2010 Masters (snooker)


The 2010 PokerStars.com Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10–17 January 2010 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. This was the first time that the Masters was sponsored by PokerStars.com.
Mark Selby won his 2nd Masters title by beating defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 in the final after trailing 4–1, 5–3 and 9–6.

Field

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, and wild-card selection Jimmy White. 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:

Qualifying stage

In the preliminary round the wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:
MatchDateScore
WC1Monday 11 January Mark Williams 6–2 Rory McLeod
WC2Sunday 10 January Mark King 6–2 Jimmy White

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

The 2009 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 26 and 29 October 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales. Rory McLeod was rewarded with a wild-card to the 2010 Masters.

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

A total of 20 century breaks were made during the event.
A total of 12 centuries were made during qualifying for the event.