| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 9–11 March 2007 (2007-03-09 –2007-03-11) |
| Venue | Ormonde Hotel |
| City | Kilkenny |
| Country | Ireland |
| Organisation | RIBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | €20,000 |
| Highest break |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Runner-up | Barry Hawkins |
| Score | 9–1 |
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The2007Kilkenny Irish Masters was a professional non-rankingsnooker tournament that took place between 9 and 11 March 2007 at the Ormonde Hotel inKilkenny,Ireland.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 9–1 againstBarry Hawkins to claim the Paul Hunter Trophy.[1][2][3] In the quarter-finals O'Sullivan also compiled amaximum break againstJoe Swail.[4] The initial maximum break prize of a Citroën Coupe, worth €20,000, was later withdrawn by the organisers.[5]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]
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| Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
 Graeme Dott | 4 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins | 5 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Joe Swail | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins | 6 | |||||||||||||
 Fergal O'Brien | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Final: Best of 17 frames Ormonde Hotel,Kilkenny,Ireland, 11 March 2007.[6] | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan England | 9–1 | Barry Hawkins England |
| Afternoon: 42–62,71–70 (Hawkins 70),70–48 (52),63–30,85–24 (57),86–40 (60),122–0 (122),66–7 Evening:138–0 (138),80–0 (80)[3] | ||
| 138 | Highest break | 70 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
