Irish Professional Championship 2007

Irish Professional Championship 2007 VCpoker.ie Irish Professional Championship 2007
Tournament type:	Non-ranking tournament
Attendees:	16
Venue:	Red Cow Exhibition Center , Dublin
Opening:	September 25, 2007
Endgame:	September 30, 2007
Defending champion:	Ken Doherty
Winner:	Ken Doherty
Finalist:	Fergal O'Brien
Highest Break:	115 ( Ken Doherty )
← 2006

The VCpoker.ie Irish Professional Championship 2007 was a professional snooker tournament during the 2007/08 season without any influence on the world rankings. The tournament was held to determine the all-Irish professional champions from September 25th to 30th, 2007 in the Red Cow Exhibition Center in the Irish capital Dublin . The winner was defending champion Ken Doherty , who defeated his compatriot Fergal O'Brien in the final. In addition, Doherty again played the highest break of the tournament with a 115 break.

Prize money

The tournament was sponsored by the VCpoker.ie poker platform operated by VC Poker . In total, prize money of € 16,500 or £ 11,539 was distributed, of which about half went to the winner.

	Prize money in €	Prize money in £
winner	€ 8,000	£ 5,594
finalist	€ 4,000	£ 2,797
Semi-finalist	€ 1,000	£ 699
Quarter finalist	500 €	350 pounds
Round of 16	-	-
Highest break	500	350 pounds
All in all	€ 16,500	£ 11,539

Tournament course

As in the previous year, a total of 16 players took part in the tournament, who determined the tournament winner in the knockout system starting with the round of 16. The last sixteen and quarter finals were played again in the best of 9 frames mode, followed by the semi-finals in the best of 11 frames mode and the final in the best of 17 frames mode .

	Round of 16 best of 9 frames				Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames				Semi-final best of 11 frames				Final Best of 17 frames
	Ken Doherty	5
	Patrick Wallace	0
					Ken Doherty	5
					Vincent Muldoon	0
	David Morris	2
	Vincent Muldoon	5
									Ken Doherty	6th
									Gerard Greene	2
	Gerard Greene	5
	Leo Fernandez	3
					Gerard Greene	5
					Michael Judge	2
	Michael Judge	5
	Dessie Sheehan	1
													Ken Doherty	9
													Fergal O'Brien	2
	Fergal O'Brien	5
	Alex Higgins	0
					Fergal O'Brien	5
					Mark Allen	4th
	Mark Allen	5
	Gary Hardiman	4th
									Fergal O'Brien	6th
									Joe Delaney	5
	Joe Delaney	5
	Eamonn Kelly	1
					Joe Delaney	5
					Joe Swail	0
	Joe Swail	5
	Colm Gilcreest	1

final

Ken Doherty was in the fourth edition in a row in the final: 1993 and 2006 he had won, in 2005 he was defeated by Joe Swail . This time he had survived the first two rounds with white-washs over his opponents and had to give up a few frames only when he won the 6-2 semi-final over Gerard Greene . His final opponent was Fergal O'Brien , who had reached the semi-finals a few times, but was in the final for the first time at this tournament. Although he had started the tournament with a white wash - against old master and crowd favorite Alex Higgins , whose last game on professional level this was -, he won his next two games in the decider.

Doherty took the lead thanks to a 66 break, but O'Brien immediately countered with a 61 break and equalizer. But Doherty then took a 3-1 lead, even if O'Brien didn't let up and cut it to 3-2. Then Doherty was able to continue his run undisturbed: he won six frames in a row and thus won the last edition of the tournament before the final setting with 9: 2.

Final: Best of 17 Frames Red Cow Exhibition Center ,  Dublin , Ireland , September 30, 2007
Ken Doherty	9 : 2	Fergal O'Brien
69 : 0 (66), 16: 106 (61), 76 : 47, 71 : 41, 66: 76 , 70 : 1 (50), 75 : 31, 73 : 1, 3 frame results unknown
66	Highest break	61
-	Century breaks	-
2	50+ breaks	1

Century Breaks

During the tournament three players played a total of four Century Breaks :

Ken Doherty 115 , 111 Joe Delaney 107

David Morris 106

Web links

• Overview at CueTracker
• Irish Professional Championship 2007 in the Snooker Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ron Florax: 2007 Irish Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 17, 2020 .  
2. ↑ Chris Turner: Irish Professional Championship - Non Ranking Event open to professionals from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland only. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on July 17, 2020 (English).  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ron Florax: 2007 Irish Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 17, 2020 .