Irish Professional Championship 1993
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Irish Professional Championship 1993 Murphys Irish Professional Championship 1993 
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| Tournament type: | Non-ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 34 |
| Venue: | Jury's Hotel , Cork |
| Opening: | 1st half of 1993 |
| Endgame: | 1st half of 1993
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| Defending champion: |
 Joe Swail
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| Winner: |
 Ken Doherty
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| Finalist: |
Stephen Murphy
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| Highest Break: | 103 ( Michael Judge )
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The 1993 Murphys Irish Professional Championship was a professional snooker tournament during the 1992/93 season without affecting the world rankings. The tournament was held in the first half of 1993 in the Jury's Hotel in the Irish city of Cork . The winner in an all-Irish final was Ken Doherty with a victory over Stephen Murphy ; the highest break of the tournament was played by another Irishman with Michael Judge and his 103 break.
Prize money
As in the previous year, the tournament was sponsored by the Irish beer brand Murphy’s . Compared to the previous year, the prize money was more than more than fivefold and divided among all participants in the main round. At £ 5,000, about a third went to the winner.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 5,000 |
| finalist | £ 2,500 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 1,250 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 800 |
| Round of 16 | 350 pounds |
| All in all | £ 16,000 |
Tournament course
After the tournament had made a comeback last year, this year there was a second edition of this new edition. Again 34 players took part in the tournament, eight of which were seeded for the main round. At the beginning of the main round, these eight players each met one of the eight qualifiers, in the following the tournament winner was determined in the knockout system . Up to and including the quarter-finals, all games took place 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 .
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Round of 16 best of 9 frames |
Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames |
Semi-final best of 11 frames |
Final Best of 17 frames |
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| Ken Doherty
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Dylan Leary
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Eugene Hughes
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Eugene Hughes
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Paddy Browne
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Jason Prince
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Jason Prince
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen O'Connor
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Jason Prince
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy Long
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Murphy
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Murphy
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Delaney
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Murphy
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Swail
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Joe Swail
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Judge
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Murphy
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Martin O'Neill
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Martin O'Neill
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Martin O'Neill
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Jack McLaughlin
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Jack McLaughlin
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Dermot McGlinchey
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1 | |||||||||||||
final
Ken Doherty and Stephen Murphy had both only been professional players for a few years, but both had achieved some success. Doherty made it into the final almost safely and only had to give up a few frames in his 6: 3 semi-final win over last year's finalist Jason Prince . With Stephen Murphy things looked completely different, after all he had defeated defending champion Joe Swail 5-4 in the quarterfinals . His semi-final victory against Martin O'Neill was all the clearer with 6: 1 , the surprise of the tournament. No exact frame results are available from the final itself, but Doherty continued his triumphant advance and also won with a 102 break with 9: 2.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Jury’s Hotel , Cork , Ireland , 1st half of 1993 |
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Ken Doherty
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9 : 2 |
Stephen Murphy
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| unknown | ||
| 102 | Highest break | - |
| 1 | Century breaks | - |
| - | 50+ breaks | - |
qualification
Before the main round, a qualification was held in which the unset players could play staggered in three rounds for entry into the main round. All games were played in the best of 9 frames mode .
| Round 1 | round 2 | Round 3 | |||||||||
| Mark O'Sullivan
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5 | Dylan Leary
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5 | ||||||||
| Declan Hughes
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1 | Mark O'Sullivan
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3 | ||||||||
| Richard McHugh
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5 | Paddy Browne
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5 | ||||||||
| Paul Watchorn
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1 | Richard McHugh
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3 | ||||||||
| Gay burns
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5 | Stephen O'Connor
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5 | ||||||||
| Gerry Jones
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3 | Gay burns
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0 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Long
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5 | Peter Donegan
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2 | ||||||||
 Jason Scott
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2 | Jimmy Long
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5 | ||||||||
| Damien McKiernan
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5 | Micky Roughan
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5 | Joe Delaney
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5 | ||||||
| John Benton
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3 | Damien McKiernan
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2 | Mick Roughan
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1 | ||||||
| Michael Judge
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5 | Anthony O'Connor
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1 | ||||||||
| Tim Dunphy
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1 | Michael Judge
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5 | ||||||||
| Martin O'Neill
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5 | Darren Lennox
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1 | Tommy Murphy
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1 | ||||||
| Rory Mallon
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1 | Martin O'Neill
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5 | Martin O'Neill
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5 | ||||||
| Dessie Sheehan
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5 | Dermot McGlinchey
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5 | ||||||||
| John Leahy
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4th | Dessie Sheehan
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3 | ||||||||
Century Breaks
During the tournament two players each played a Century Break :
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Michael Judge : 103
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Ken Doherty : 102
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Ron Florax: 1993 Irish Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 16, 2020 .
- ↑ 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 16, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1993 Irish Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 16, 2020 .