Irish Masters 1992

Irish Masters 1992 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters 1992
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Attendees:	12
Venue:	Goffs, Kill , Ireland
Opening:	March 31, 1992
Endgame:	April 5, 1992
Winner:	Stephen Hendry
Finalist:	Ken Doherty
Highest Break:	104 ( Steve James )
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The 1992 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 1991/92 season . The invitation tournament was held from March 31 to April 5 in the Goffs -Arena in Kill near Dublin and celebrated its 15th anniversary this year.

Steve Davis , who had won the last two editions, could not defend his title a second time. Ken Doherty beat him in the quarterfinals. As the first player from the Republic of Ireland, he made it to the final, where he met Stephen Hendry . The world number one won with 9: 6 and won the seventh title this season, the fifth in an invitation tournament.

Prize money

This edition was £ 17,500 more in the price pot than a year ago. The main beneficiary was the winner, who received over £ 4,000 more than the previous year's winner. For the other placed it was correspondingly less, but also for the players who were eliminated in the first round, there was still £ 775 more.

placement	Prize money
winner	£ 40,375
final	£ 24,225
Semifinals	£ 16,150
Quarter finals	£ 9,025
Round 1	£ 6,175
Highest break	£ 3,800
All in all	£ 161,500

Final round

In addition to the top 8 in the world rankings , who had returned to the tournament, and multiple Welsh winner Terry Griffiths , three Irish people were invited to the tournament: Dennis Taylor and Alex Higgins from Northern Ireland and the "Darling of Dublin" Ken Doherty . The top 4 were set for the quarterfinals. The players from place 5 played against each other in round 1 for the other quarter-finals. The tournament started in the mode Best of 9 , in the semifinals it was increased to Best of 11. In the final you then needed 9 frames to win (Best of 17).

	Round 1 (Best of 9)					Quarter Finals (Best of 9)					Semi-finals (Best of 11)					Final (Best of 17)
						1	Stephen Hendry	5
	7th	Steve James	5
						7th	Steve James	3
	10	Terry Griffiths	2								1	Stephen Hendry	6th
											4th	John Parrott	4th
						4th	John Parrott	5
	5	Gary Wilkinson	4th
						9	Dennis Taylor	1
	9	Dennis Taylor	5													1	Stephen Hendry	9
																11	Ken Doherty	6th
						3	Jimmy White	1
	6th	Neal Foulds	4th
						8th	Mike Hallett	5
	8th	Mike Hallett	5								8th	Mike Hallett	1
											11	Ken Doherty	6th
						2	Steve Davis	4th
	11	Ken Doherty	5
						11	Ken Doherty	5
	12	Alex Higgins	3

final

Stephen Hendry made his second attempt to win the tournament after 1989 . The number 1 in the world had become the dominant player and was in a final for the 11th time this season. Ken Doherty , on the other hand, was just in his sophomore year as a professional and was 51st. He had won the Masters qualification that season , but this was his first final in a tournament that featured the top players. However, the two had played against each other before, the month before at the British Open , and there Doherty had won 5-2. In addition, the Irishman was particularly motivated in his second appearance at his home tournament.

So the tournament started in an exciting way. Hendry took the initiative from the start, but Doherty successfully countered. The Scot took the lead 1-0, 3-1 and 4-3, but Doherty kept equalizing. The break between the sessions was 4: 4. In the decisive evening event, however, Hendry got off to a better start. He got three high breaks in the first three frames. Doherty also had his chances and scored plenty of points, but in contrast to the afternoon he was unable to make a frame safe. So it was 7: 4 and the Irishman was already under pressure. He was able to secure a contested frame, but then Hendry increased with a 92-point break to 8: 5 and was about to make a decision. Once Doherty was able to shorten, then Stephen Hendry finished to 9: 6 victory. It was already his 32nd professional title.

Finale: Best of 17 Frames Goffs,  Kill , Ireland , April 5, 1992
Stephen Hendry	9 : 6	Ken Doherty
Afternoon : 97 : 35 (89), 8: 104 (71), 89 : 0 (89), 106 : 8 (66), 50: 82 (60), 12: 65 , 73 : 14 (60), 5: 94 ; Evening : 66 : 38 (60), 74 : 22 (73), 73 : 50 (72), 47: 75 , 99 : 0 (92), 35: 67 (67), 105 : 16 (51)
92	Highest break	71
-	Century breaks	-
9	50+ breaks	3

Century breaks

Twice in the tournament at breaks the limit of 100 points was exceeded. Steve James scored 104 points in the quarter-finals, with an extra £ 3,800 bonus.

Steve James	104
Dennis Taylor	102

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1. ↑ Irish Masters. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on October 31, 2019 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 1992 Irish Masters - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed October 31, 2019 . 
3. ↑ 1992 Irish Masters. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 31, 2019 . 
4. ↑ 1992 Irish Masters Results. In: Snooker Database. Retrieved October 31, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Rankings - 1991-1992. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 31, 2019 .