2009 Masters (snooker)

The Masters
Tournament information
Dates 11–18 January 2009
Venue Wembley Arena
City London
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-ranking event
Total prize fund £482,500
Winner's share £150,000
Highest break 140
Final
Champion England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up England Mark Selby
Score 10–8
2008
2010

The 2009 Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11–18 January 2009 at the Wembley Arena in London, England.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament, 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

Television stage

  • Winner: £150,000
  • Runner-up: £75,000
  • Semi-final: £32,000
  • Quarter-final: £16,000
  • Last 16: £14,000
  • Last 18 (wild-cards): £3,500

  • Highest break: £10,000
  • Maximum break: £25,000
  • Total: £482,000

Wild-card round

In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds.[4][5][6][7]

Match Date Score
WC1 Sunday 11 January England Mark King (15) 2–6 England Ricky Walden
WC2 Monday 12 January Northern Ireland Mark Allen (16) 6–4 England Judd Trump

Main draw

[5][6][7]

Last 16
Best of 11 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1 England Mark Selby 6
England Ricky Walden 5
1 England Mark Selby 6
16 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 5
8 Wales Ryan Day 1
16 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 6
1 England Mark Selby 6
5 Scotland John Higgins 2
5 Scotland John Higgins 6
14 Hong Kong Marco Fu 4
5 Scotland John Higgins 6
11 China Ding Junhui 4
4 England Shaun Murphy 4
11 China Ding Junhui 6
1 England Mark Selby 8
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
3 Scotland Stephen Maguire 6
13 Scotland Graeme Dott 5
3 Scotland Stephen Maguire 6
10 Australia Neil Robertson 3
6 Scotland Stephen Hendry 4
10 Australia Neil Robertson 6
3 Scotland Stephen Maguire 1
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
7 England Ali Carter 6
9 England Peter Ebdon 0
7 England Ali Carter 2
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
12 England Joe Perry 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 21–26 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]

Last 64
Best of 7 frames
Last 32
Best of 9 frames
Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 11 frames
                  
Wales Matthew Stevens
Bye
Wales Matthew Stevens 5
England Rory McLeod 3
England Rory McLeod 4
England Paul Davison 3
Wales Matthew Stevens 5
England Ricky Walden 2
England Ricky Walden 4
Netherlands Stefan Mazrocis 2
England Ricky Walden 5
England Anthony Hamilton 1
England Anthony Hamilton 4
Wales Andrew Pagett 0
Wales Matthew Stevens 5
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 3
China Liang Wenbo 4
China Liu Chuang 1
China Liang Wenbo 4
Wales Daniel Wells 5
England Jimmy Michie 0
Wales Daniel Wells 4
Wales Daniel Wells 4
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 5
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien
Bye
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 5
England Lewis Roberts 3
England Barry Pinches 3
England Lewis Roberts 4
Wales Matthew Stevens 4
England Mark Joyce 5
Wales Mark Williams
Bye
Wales Mark Williams 1
England Andrew Higginson 5
England Andrew Higginson wo
New Zealand Chris McBreen wd
England Andrew Higginson 5
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 2
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 4
England Michael Georgiou 0
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 5
England Simon Bedford 1
England Stephen Lee 2
England Simon Bedford 4
England Andrew Higginson 4
England Mark Joyce 5
England Barry Hawkins 4
England Wayne Cooper 3
England Barry Hawkins 0
England Mark Joyce 5
England Mark Joyce 4
England Peter Lines 0
England Mark Joyce 5
England Kuldesh Johal 4
Northern Ireland Joe Swail
Bye
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 3
England Kuldesh Johal 5
England David Roe 3
England Kuldesh Johal 4
England Mark Joyce 1
England Judd Trump 6
England Jamie Cope
Bye
England Jamie Cope 5
England David Grace 3
England Stuart Pettman wd
England David Grace wo
England Jamie Cope 2
England Judd Trump 5
England Judd Trump 4
England Matthew Couch 0
England Judd Trump 5
England Dave Harold 3
England Dave Harold 4
Thailand Supoj Saenla 1
England Judd Trump 5
China Jin Long 1
England Martin Gould 4
China Li Hang 3
England Martin Gould 5
England Andrew Norman 1
England Andrew Norman 4
Wales Jamie Jones 1
England Martin Gould 4
China Jin Long 5
England Nigel Bond
Bye
England Nigel Bond 4
China Jin Long 5
England Rod Lawler 3
China Jin Long 4
England Judd Trump 5
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 2
England Stuart Bingham
Bye
England Stuart Bingham 5
England Andy Hicks 4
England Andy Hicks 4
England Jimmy White 2
England Stuart Bingham 5
England Davis Gray 2
England Davis Gray 4
England Matthew Selt 3
England Davis Gray 5
England Robert Milkins 3
England Robert Milkins 4
England Andy Lee 1
England Stuart Bingham 1
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
England Ian McCulloch
Bye
England Ian McCulloch 5
England David Gilbert 2
England David Gilbert 4
England Stephen Craigie 2
England Ian McCulloch 3
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty
Bye
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi 4
England Michael Holt 3
Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi 4

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[8]

Televised stage centuries

[5]

Judd Trump's and Mark King's centuries were scored in the wild-card round.

References

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  2. "O’Sullivan Wins Masters Classic". (WPBSA. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  3. "Prize Money". Global Snooker. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  4. "Walden Awarded Masters Wild Card". WPBSA. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Main Event (Results)". Global Snooker. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 "Masters 2009". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  7. 1 2 "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  8. 1 2 "Qualifying (Results)". Global Snooker. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
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