Irish Masters 2002

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Irish Masters 2002
Citywest Irish Masters 2002
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Attendees: 12
Venue: Citywest Hotel, Dublin , Ireland
Opening: March 19, 2002
Endgame: March 24, 2002

Winner: ScotlandScotland John Higgins
Finalist: EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon
Highest Break: 140 ( John Higgins ) ScotlandScotland
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The Citywest Irish Masters 2002 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2001/02 season . The invitation tournament was held from March 19 to 24 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin . For the second time, the hotel in the suburb of Saggart was the event location and Citywest was the sponsor.

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan lost his opening match this time. With John Higgins and Peter Ebdon two players came to the final, who had already won the tournament once. Higgins won the second victory after 2000 , he prevailed with 10: 3. For the Scot, who had won the first three tournaments of the season, it was the fourth win of the season.

For the 25th time since 1978, the tournament had been held as an invitation tournament. This made it the most traditional professional tournament after the Triple Crown tournaments. In the following season, the Irish Masters was converted into a world ranking tournament.

Prize money

Almost £ 10,000 more was distributed this time than in the previous year, the winner alone received £ 3,500 more, while the other winners received smaller amounts.

placement Prize money
winner £ 65,000
final £ 25,000
Semifinals £ 12,500
Quarter finals £ 6,500
Round 1 £ 5,000
Highest Break (Final Round) £ 3,500
All in all £ 164,500

Final round

The field of participants consisted of the first 11 in the world rankings as well as number 16 Fergal O'Brien , the second best Irish player. The players from place 5 played against each other in round 1. The top 4 were set for the quarterfinals. As in previous years, the first three rounds were played in Best of 11 mode . For the first time since 1980, the final was not Best of 17, but Best of 19.

Round 1
(Best of 11) 		Quarter Finals
(Best of 11) 		Semi-finals
(Best of 11) 		Final
(Best of 19)
                                   
  3  ScotlandScotland John Higgins  6th    
5  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry  6th
5  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry  4th    
12  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien  2   3  ScotlandScotland John Higgins  6th
  6th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens  5    
2  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan  2
6th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens  6th
6th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens  6th  
11  EnglandEngland Jimmy White  5   3  ScotlandScotland John Higgins  10
  7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon  3
1  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams  4th
7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon  6th
7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon  6th    
10  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail  2   7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon  6th
  4th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty  3  
4th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty  6th
8th  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee  6th
8th  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee  4th  
9  EnglandEngland Paul Hunter  4th  


final

After the Malta Grand Prix in 1995 , it was only the second time that John Higgins and Peter Ebdon met in a final. Ebdon had won then. Last year, too, he had already caused the Scotsman to be eliminated from the Irish Masters in the quarterfinals . Still, Higgins was the favorite, overtaking Ebdon in the world rankings and winning 3 of their last 4 games. He had already won three tournaments this season, while Ebdon had lost his only final. Higgins also took the lead 2-0 and 3-1 until the break. With a Century he increased to 4: 1. This was followed by two frames in which one player took the lead with a high break, but the other player stole it with a high break. After that, however, Higgins took control again and increased from 5: 2 to 7: 2 at the end of the session. The 8: 2 in the first evening frame was already the preliminary decision, Ebdon still managed the 8: 3, but Higgins then consistently finished to 10: 3. For the Scot it was already title number 22 on the professional tour.

Final: Best of 19 Frames
Citywest Hotel,  Dublin , Ireland , March 24, 2002
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 10 : 3 EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon
Afternoon : 91 : 39 (91), 61 : 14, 46: 71 , 63 : 2, 133 : 4 (109), 56: 66 (56 Higgins, 55 Ebdon), 69 : 62 (69, 62), 78 : 0 (78), 61:30 (55);
Evening : 87 : 18, 19: 94 (64), 79 : 0 (79), 78 : 39
109 Highest break 64
1 Century breaks -
7th 50+ breaks 3

Century breaks

14 breaks of 100 or more points were scored in the tournament, half of them together by the two finalists. While Peter Ebdon scored the most with 4 century breaks , John Higgins managed the highest break of the tournament with 140 points in the semifinals. In return, the tournament winner received an additional £ 3,500 on top of his winners' bonus.

ScotlandScotland John Higgins 140, 131, 109
ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 137, 112, 100
EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 120, 113, 110, 104
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 120
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 106, 102
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 103

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  2. ↑ a b c 2002 Irish Masters - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed October 20, 2019 .
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