The 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–11 November 2007 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Stephen Maguire won his first ranking tournament since 2004 by defeating Fergal O'Brien 9–5 in the final. This was Maguire's third ranking title.
In his third round match Ronnie O'Sullivan completed a maximum break against Ali Carter, one of five centuries that he compiled in his 5–2 victory. O'Sullivan remains the only player to make five centuries in a best of 9 match.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £30,000 Runner-up: £15,000 Semi-final: £7,500 Quarter-final: £5,600 Last 16: £4,000 Last 32: £2,500 Last 48: £1,625 Last 64: £1,100
Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £200,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 17 framesWaterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 11 November 2007. Stephen Maguire 9–5 Fergal O'Brien Afternoon: 109–8 (60), , , , , , , Evening: 45–74, 63–16, , , , 135 Highest break 84 1 Century breaks 0 5 50+ breaks 2
Qualifying Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 23 October and 25 October 2007.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
136 Alfie Burden 135 Barry Pinches 134 Rory McLeod 130 Robin Hull 129 Jimmy Michie 118 Mike Dunn 113 Patrick Wallace 113 John Parrott
110, 100 Kurt Maflin 110 Robert Milkins 109, 100 Liang Wenbo 107 Ben Woollaston 104 Jamie O'Neill 103 Liu Song 100 Xiao Guodong
Televised stage centuries
147, 129, 122, 110, 108, 107 Ronnie O'Sullivan 142, 114 Fergal O'Brien 136 Ian McCulloch 136 Ali Carter 135, 106, 105 Stephen Maguire 130, 127 Ding Junhui 127 Stephen Hendry 124, 113 Shaun Murphy 114 Marco Fu
113, 108, 100 Mark Allen 112 Ken Doherty 112 Barry Hawkins 110 Neil Robertson 108, 102 Stephen Lee 108 Joe Perry 106 Nigel Bond 102 Adrian Gunnell 101 Ryan Day
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