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Revision as of 14:10, 17 January 2020

2020 Dafabet Masters
Tournament information
Dates12–19 January 2020
VenueAlexandra Palace
CityLondon
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£725,000
Winner's share£250,000
Defending championEngland Judd Trump
← 2019

The 2020 Masters (also referred to as the 2020 Dafabet Masters due to sponsorship) is an ongoing professional non-ranking snooker tournament. It will take place between 12 and 19 January 2020 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. The event is the second of three Triple Crown events in the 2019–20 season, following the 2019 UK Championship and preceding the 2020 World Snooker Championship. It will be the 46th staging of the Masters tournament, which was first held in 1975. The event is organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and is being broadcast by the BBC and Eurosport in Europe.

Judd Trump was the defending champion, having beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–4 in the final of the previous year's event. However, Trump lost to Shaun Murphy 6–3 in the first round. O'Sullivan was eligible to compete in the event, but chose not to participate.

Overview

The 2020 Masters is the second Triple Crown event of the 2019–20 snooker season, following the 2019 UK Championship and preceding the 2020 World Snooker Championship.[1] The event is being held between 12 and 19 January 2020.[2] The Masters is an invitational tournament, with the top-16 players from the snooker world rankings being asked to play first held in 1975.[3][4] The defending champion Judd Trump, who won the 2019 Masters was seeded first for the event with the remaining places being allocated based on the world rankings following the UK Championship. Seven-time Masters champion, and 2019 runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan, ranked third, chose not to enter the event. O'Sullivan's place was awarded to Ali Carter, who was ranked 17th prior to the event.[5] O'Sullivan was reported to have pulled out of the event due to "personal reasons" by World Snooker.[6] O'Sullivan later commented that the reason was a "mistake", and that he did not wish to play in the event.[5][7] David Gilbert is making his Masters debut at the event.[8]

The draw for the tournament was held during the final of the 2019 UK Championship.[9] As in previous years, the top eight seeds were allocated fixed positions in the draw.[9] All matches will be played as best-of-11-frame matches, with the exception of the final, played as best-of-19-frames.[10] Shortly before the event, event organisers World Snooker were re-branded as the World Snooker Tour. In addition to the change, the Triple Crown was renamed the Triple Crown Series, with players who had won all three events wearing a crown on playing waistcoats.[11] The Masters was the first event to feature the change in branding.[12] The event is sponsored by sports betting company Dafabet.[13]

Prize fund

The prize fund for the event is £725,000, with the winner receiving £250,000.[2] This was an increase from £600,000 total prize fund and £200,000 for the winner the previous year.[9][14]

  • Winner: £250,000
  • Runner-up: £100,000
  • Semi-finals: £60,000
  • Quarter-finals: £30,000
  • Last 16: £15,000
  • Highest break: £15,000
  • Total: £725,000

Summary

First round

World number 17 Ali Carter reached the second round, defeating Mark Selby 6–4.

The Masters began on 12 January 2020 with first round matches played as best-of-11-frames. The 2019 UK champion and eighth seed Ding Junhui took on 15th seed Joe Perry in the opening match. Perry had not played in the event the prior two years, his last appearance reaching the final in 2017, whilst Ding had won only three matches since winning the event in 2011.[15] Perry took the opening frame, before Ding made the first century break of the event, completing a break of 135 in the second frame. Perry took frame three before Ding tied the match at 2–2 at the interval.[16] Perry then led 3–2 again before Ding equalised at 3–3. Perry scored a break of 93 in frame seven to lead 4–3. Ding, on a break of 41, and being likely to win the frame, broke down allowing Perry to take a 5–3 lead.[16] Perry won frame nine to win the match.[15] Perry commented post-match that "the interval came at the right time" for him as his performance improved in the second half.[16]

Three-time Masters champion and fourth seed Mark Selby played lowest seed Ali Carter in the second first round match. Carter, ranked 17th in the world, qualified for the event after the withdrawal of world number three Ronnie O'Sullivan.[17] Carter won the first frame after escaping from a snooker with a fluke shot, potting a red ball when 8–51 behind. Carter also won frame two, despite requiring two snookers, and was leading 3–1 at the interval.[18] Selby won the next three frames to lead the match for the first time, including a break of 94 in frame six.[18] Carter then took the next three frames, with breaks of 63 and 68 in the last two, to win the match 6–4.[18]

The 2012 Masters champion Neil Robertson played UK Championship runner-up Stephen Maguire. Robertson won the first four frames to lead 4–0 at the interval, and later led 5–1.[19] Maguire won frame seven with a break of 105,[20] during which Maguire hit a shot which commentator Steve Davis called: "The most amazing shot in the history of snooker." Maguire attempted to pot a red into the bottom right pocket, but hit the red with such force that the cue ball lept into the air, while the red hit the back of the pocket, also lept into the air, and landed back on the table. However, the red had so much backspin that it continued moving and rolled into the pocket. At the same time, the cue ball landed on the pack of reds, rolled across them and hit the knuckle of the right middle pocket, causing the cue ball to go in-off, rolling up the table and potting in the top right pocket.[21] Robertson led 56–0 in frame eight, but Maguire capitalised on missed shots to win the frame.[19] Maguire won the next two frames to lead to a deciding frame.[20] Robertson gained the first chance in the final frame, but missed a black ball shot, allowing Maguire to break of 62 to win the match. Post match, Maguire was informed that after four frames at the interval, bookmakers had made him 25/1 against winning the match.[20] Debutant David Gilbert played 2018 Masters champion Mark Allen. Gilbert won the first frame with a break of 77, and the second with a break of 121.[20] In frame three, Allen led 59–12, before Gilbert cleared the table with a break of 58 to win the frame, and went into the interval leading 4–0.[20] Allen won frame 5, before Gilbert won the next two frames – including a break of 95 – to win the match.[20] Gilbert commented that the performance was "probably the best [he'd] ever played".[20] Gilbert missed only eight pots during the entire match.[20]

Tournament draw

Below is the results from the event. Players in bold denote match winners.[4][22][23]

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Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 19 January 2020.

 England
Afternoon:
Evening:
Highest break
Century breaks
50+ breaks

Century breaks

A running total of 10 century breaks have been made during the tournament.[24] Neil Robertson pledged to pay £100 for every century plus £5,000 towards New South Wales wildlife charity WIRES due to the 2019–20 Australian bushfires.[19] World Snooker indicated that they would donate the same amount.[19]

Coverage

The tournament was broadcast live in the United Kingdom by BBC Sport, as well as on Eurosport in Europe.[25] Worldwide, the event was covered by China Central Television and Superstars Online in China and Sky Sports in New Zealand.[25] NowTV simulcasted the event in Hong Kong with additional commentary, with DAZN covering the event across Canada, Brazil and the United States.[25]

References

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  17. ^ "Masters 2020: Mark Selby and Ding Junhui suffer shock defeats to Joe Perry and Ali Carter". BBC Sport. 12 January 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  18. ^ a b c Coley, Ben. "Masters snooker results: Ali Carter wins 6–4 against Mark Selby; Joe Perry beats Ding Junhui 6–3 in opener". sportinglife.com. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  19. ^ a b c d "Masters 2020: Stephen Maguire beats Neil Robertson in opening round". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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  22. ^ Årdalen, Hermund. "Dafabet Masters (2020) - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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  24. ^ "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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