1994 Irish Masters

1994 Irish Masters
Tournament name	Irish Masters
Dates	22 March 1994 – 27 March 1994
Venue	Goffs
Location	Kill
Country	Ireland
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund	£190,000^[1]
Winners share	£48,000^[2]
Highest break	141 (Fergal O'Brien and Stephen Hendry)
Winner	Steve Davis
Runner up	Alan McManus
Score	9–8
Previous	1993
Next	1995

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 Kill, County 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.

Round 1

Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Terry Griffiths
Fergal O'Brien 5–1 Willie Thorne
James Wattana 5–1 Peter Ebdon
Alan McManus 5–2 Ken Doherty

Final

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

^ "CueTracker - 1994 Irish Masters - Snooker Results & Statistics". cuetracker.net
^ "CueTracker - Steve Davis - Season 1993-1994 - Professional Results - Snooker Results & Statistics". cuetracker.net
^ "CueTracker - Alan McManus - Season 1993-1994 - Professional Results - Snooker Results & Statistics". cuetracker.net. Retrieved 2018-03-19.