2006 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Jan 2006 April 2022 2006 SAGA Insurance Masters SAGA Insurance Masters logo.jpg 2006 01 15 2006 01 22 y Wembley Conference Centre London England WPBSA Non-ranking event £125,000 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG (139) John Higgins SCO Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 10–9 2005 2007 The 2006 Masters (officially the 2006 SAGA Insurance Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 15 to 22 January 2006 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. It was the 32nd edition of the tournament, and the last time that the tournament was held at this venue. The tournament was part of the 2005/2006 season. John Higgins won his 2nd Masters title by defeating defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 in a reverse of last year's final. Field Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Shaun Murphy seeded 2. Places were allocated to the leading players in the world rankings. With Murphy having a ranking of 21, Ian McCulloch, ranked 16, was not an automatic invitation. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Stuart Bingham (ranked 37), and McCulloch, who was the wild-card selection. Stuart Bingham and Ian McCulloch were making their debuts in the Masters. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Preisgeld Masters 2006 http://www.brownball.de/masters06/preisgeld_masters06.html brownball.de 10 November 2011 Qualifying stage Winner: £2,000 Runner-up: £680 Semi-final: £250 Quarter-final: £105 Total: £3,600 Televised stage 70% 50% Winner: £125,000 Runner Up: £60,000 Semi-final: £30,000 Quarter-final: £15,000 Last 16: £10,000 Last 18 (seeded): £10,000 Last 18 (wild-cards): £2,000 50% Highest break: £10,000 Maximum break: £25,000 Wild-card round In the preliminary "wild-card round", the two wild-card players were drawn against the players seeded 15th and 16th:SAGA Insurance Masters 2006 http://www.snooker.org/trn/0506/m2006_res.shtml Snooker.org 24 October 20102006 Masters Results http://snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=65 Snooker Database 24 October 2010 7 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160807204434/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=65 dead2006 SAGA Masters http://globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/06MASTERS.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20060420100434/http://globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/06MASTERS.htm 20 April 20062006 SAGA Insurance Masters results http://www.worldsnooker.com/latest_drawsheet-44.htm worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 23 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20060127001515/http://www.worldsnooker.com/latest_drawsheet-44.htm 27 January 2006The Masters http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 8 August 2012 Match Date Score WC1 Sunday 15 January Joe Perry ENG (15) 3–6 Ian McCulloch ENG WC2 Sunday 15 January Steve Davis ENG (16) 4–6 Stuart Bingham ENG Main 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 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 6 Ian McCulloch ENG 0 8 Peter Ebdon ENG 6 Stuart Bingham ENG 4 5 Matthew Stevens WAL 3 14 Graeme Dott SCO 6 4 Stephen Maguire SCO 0 11 Stephen Lee ENG 6 3 Stephen Hendry SCO 4 13 Alan McManus SCO 6 6 Paul Hunter ENG 3 10 Mark Williams WAL 6 7 John Higgins SCO 6 9 Jimmy White ENG 3 2 Shaun Murphy ENG 6 12 Ken Doherty IRL 5 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 8 ENG Peter Ebdon 2 14 SCO Graeme Dott 5 11 ENG Stephen Lee 6 13 SCO Alan McManus 6 10 WAL Mark Williams 4 7 SCO John Higgins 6 2 ENG Shaun Murphy 4 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 11 ENG Stephen Lee 5 13 SCO Alan McManus 2 7 SCO John Higgins 6 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 9 7 SCO John Higgins 10 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian WilliamsWembley Conference Centre, London, England, 22 January 2006. Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) 9–10 John Higgins (7) Afternoon: 60–48, 139–0 (139), 138–0 (138), 0–73 (73), 0–80 (80), 20–48, 27–66, 0–71 Evening: 91–44 (91), 100–30 (56), 0–81 (81), 6–86 (68), 72–46, 100–5 (100), 1–71 (62), 62–53, 65–5 (58), 1–83, 60–64 (60, 64) 139 Highest break 80 3 Century breaks 0 7 50+ breaks 6 Qualifying The 2005 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 20 and 23 November 2005 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. The winner who qualified for the tournament, was Stuart Bingham.2005 Saga Masters Qualifying event http://globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/06MASTERSqual.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20060406181152/http://globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/06MASTERSqual.htm 6 April 20062005 Master Qualifying Event results http://www.worldsnooker.com/latest_drawsheet-52.htm worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 23 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20051125024538/http://www.worldsnooker.com/latest_drawsheet-52.htm 25 November 2005 Last 48Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 9 frames FinalBest of 11 frames ENG Rory McLeod 4 ENG Joe Jogia 3 ENG James Tatton 1 ENG Simon Bedford 4 ENG Matthew Couch 1 ENG Andrew Norman 4 NIR Patrick Wallace 4 ENG Rod Lawler 2 SCO Marcus Campbell 4 ENG Gary Wilson 0 IRL Michael Judge w/o ENG Adam Davies w/d ENG Ricky Walden 3 ENG David Roe 4 FIN Robin Hull 4 NIR Mark Allen 1 ENG Justin Astley w/o SCO James McBain w/d ENG Chris Norbury 2 ENG Alfie Burden 4 IRL Fergal O'Brien w/o ENG Brian Morgan w/d ENG Lee Spick w/o ENG Sean Storey w/d ENG Dave Harold 2 ENG Judd Trump 4 NIR Joe Swail 4 ENG Stuart Mann 0 ENG Jamie Cope 4 IRL Leo Fernandez 2 ENG Tom Ford 3 CHN Ding Junhui 4 ENG Anthony Hamilton 3 ENG Rory McLeod 5 MLT Tony Drago 5 ENG Simon Bedford 1 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 ENG Andrew Norman 2 ENG Robert Milkins w/d NIR Patrick Wallace w/o ENG Nigel Bond 4 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 NIR Gerard Greene 0 IRL Michael Judge 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 ENG David Roe 2 ENG David Gray 2 FIN Robin Hull 5 ENG Ali Carter 5 ENG Justin Astley 2 WAL Ryan Day 5 ENG Alfie Burden 3 AUS Neil Robertson 2 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 HKG Marco Fu 2 ENG Lee Spick 5 ENG Michael Holt 5 ENG Judd Trump 2 ENG Mark Selby 2 NIR Joe Swail 5 ENG John Parrott 0 ENG Jamie Cope 5 ENG Barry Pinches 2 CHN Ding Junhui 5 ENG Rory McLeod 5 MLT Tony Drago 3 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 NIR Patrick Wallace 1 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 IRL Michael Judge 3 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 FIN Robin Hull 3 ENG Ali Carter 5 WAL Ryan Day 2 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 ENG Lee Spick 2 ENG Michael Holt 2 NIR Joe Swail 5 ENG Jamie Cope 1 CHN Ding Junhui 5 ENG Rory McLeod 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 3 SCO Marcus Campbell 0 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 ENG Ali Carter 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 4 NIR Joe Swail 5 CHN Ding Junhui 4 ENG Rory McLeod 4 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 ENG Ali Carter 5 NIR Joe Swail 3 ENG Stuart Bingham 6 ENG Ali Carter 3 Century breaks Televised stage centuries Total: 11 139, 138, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 138, 100 Peter Ebdon 116, 102 Graeme Dott 115, 101 Shaun Murphy 110 John Higgins 101 Stephen Lee Qualifying stage centuries 147, 114, 109, 101 Stuart Bingham 140, 106, 100 Fergal O'Brien 132, 120, 116, 116 Ding Junhui 132, 106, 101 Barry Hawkins 130, 100 Ryan Day 127, 105 Judd Trump 127 Jamie Cope 125, 117, 114, 111 Robin Hull 125, 102, 101 Joe Swail 122 Michael Judge 120 Ricky Walden 114 Patrick Wallace 112, 100 Alfie Burden 111 James Tatton 110 Lee Spick 107 Ali Carter References Category:Masters (snooker) Category:Wembley Category:Sport in the London Borough of Brent Masters Masters (snooker) Masters (snooker)