2009 Masters (snooker)
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.
| Tournament information | |
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| 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 |  |
| Final | |
| Champion |  |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | 10–8 |
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Sunday 11 January | |
2–6 | |
| WC2 | Monday 12 January |  |
6–4 | |
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 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 6 | | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas Wembley Arena, London, England, 18 January 2009.[5][6] | ||
| Mark Selby (1) |
8–10 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) |
| 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]
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.
- "Main Event (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- "Masters 2009". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- "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.