2007 Malta Cup
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 January–4 February 2007 |
| Venue | Hilton Conference Center |
| City | Portomaso |
| Country | Malta |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Highest break | 136 |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Shaun Murphy |
| Runner-up |
 Ryan Day |
| Score | 9–4 |
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The 2007 Malta Cup was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 January and 4 February 2007 at the Hilton Conference Center in Portomaso, Malta. It was the 200th world ranking tournament organised by World Snooker since 1976.[1] Stephen Hendry made his 700th century break in competition in the third frame of his first round match against Robert Milkins.[2]
Shaun Murphy won in the final 9–4 against Ryan Day.
Wild-card round
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | David Roe |
5–1 |  Joe Grech |
| WC2 | Andrew Higginson |
5–3 | Simon Zammit |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri. Hilton Conference Centre, Malta, 4 February 2007.[4][5][6] | ||
| Ryan Day Wales |
4–9 | Shaun Murphy (6) England |
| Afternoon: 19–73 (54), 59–73 (54 Day), 42–82 (62), 34–65, 65–51 (51 Day), 20–89, 45–82 (51), 23–80 Evening: 67–19 (66), 0–79 (79), 102–0 (102), 83–0 (83), 38–61 | ||
| 102 | Highest break | 79 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 31 October and 3 November 2006.[5][7]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- ↑ Sultana, Wilfred. "The champions and their victories". Times of Malta. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ↑ "January 30 down the years: A final Grand Slam for Martina". ESPN. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- 1 2 "Malta Cup 2007 Results". BBC. 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
- 1 2 3 "Malta Cup 2007". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "2006-7 Malta Cup". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007.
- ↑ "Malta Cup frame scores". BBC. 2007-01-31. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
- ↑ "Global Calendars". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 22 April 2007.
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