2009 Masters (snooker)
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 11–18 January 2009 |
Venue | Wembley Arena |
City | London |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £482,500 |
Winner's share | £150,000 |
Highest break | John Higgins (SCO) (140) |
Final | |
Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
Runner-up | Mark Selby (ENG) |
Score | 10–8 |
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The 2009 Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 18 January 2009 at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
The last 16 match between Stephen Maguire and Neil Robertson featured 5 consecutive century breaks between the two players: 3 from Maguire and 2 from Robertson. This is a joint record for a professional match and a standalone record for a best-of-11 frame match.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 4th Masters title by beating defending champion Mark Selby 10–8 in the final.[1][2]
Field[]
Defending champion Mark Selby was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Judd Trump (ranked 41), and wild-card selection Ricky Walden (ranked 35). Mark Allen, Judd Trump and Ricky Walden were making their debuts in the Masters.
Prize fund[]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]
Qualifying stage[]
- Runner-up: £680
- Semi-final: £250
- Quarter-final: £105
- Total: £1,600
Television stage[]
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Wild-card round[]
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds.[4][5][6][7]
Match | Date | Score | ||
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WC1 | Sunday 11 January | Mark King (ENG) (15) | 2–6 | Ricky Walden (ENG) |
WC2 | Monday 12 January | Mark Allen (NIR) (16) | 6–4 | Judd Trump (ENG) |
Main draw[]
Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Ricky Walden (ENG) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Mark Selby | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Mark Allen | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Mark Allen (NIR) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Mark Selby | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | John Higgins | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | John Higgins (SCO) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Marco Fu (HKG) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | John Higgins | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Ding Junhui | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Ding Junhui (CHN) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Mark Selby | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Graeme Dott (SCO) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Stephen Maguire | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Neil Robertson | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Stephen Maguire | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Ali Carter (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Ali Carter | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Joe Perry (ENG) | 5 |
Final[]
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas Wembley Arena, London, England, 18 January 2009.[5][6] | ||
Mark Selby (1) England |
8–10 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) England |
Afternoon: 28–69 (68), 0–88, 97–4 (82), 1–114 (101), 59–54, 80–0 (76), 69–43 (50), 58–64 (Selby 53) Evening: 62–63, 109–29 (101), 93–0 (89), 114–19 (114), 9–69 (53), 65–70 (Selby 55), 0–110 (110), 76–0 (69), 50–51, 16–71 (55) | ||
114 | Highest break | 110 |
2 | Century breaks | 2 |
9 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Qualifying[]
The 2008 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 21 and 26 November 2008 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.[8][9] The winner was awarded with a wild-card to the 2009 Masters.[10]
Century breaks[]
Televised stage centuries[]
Total: 31[5]
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Judd Trump's and Mark King's centuries were scored in the wild-card round.
Qualifying stage centuries[]
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References[]
- ^ "O'Sullivan reclaims Masters crown". BBC Sport. 2009-01-19. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ^ "O'Sullivan Wins Masters Classic". (WPBSA. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
- ^ "Prize Money". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2009-05-02. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ "Walden Awarded Masters Wild Card". WPBSA. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Main Event (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b c "Masters 2009". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ a b "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Qualifying (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ "Qualifying (Draw)". WPBSA. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ "Trump Earns Wembley Wild Card". WPBSA. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
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