02
Irish Masters (ranking)[1][7]

2003

England Ronnie O'Sullivan

Scotland John Higgins
10–9

Republic of Ireland Saggart

2002/03

2004

England Peter Ebdon

England Mark King
10–7

Republic of Ireland Saggart

2003/04

2005

England Ronnie O'Sullivan

Wales Matthew Stevens
10–8

Republic of Ireland Saggart

2004/05
Kilkenny Irish Masters (non-ranking)[2]

2007

England Ronnie O'Sullivan

England Barry Hawkins
9–1

Republic of Ireland Kilkenny

2006/07


Notes


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* Ronnie O'Sullivan was disqualified and stripped of the title in 1998 after a 9–3 win over Ken Doherty.
O'Sullivan failed a drugs test after testing positive for cannabis. Doherty was awarded the title.[4]




See also



  • Irish Open

  • Irish Professional Championship

  • 2011 Alex Higgins International Trophy



References





  1. ^ abcde Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab Turner, Chris. "Kilkenny Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.


  3. ^ "O'Sullivan drives Hawkins to drink". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2010.


  4. ^ ab Ian O'Riordan (7 July 1998). "O'Sullivan stripped of Irish title". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 November 2017.


  5. ^ "O'Sullivan notches 147 in Ireland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2012.


  6. ^ Turner, Chris. "Maximum Breaks". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2010.


  7. ^ ab "Hall of Fame". Snooker.org. Retrieved 22 June 2013.











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