1994 Irish Masters

Irish Masters

Tournament information
Dates	22–27 March 1994
Venue	Goffs
City	Kildare
Country	Republic of Ireland
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund	£190,000[1]
Winner's share	£48,000[2]
Highest break	141 (Fergal O'Brien and Stephen Hendry)
Final
Champion	Steve Davis
Runner-up	Alan McManus
Score	9–8
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The 1994 Irish Masters was the twentieth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 22 to 27 March 1994. The tournament was played at Goffs in Kildare, and featured twelve professional players.

Steve Davis won the title for the eighth time, beating Alan McManus 9–8 in the final.^[3]

Qualifying

Four qualifying matches were played, under a best-of-nine frames format, the winners going on to play Jimmy White, John Parrott, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry, all of whom were seeded to the quarter-final stage.

Main draw

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
		Alan McManus	5
		John Parrott	2				Alan McManus	6
		Fergal O'Brien	5				Fergal O'Brien	4
		Stephen Hendry	2									Alan McManus	8
		Steve Davis	5									Steve Davis	9
		Ronnie O'Sullivan	2				Steve Davis	6
		Jimmy White	5				Jimmy White	5
		James Wattana	2

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown. Goffs, Kildare, Ireland, 27 March 1994.
Steve Davis  England	9–8	Alan McManus  Scotland
89(54)–1, 72(65)–30, 80–0, 108(105)–0, 9–84, 12–122(118), 69(69)–50, 102(101)–9, 37–99(77), 62(54)–72, 75(52)–9, 19–64, 13–111(72), 0–118(87), 9–79(69), 89–40, 77(69)–39
105	Highest break	118
2	Century breaks	1
8	50+ breaks	5

Century breaks

• 141, 102 Fergal O'Brien
• 141 Stephen Hendry
• 120, 105, 101 Steve Davis
• 118 John Parrott
• 118, 106 Alan McManus

References