2009 Masters (snooker)
Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Jan 2009
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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.
| 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
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
- Winner: £2,000
- Runner-up: £680
- Semi-final: £250
- Quarter-final: £105
- Total: £1,600
Television stage
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Qualifying
The 2008 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 21 and 26 November 2008 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.[4][5] The winner was awarded with a wild-card to the 2009 Masters.[6]
Wild-card round
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds.[7][8][9][10]
| 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)
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| Ricky Walden (ENG)
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| 1 | Mark Selby
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| 16 | Mark Allen
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| 8 |  Ryan Day (WAL)
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| 16 | Mark Allen (NIR)
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| 1 | Mark Selby
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| 5 | John Higgins
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| 5 | John Higgins (SCO)
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| 14 |  Marco Fu (HKG)
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| 5 | John Higgins
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| 11 |  Ding Junhui
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| 4 | Shaun Murphy (ENG)
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| 11 | Ding Junhui (CHN)
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| 1 | Mark Selby
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| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| 3 | Stephen Maguire (SCO)
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| 13 | Graeme Dott (SCO)
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| 3 | Stephen Maguire
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| 10 |  Neil Robertson
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| 6 | Stephen Hendry (SCO)
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| 10 | Neil Robertson (AUS)
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| 3 | Stephen Maguire
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| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| 7 | Ali Carter (ENG)
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| 9 | Peter Ebdon (ENG)
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| 7 | Ali Carter
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| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
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| 12 | Joe Perry (ENG)
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Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas Wembley Arena, London, England, 18 January 2009.[8][9] | ||
| 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 |
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
Total: 31[8]
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Judd Trump's and Mark King's centuries were scored in the wild-card round.