2016 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Jan 2016 2016 Dafabet Masters 2016 01 10 2016 01 17 y Alexandra Palace London England World Snooker Non-ranking event £600,000 £200,000 Judd Trump ENG (140) Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG Barry Hawkins ENG 10–1 2015 2017 The 2016 Masters (officially the 2016 Dafabet Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 17 January 2016 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England.Dafabet Masters 2016 http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/masters worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 8 January 2016 It was the 42nd staging of the Masters tournament and the fifth successive time it was held at the Alexandra Palace. The defending champion Shaun Murphy lost 4–6 against Mark Allen in the first round. Murphy forfeited the sixth frame of the match by missing a red on three consecutive occasions. The quarter-final between Judd Trump and Neil Robertson produced six century breaks, setting a new record for the most centuries in an 11-frame match. These included the two highest breaks of the tournament, 140 from Trump and 139 from Robertson. The match was singled out for particular praise, with John Virgo calling it one of the greatest in Masters history. Playing in his first major televised tournament since taking an eight-month hiatus from professional snooker, Ronnie O'Sullivan reached a record-extending 11th Masters final and won the tournament for a sixth time, equalling Stephen Hendry's record for the most Masters titles. Losing only the first frame, he defeated Barry Hawkins 10–1, the biggest winning margin since Steve Davis whitewashed Mike Hallett 9–0 in 1988, and the first time a player had won ten consecutive frames in a Masters final. Overview thumb|alt=Photo of Alexandra Palace|The event was held at the Alexandra Palace in London, England (pictured). The Masters is an invitational snooker tournament first held in 1975.11 January 2015 A Brief History of the Dafabet Masters https://wpbsa.com/a-brief-history-of-the-dafabet-masters/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20200722171547/https://wpbsa.com/a-brief-history-of-the-dafabet-masters/ 22 July 2020 22 July 2020 WPBSA Organised by World Snooker, the 2016 Masters was the 42nd staging of the tournament. It was the second Triple Crown event of the 2015–16 snooker season, following the 2015 UK Championship and preceding the 2016 World Snooker Championship. Held between 10 and 17 January 2016, the event was played at the Alexandra Palace in London. Matches were played as the best-of-11 frame frames until the final, which was the best-of-19 frames played over two sessions.https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=417 Dafabet Masters (2016) snooker.org 29 January 2014 The event was sponsored for the third time by online betting site Dafabet. Participants The event featured the 16 players who were placed highest in the world rankings after the UK Championship in December 2021. The defending champion was Shaun Murphy, who won the 2015 Masters with a 10–2 victory over Neil Robertson in the final. Murphy was seeded first for the event as defending champion. Stuart Bingham, as world champion, was seeded second. The next six players in the world rankings were seeded and allocated fixed positions in the draw, with the remaining eight participants drawn randomly against the. Liang Wenbo, who entered the top 16 for the first time after reaching the final of the UK Champion, made his Masters debut,https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/35305635 Masters: John Higgins & Neil Robertson win in first round 13 January 2016 BBC Sport 29 January 2024 the only player to do so at the 2015 event. Prize fund The total prize money of the event was unchanged at £600,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below: Winner: £200,000 Runner-up: £90,000 Semi-finals: £50,000 Quarter-finals: £25,000 Last 16: £12,500 Highest break: £10,000 Total: £600,000 Tournament summary First round thumb|alt=Shaun Murphy playing a shot|Shaun Murphy (pictured in 2015), the defending champion, forfeited a frame under the three-miss rule in his first-round match against Mark Allen and went on to lose 4–6. The first round was played between 10 and 13 January 2014 as the best-of-11 frames.Masters 2016: Full tournament results https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/35071249 BBC 15 January 2016 29 January 2024 In the opening match, the defending champion, Shaun Murphy, faced Mark Allen, semifinalist in 2011. The first two frames were shared, with break breaks of 50 for Allen and 68 for Murphy, and Allen then compiled a century break of 137.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jan/11/shaun-murphy-mark-allen-masters-forfeit-frame Shaun Murphy loses in first round at Masters after forfeiting frame 11 January 2016 The Guardian 19 January 2016 Murphy tied the match once again with a 65 break, but Allen made another half-century, this time of 91, to move one ahead. Murphy forfeited the sixth frame under the three-miss rule,https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/35276567 Masters 2016: Shaun Murphy forfeits frame with three fouls 10 January 2016 BBC Sport 29 January 2024 but he said he did not have other options rather than to risk it: "I had to man up, take a deep breath and play the right shot. Unfortunately I got it completely wrong". Allen then compiled a century of 104 in the next one to put himself one away from victory. Although Murphy won two frames on the trot thanks to a break of 67 and a century of 100, Allen clinched victory in the tenth frame, the only one other than the one ended after the three misses that did not feature a half-century. The 2011 champion, Ding Junhui, and Stuart Bingham, who had won the 2015 World Snooker Championship at the end of the previous season, also shared the first two frames of their first-round encounter. In the third frame, Bingham was on a maximum break attempt, but, having potted fifteen red red balls and fifteen black blacks, he missed the yellow while beginning to clearance clear up the colours, and the break ended at 120.https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/35276888 Masters 2016: Shaun Murphy beaten in round one by Mark Allen 10 January 2016 BBC Sport 29 January 2024 Bingham then sealed the first victory of his career in the Masters with a 6–4 result after close to four hours of play. The following day, Stephen Maguire, four-time semi-finalist, faced Judd Trump, who had lost his first-round match in the Masters for two consecutive years. Maguire took the second frame to level the match at 1–1, but then went on to lose four on the trot.https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/35285948 Masters 2016: Trump beats Maguire, Hawkins beats Perry 11 January 2016 BBC Sport 30 January 2024 He then compiled breaks of 92, 74 and 56, and restored balance at 4–4. However, Trump won the ninth and tenth breaks to seal victory. "My lack of form has put pressure on because I was used to going out there and expecting to play well", said Trump, who wanted to "give snooker four or five years of complete dedication and see what happens". In the evening, Barry Hawkins and Joe Perry shared the first six frames, but Hawkins, aided by half-centuries of 81 and 58, won three on the trot to advance into the quarter-finals. Quarter-finals The quarter-final between Judd Trump and Neil Robertson produced six century breaks, setting a new record for the most centuries in an 11-frame match.Trump Wins ‘Greatest Ever’ Masters Match http://www.worldsnooker.com/trump-wins-greatest-ever-masters-match/ worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 15 January 2016 20 January 2016 These included the two highest breaks of the tournament, 140 from Trump and 139 from Robertson. The match was singled out for particular praise, with John Virgo calling it one of the greatest in Masters history.https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/35326484 Masters: Judd Trump wins thriller as Bingham also progresses 15 January 2016 BBC Sport 19 January 2016 Semi-finals Final Playing in his first major televised tournament since taking an eight-month hiatus from professional snooker, Ronnie O'Sullivan reached a record-extending 11th Masters final and won the tournament for a sixth time, equalling Stephen Hendry's record for the most Masters titles.https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/35338789 Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Barry Hawkins to win sixth title 17 January 2016 BBC Sport 19 January 2016 Losing only the first frame, he defeated Barry Hawkins 10–1, the biggest winning margin since Steve Davis whitewashed Mike Hallett 9–0 in 1988,https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jan/17/ronnie-osullivan-barry-hawkins-masters-title Ronnie O’Sullivan crushes Barry Hawkins 10–1 for sixth Masters title 17 January 2016 The Guardian 18 January 2016 and the first time a player had won ten consecutive frames in a Masters final.http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/14210768.Ronnie_O_Sullivan_warns_snooker_s_elder_statesmen_can_still_rack_up_shocks_after__demolition_job_to_reclaim_Masters_crown/ Ronnie O'Sullivan warns snooker's elder statesmen can still rack up shocks after demolition job to reclaim Masters crown 18 January 2016 Evening Times 20 January 2016 Tournament draw 180 Last 16 Best of 11 frames Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames Semi-finals Best of 11 frames Final Best of 19 frames 1 Shaun Murphy ENG 4 11 Mark Allen NIR 6 8 Barry Hawkins ENG 6 10 Joe Perry ENG 3 5 Judd Trump ENG 6 16 Stephen Maguire SCO 4 4 Neil Robertson AUS 6 14 Marco Fu HKG 0 3 Mark Selby ENG 6 12 Ricky Walden ENG 0 6 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 6 13 Mark Williams WAL 5 7 John Higgins SCO 6 15 Liang Wenbo CHN 4 2 Stuart Bingham ENG 6 9 Ding Junhui CHN 4 11 NIR Mark Allen 2 8 ENG Barry Hawkins 6 5 ENG Judd Trump 6 4 AUS Neil Robertson 5 3 ENG Mark Selby 3 6 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 7 SCO John Higgins 3 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 6 8 ENG Barry Hawkins 6 5 ENG Judd Trump 4 6 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 3 8 ENG Barry Hawkins 1 6 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 10 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel.Alexandra Palace, London, England, 17 January 2016. Barry Hawkins (8) 1–10 Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) Afternoon: 66–50, 8–97 (70), 0–136 (136), 49–73 (52), 28–72, 36–64, 17–77 (77), 13–72 (72)Evening: 39–58, 0–92 (66), 0–82 (82) 48 Highest break 136 0 Century breaks 1 0 50+ breaks 7 Century breaks Total: 26Masters – Century Breaks http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13858/the-masters worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 17 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160120135901/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13858/the-masters 20 January 2016 dead 140, 129, 105, 104, 103 Judd Trump 139, 106, 100 Neil Robertson 137, 109, 104 Mark Allen 136, 121, 117, 104, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 133, 120, 119, 104 John Higgins 130, 128, 100 Barry Hawkins 120 Stuart Bingham 113 Mark Selby 100 Shaun Murphy References July 2022 April 2015 Masters Category:2016 in snooker Category:January 2016 sports events in the United Kingdom 2016 Masters 2016 Masters 2016