NEWS
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Event Report - This is a historied major invitation events. Twelve elite players will be contest at Co Kildare, Ireland, for the 23rd title. It would also be another chance for them to warm-up for next month's World Championship. - 21/Mar - |
| Sunday : Final (26/Mar) *Highlight* | ||
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Scottish wizard John Higgins won his first Benson & Hedges Irish Masters title when he defeated holder Stephen Hendry
to collect the first prize together with the bonus for his quarter-final maximum against Jimmy White. more.... |
| Saturday : Semi Finals (25/Mar) *Highlight* | ||
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World champion Stephen Hendry and world No.1 John Higgins set up the first all Scottish final in the
23 years history of the Benson & Hedges Irish Masters by winning their rspective semi-finals. |
| Friday : Quarter Finals (24/Mar) *Highlight* | ||
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John Higgins claimed his second 147 of the year in a sensational start to his quarter-final against Jimmy White. It was the 36th perfect break in major events and the Irish Masters' first and earned Higgins around 20,000 pounds. Though Jimmy tried to close the gap, Higgins kept his form to a 6-4 victory. With both players sparkling, Ronnie O'Sullivan marched into the last four with a 6-4 win over Welsh axe Matthew Stevens. |
| Thursday : Quarter Finals (23/Mar) *Highlight* | ||
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Mark J Williams lost in the first round for the third succesive time when John Parrott beat him 6-3. Stephen Hendry was not at his best but was still able to beat Alan McManus 6-2. |
| Wendesday : First Rounds (22/Mar) *Highlight* | ||
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Jimmy White produced an inspired comeback to reach the quarter-finals. Matthew Stevens dealt out heartbreak to Ken Doherty for the second time in six weeks by knocking the Dubliner out. |
| Tuesday : First Rounds (21/Mar) *Highlight* | ||
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Alan McManus won his first match of the Benson & Hedges Irish Masters since 1994 by beating local favourite Fergal O'Brien 6-4. John Parrott beat Steve Davis 6-1 in battle of the snooker veterans to book his place in the quarter-finals. |
Results
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Final ( best of 17 frames )
Semi Finals
Quarter Finals
First Rounds
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| 1st-round (best of 11 frames) | Quarter-Finals (best of 11 frames) | Semi-Finals (best of 11 frames) | Final (best of 17 frames) | ||||||||
| ***** (***) ***** (***) |
* * |
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| S Hendry A McManus |
6 2 |
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| A McManus F O'Brien |
6 4 |
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| S Hendry J Parrott |
6 1 |
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| ***** (***) ***** (***) |
* * |
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| M Williams J Parrott |
3 6 |
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| J Parrott S Davis |
6 1 |
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| S Hendry J Higgins |
4 9 |
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| ***** (***) ***** (***) |
* * |
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| R O'Sullivan M Stevens |
6 4 |
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| K Doherty M Stevens |
4 6 |
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| R O'Sullivan J Higgins |
3 6 |
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| ***** (***) ***** (***) |
* * |
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| J Higgins J White |
6 4 |
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| S Lee J White |
4 6 |
| 147 | John Higgins |
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| 135 | John Parrott |
| 132 | Stephen Lee |
| 128 | John Higgins |
| 122 | Alan McManus |
| 115 | Ken Doherty |
| Stephen Hendry | |
| 109 | John Higgins |
| 101 | Stephen Hendry |
PRIZE
| Place | Price |
| Winner | **** |
| Runner-up | **** |
| Losing semi-finalists | **** |
| Losing quater-finalists | **** |
| Lost First Round | **** |
| 1 Pound = | 1.57 ¬üª÷ |
| Highest break | **** |
| 147 Maximum break | **** |
| Total prize money | **** |
POINT
| This is not a ranking event |
FORMER WINNERS
| Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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| 99/00 | John Higgins (Sco) | 9-4 | Stephen Hendry (Sco) |
| 98/99 | Stephen Hendry (Sco) | 9-8 | Stephen Lee (Eng) |
| 97/98 | Ken Doherty (Ire)* | ||
| 96/97 | Stephen Hendry (Sco) | 9-8 | Darren Morgan (Wal) |
| 95/96 | Darren Morgan (Wal) | 9-8 | Steve Davis (Eng) |
| 94/95 | Peter Ebdon (Eng) | 9-8 | Stephen Hendry (Sco) |
| 93/94 | Steve Davis (Eng) | 9-8 | Alan McManus (Sco) |
| 92/93 | Steve Davis (Eng) | 9-4 | Alan McManus (Sco) |
| 91/92 | Stephen Hendry (Sco) | 9-6 | Ken Doherty (Ire) |
| 90/91 | Steve Davis (Eng) | 9-5 | John Parrott (Eng) |
| 89/90 | Steve Davis (Eng) | 9-4 | Dennis Taylor (NI) |
| 88/89 | Alex Higgins (NI) | 9-8 | Stephen Hendry (Sco) |
| 87/88 | Steve Davis (Eng) | 9-4 | Neal Foulds (Eng) |
| 86/87 | Steve Davis (Eng) | 9-1 | Willie Thorne (Eng) |
| 85/86 | Jimmy White (Eng) | 9-5 | Willie Thorne (Eng) |
| 84/85 | Jimmy White (Eng) | 9-5 | Alex Higgins (NI) |
| 83/84 | Steve Davis (Eng) | 9-1 | Terry Griffiths (Wal) |
| 82/83 | Steve Davis (Eng) | 9-2 | Ray Reardon (Wal) |
| 81/82 | Terry Griffiths (Wal) | 9-5 | Steve Davis (Eng) |
| 80/81 | Terry Griffiths (Wal) | 9-7 | Ray Reardon (Wal) |
| 79/80 | Terry Griffiths (Wal) | 9-8 | Doug Mountjoy (Wal) |
| 78/79 | Doug Mountjoy (Wal) | 6-5 | Ray Reardon (NI) |
| 77/78 | John Spencer (Eng) | 5-3 | Doug Mountjoy (Wal) |
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* Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Ken Doherty 9-3 in the 1998 final, but was stripped of the title three months later after failing a drug test -
traces of marijuana (cannabis) were found in his urine sample. * * Steve Davis won 8 wins of the event's 22 years history. * | |||
| Odds | List of all |
| 11/4 | Mark J Williams |
| 3/1 | Stephen Hendry |
| 7/2 | John Higgins |
| 6/1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| 10/1 | Matthew Stevens |
| 10/1 | Ken Doherty |
| 12/1 | Stephen Lee |
| 40/1 | John Parrott |
| 40/1 | Fergal O'Brien |
| 40/1 | Alan McManus |
| 50/1 | Jimmy White |
| 66/1 | Steve Davis |
| Source: William Hill | |
