2009 Masters (snooker)


The 2009 Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11–18 January 2009 at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
The last 16 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.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 4th Masters title by beating defending champion Mark Selby 10–8 in the final.

Field

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, and wild-card selection Ricky Walden. 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:

Qualifying stage

In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds.
MatchDateScore
WC1Sunday 11 January Mark King 2–6 Ricky Walden
WC2Monday 12 January Mark Allen 6–4 Judd Trump

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

The 2008 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 21–26 November 2008 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The winner was awarded with a wild-card to the 2009 Masters.

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

Total: 31
Judd Trump's and Mark King's centuries were scored in the wild-card round.

Qualifying stage centuries