2006 Irish Professional Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9–11 October 2006 |
| Venue | Spawell Sport & Leisure Complex |
| City | Templeogue |
| Country | Ireland |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Winner's share | €7,000[1] |
| Highest break | Ken Doherty (140) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ken Doherty |
| Runner-up | Michael Judge |
| Score | 9–4 |
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The 2006 Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in October 2006. The tournament was held at the Spawell Sport & Leisure Complex in Templeogue, and featured sixteen players exclusively from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The last-16 and quarter-final matches were played over the best of nine frames, the semi-finals best of eleven and the final best of seventeen. Ken Doherty won the event, beating Michael Judge 9–4 in the final.[2][3]
Main draw
| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Murphy | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Delaney | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Delaney | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Allen | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Allen | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Hardiman | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Allen | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerard Greene | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerard Greene | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Brendan O'Donoghue | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Judge | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Judge | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Nigel Power | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Judge | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Dermot McGlinchey | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Judge | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| David Morris | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| David Morris | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Colm Gilcreest | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| David Morris | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Swail | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Swail | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Martin McCrudden | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Century breaks
- 140, 131, 116 – Ken Doherty
- 132 – David Morris
- 129 – Joe Delaney
- 105 – Michael Judge
- 104 – Fergal O'Brien
References
- ^ "2006 Irish Professional Championship". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 23 October 2006. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "2006 Irish Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "Doherty wins Irish Professional Championship". RTÉ. 11 October 2006.