Seniors Irish Masters 2018

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Seniors Irish Masters 2018
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Tournament type: Senior tournament
Venue: Goff’s , Kill , Ireland
Opening: January 6, 2018
Endgame: January 7, 2018

Winner: EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Finalist: EnglandEngland Jonathan Bagley
 

The Seniors Irish Masters 2018 was the second of four events of the World Seniors Tour 2017/18 . It was played in the Irish kill . The winner was the six-time world champion Steve Davis , who defeated the surprise finalist Jonathan Bagley 4-0.

Prize money

The total prize money was ₤ 10,700.

Prize money
winner 5,000 ₤
final ₤ 2,000
Semifinals 800 ₤
Quarter finals 400 ₤
Highest break 500 ₤
All in all 10,700 ₤

player

Six “legends” of snooker were set for the main tournament. The two remaining places went to the winners of two qualifying tournaments.

Seeded players

The invited players were ranked according to the number of their world championship titles , the number of triple-crown victories - and ranked tournaments. Since Stephen Hendry could not take part in the tournament due to contractual obligations in China, he was replaced by Steve Davis . Davis, who actually did not want to participate in any tournaments after retiring in 2016, announced that this was just an exception and that he would not play any more tournaments afterwards.

  1. Stephen Hendry (7 × world champion) replaced by Steve Davis (6 × world champion)
  2. John Parrott (1 × World Champion, 2 × Triple Crown, 9 × Ranking tournament)
  3. Dennis Taylor (1 × world champion, 2 × triple crown, 2 × ranking tournaments)
  4. Ken Doherty (1 × World Champion, 1 × Triple Crown)
  5. Jimmy White (2 × Triple Crown)
  6. Patsy Fagan (1 × Triple Crown)

Qualifying tournaments

The first tournament was held in Cookstown from November 3rd to 5th, 2017 . The Northern Irishman Julian Logue won there in the final against his compatriot Patrick Wallace 3-2. However, since Logue could not compete for personal reasons, he was replaced by Wallace as a finalist of the tournament.

The second qualifier was played in Carlow on November 25th and 26th . Here Jonathan Bagley was able to defeat Gary Filtness 3-0 in an English final.

Tournament course

The games were played in the quarter and semi-finals in best-of-5 mode , the final was decided over a maximum of seven frames. Instead of a whole decision frame , as is usually the case, only the black ball was placed again in this tournament ( re-spotted black ). The players only had 30 seconds for a push.

  Quarterfinals
Best of 5 Frames 		Semi-final
best of 5 frames 		Final
best of 7 frames
                           
  1 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 3        
3 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1  
1 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 3
  2 EnglandEngland John Parrott 0  
2 EnglandEngland John Parrott 3
6th IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan 0  
1 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 4th
  Q EnglandEngland Jonathan Bagley 0
Q EnglandEngland Jonathan Bagley 3    
4th IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 2  
Q EnglandEngland Jonathan Bagley 3
  5 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 2  
5 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 3
  Q Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace 0  

final

Final: Best of 7 Frames
Referee: Jan Verhaas Goff’s ,  Kill , Ireland , January 7, 2018 NetherlandsNetherlands
Steve Davis EnglandEngland 4 : 0 EnglandEngland Jonathan Bagley
57 : 44, 73 : 25 (56), 68 : 59, 61 : 6
56 Highest break 32
- Century breaks -
1 50+ breaks -

Others

The trophy was presented by Lauren Higgins, daughter of Alex Higgins , who died in 2010 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Seniors Irish Masters. Snooker.org, accessed September 9, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b Davis Wins Seniors Irish Masters. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , January 8, 2018, accessed September 9, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b World Snooker Seniors Tour 2017–2018. In: ribsa.ie. Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association, November 7, 2017, accessed September 9, 2018 .
  4. ↑ David Caulfield: Steve Davis Crowned Seniors Irish Masters Champion. SnookerHQ, January 8, 2018, accessed September 19, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Steve Davis joins Irish Masters 2018 line-up. In: seniorsnooker.com. November 17, 2017, accessed September 19, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Irish Masters 2018 - Change in the draw. In: seniorsnooker.com. December 18, 2017, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Bagley wins Snooker Legends Irish qualifier (2). In: ribsa.ie. Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association, November 26, 2017, accessed September 12, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Videos of the finals: Part 1 and Part 2.