2007 Irish Professional Championship Explained

Tournament Name:Irish Professional Championship
Venue:Red Cow Exhibition Centre
Location:Dublin
Country:Republic of Ireland
Format:Non-Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:€16,500
Winners Share:€8,000[1]
Highest Break:115 (Ken Doherty)
Winner: Ken Doherty
Runner Up: Fergal O'Brien
Score:9–2
Previous:2006
Next:Last

The 2007 Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in September 2007. The tournament was held at the Red Cow Exhibition Centre in Dublin, and featured sixteen exclusively Irish and Northern Irish players.

The last-16 and quarter-final matches were played over the best of nine frames, the semi-finals best of eleven and the final best of seventeen.

Two-time world champion and six-time Irish Professional champion Alex Higgins, now aged 58, entered the tournament for the third year in succession; his first-round loss to Fergal O'Brien would be the final competitive match he played before his death in 2010.[2]

Ken Doherty won the event, beating O'Brien 9–2 in the final.[3]

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames.
Red Cow Exhibition Centre, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 30 September 2007.
Ken Doherty
9–2Fergal O'Brien
69(66)–0, 16–106(61), 76–47, 71–41, 66–76, 70(50)–1, 75–31, 73–1 (no score for three frames)
111Highest break61
1Century breaks0
350+ breaks1

Century breaks

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CueTracker - Prize Money Won by Ken Doherty in Season 2007-2008 - Snooker Results & Statistics.
  2. Web site: CueTracker - Alex Higgins - Season 2007-2008 - Professional - Snooker Results & Statistics.
  3. Web site: CueTracker - 2007 Irish Professional Championship - Snooker Results & Statistics.