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.
| 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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Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 4th Masters title by beating defending champion Mark Selby 10–8 in the final.[1][2]
The quarter-final 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.
Field edit
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 edit
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]
Qualifying stage edit
- Winner: £2,000
- Runner-up: £680
- Semi-final: £250
- Quarter-final: £105
- Total: £1,600
Television stage edit
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Wild-card round edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
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 edit
Televised stage centuries edit
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 edit
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References edit
- ^ "O'Sullivan reclaims Masters crown". BBC Sport. 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
- ^ "O'Sullivan Wins Masters Classic". (WPBSA. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- ^ "Prize Money". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. 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 27 December 2009. 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.