2002 Irish Masters

Irish Masters

Tournament information
Dates	19–24 March 2002 (2002-03-19 – 2002-03-24)
Venue	Citywest Hotel
City	Saggart, Dublin
Country	Republic of Ireland
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund	€251,000
Winner's share	€100,000
Highest break	John Higgins (SCO) (140)
Final
Champion	John Higgins (SCO)
Runner-up	Peter Ebdon (ENG)
Score	10–3
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The 2002 Irish Masters (known as the 2002 Citywest Irish Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a professional invitational snooker tournament which was held at the Citywest Hotel in Saggart, Dublin, from 19 to 24 March. It was the 25th edition of the Irish Masters and the fourth and final World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) invitational event of the 2001–02 season; it followed the third invitational event, the 2002 Masters, held in February. The tournament was co-sponsored by the Citywest hotel group and the Department of Health and Children and broadcast by RTÉ.

Third-ranked John Higgins won the competition, defeating the world number seven Peter Ebdon ten frames to three (10–3) in the final. It was Higgins' second Irish Masters victory, his fourth in a tournament that season and the 24th of his career. In the semi-finals Higgins defeated Matthew Stevens 6–5 and Ebdon won 6–3 over Ken Doherty. Higgins produced the tournament's highest break of 140 in the eighth frame of his semi-final match against Stevens to earn €5,000 and a further €100,000 for winning the event.