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2010 PokerStars.com Masters
Tournament information
Dates10–17 January 2010 (2010-01-10 – 2010-01-17)
VenueWembley Arena
CityLondon
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£486,000
Winner's share£150,000
Highest break Stephen Maguire (SCO) (140)
 Neil Robertson (AUS) (140)
Final
Champion Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score10–9
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The 2010 Masters (officially the 2010 PokerStars.com Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 17 January 2010 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. This was the first time that the Masters was sponsored by PokerStars.com.[1]

The final was a repeat of the previous years' final, with Mark Selby playing against the defending championship Ronnie O'Sullivan. Unlike the previous year, Selby won his 2nd Masters title by defeating O'Sullivan 10–9 in the final after trailing 4–1, 5–3 and 9–6.[2][3]

Field

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins 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, Rory McLeod (ranked 39), and wild-card selection Jimmy White (ranked 56).[4] Rory McLeod was making his debut in the Masters following his win in the qualifying tournament; this to date is the last Masters to feature such qualifying tournament and the wildcard round in general.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5][6]

Qualifying stage

  • Winner: £2,000
  • Runner-up: £680
  • Semi-final: £250
  • Quarter-final: £105

Televised stage

Wild-card round

In the preliminary round the wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:[7]

Match Date Score
WC1 Monday 11 January  Mark Williams (WAL) (15) 6–2  Rory McLeod (ENG)
WC2 Sunday 10 January  Mark King (ENG) (16) 6–2  Jimmy White (ENG)

Main draw

[8][9][10]

Last 16
Best of 11 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 6
9  Neil Robertson (AUS) 4
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
14 England Peter Ebdon 3
8  Marco Fu (HKG) 2
14  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 6
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
15 Wales Mark Williams 5
5  Ali Carter (ENG) 3
15  Mark Williams (WAL) 6
15 Wales Mark Williams 6
4 England Shaun Murphy 4
4  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 6
10  Stephen Hendry (SCO) 4
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9
7 England Mark Selby 10
3  Stephen Maguire (SCO) 6
16  Mark King (ENG) 3
3 Scotland Stephen Maguire 6
6 Wales Ryan Day 1
6  Ryan Day (WAL) 6
12  Joe Perry (ENG) 0
3 Scotland Stephen Maguire 3
7 England Mark Selby 6
7  Mark Selby (ENG) 6
13  Ding Junhui (CHN) 1
7 England Mark Selby 6
11 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 5
2  John Higgins (SCO) 3
11  Mark Allen (NIR) 6

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas
Wembley Arena, London, England, 17 January 2010
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
 England 		9–10 Mark Selby (7)
 England
Afternoon: 35–81, 90–34 (56), 86–7 (86), 122–0 (122), 101–4 (101), 0–83 (83), 0–112 (112), 74–33 (54)
Evening: 0–117 (54, 58), 114–8 (92), 0–129 (129), 74–41, 0–78 (78), 137–0 (89), 91–3 (91), 25–92 (62), 8–109 (109), 67–78, 0–65
122 Highest break 129
2 Century breaks 3
8 50+ breaks 8

Qualifying

The 2009 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 26 and 29 October 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.[11][12] Rory McLeod earned a wild-card to the 2010 Masters, beating Andrew Higginson 6–1 in the final.[13]

Round 1
Best of 7 frames		Round 2
Best of 9 frames		Round 3
Best of 9 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames		Final
Best of 11 frames
EnglandBarry Hawkins1
EnglandMatthew Selt3EnglandBen Woollaston5
EnglandBen Woollaston5
EnglandBen Woollaston4
ChinaLiu Song1
Republic of IrelandFergal O'Brien4
ChinaLiu Song4ChinaLiu Song5
EnglandBen Woollaston5
EnglandSam Baird2
EnglandMichael Holt3
Northern IrelandGerard Greene3
EnglandMartin Gould4EnglandMartin Gould5
EnglandMartin Gould4
EnglandChris Norbury3
EnglandMichael Holt5
EnglandMichael Holt5
Republic of IrelandKen Doherty2WalesMichael White3
EnglandBen Woollaston1
WalesMichael White4
EnglandRory McLeod5
EnglandStephen Lee3
ThailandAtthasit Mahitthi1EnglandDavid Gray5
EnglandDavid Gray5
EnglandDavid Gray4
EnglandJimmy White4
EnglandIan McCulloch3
EnglandJimmy White4EnglandJimmy White5
EnglandDavid Gray2
EnglandAndrew Norman1
EnglandRory McLeod5
EnglandRory McLeod5
WalesDaniel Wells4WalesDaniel Wells0
EnglandRory McLeod5
EnglandJimmy Robertson1
EnglandRicky Walden2
EnglandRicky Walden5
EnglandLee Page2BelgiumBjorn Haneveer0
EnglandRory McLeod6
BelgiumBjorn Haneveer4
EnglandAndrew Higginson1
EnglandDave Harold2
EnglandDavid Gilbert1ChinaZhang Anda5
ChinaZhang Anda3
ChinaZhang Anda4
EnglandAndrew Higginson5
EnglandJudd Trump1
EnglandAndrew Higginson4EnglandAndrew Higginson5
EnglandAndrew Higginson5
ThailandNoppadol Sangnil1
WalesMatthew Stevens1
WalesMatthew Stevens5
EnglandSimon Bedford4EnglandSimon Bedford2
WalesMatthew Stevens5
EnglandCraig Steadman1
ThailandJames Wattana3
EnglandStuart Bingham4
EnglandMark Joyce1ThailandJames Wattana5
EnglandAndrew Higginson5
ThailandJames Wattana4
EnglandAnthony Hamilton3
Northern IrelandJoe Swail2
EnglandTom Fordw/dEnglandJoe Jogia5
EnglandJoe Jogia1
EnglandJoe Jogiaw/o
EnglandAnthony Hamilton5
EnglandAnthony Hamilton5
EnglandMatthew Couch4EnglandMatthew Couch0
EnglandAnthony Hamilton5
Republic of IrelandBrendan O'Donoghue2
EnglandBarry Pinches0
ScotlandJamie Burnett3
EnglandRobert Milkins4EnglandRobert Milkins5
EnglandRobert Milkins4
EnglandDavid Hogan2
EnglandBarry Pinches5
EnglandJamie Cope2
EnglandBarry Pinches4EnglandBarry Pinches5
Northern IrelandJordan Brown2

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

A total of 20 century breaks were made during the event.[8]

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 12 centuries were made during qualifying for the event.[14]

References

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  3. ^ "Mark Selby shocks Ronnie O'Sullivan at Masters final". BBC Sport. 18 January 2010. Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Jimmy White given wildcard into Masters at Wembley". BBC Sport. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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  6. ^ "Prize Fund". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Jungle Jimmy gets Wembley wildcard". Snooker Scene Blog. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
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  10. ^ "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Qualifying (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
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  13. ^ "McLeod ready for Masters debut". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  14. ^ "Century Breaks (Qualifying)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
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