2010 Masters (snooker)

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]

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 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]

MatchDateScore
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
England Barry Hawkins1
England Matthew Selt3England Ben Woollaston5
England Ben Woollaston5
England Ben Woollaston4
China Liu Song1
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien4
China Liu Song4China Liu Song5
England Ben Woollaston5
England Sam Baird2
England Michael Holt3
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene3
England Martin Gould4England Martin Gould5
England Martin Gould4
England Chris Norbury3
England Michael Holt5
England Michael Holt5
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty2Wales Michael White3
England Ben Woollaston1
Wales Michael White4
England Rory McLeod5
England Stephen Lee3
Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi1England David Gray5
England David Gray5
England David Gray4
England Jimmy White4
England Ian McCulloch3
England Jimmy White4England Jimmy White5
England David Gray2
England Andrew Norman1
England Rory McLeod5
England Rory McLeod5
Wales Daniel Wells4Wales Daniel Wells0
England Rory McLeod5
England Jimmy Robertson1
England Ricky Walden2
England Ricky Walden5
England Lee Page2Belgium Bjorn Haneveer0
England Rory McLeod6
Belgium Bjorn Haneveer4
England Andrew Higginson1
England Dave Harold2
England David Gilbert1China Zhang Anda5
China Zhang Anda3
China Zhang Anda4
England Andrew Higginson5
England Judd Trump1
England Andrew Higginson4England Andrew Higginson5
England Andrew Higginson5
Thailand Noppadol Sangnil1
Wales Matthew Stevens1
Wales Matthew Stevens5
England Simon Bedford4England Simon Bedford2
Wales Matthew Stevens5
England Craig Steadman1
Thailand James Wattana3
England Stuart Bingham4
England Mark Joyce1Thailand James Wattana5
England Andrew Higginson5
Thailand James Wattana4
England Anthony Hamilton3
Northern Ireland Joe Swail2
England Tom Fordw/dEngland Joe Jogia5
England Joe Jogia1
England Joe Jogiaw/o
England Anthony Hamilton5
England Anthony Hamilton5
England Matthew Couch4England Matthew Couch0
England Anthony Hamilton5
Republic of Ireland Brendan O'Donoghue2
England Barry Pinches0
Scotland Jamie Burnett3
England Robert Milkins4England Robert Milkins5
England Robert Milkins4
England David Hogan2
England Barry Pinches5
England Jamie Cope2
England Barry Pinches4England Barry Pinches5
Northern Ireland Jordan 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]

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