2010 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Jan 2010 December 2022 June 2013 2010 PokerStars.com Masters 2010 Masters (snooker) logo.gif 2010 01 10 2010 01 17 y Wembley Arena London England WPBSA Non-ranking event £486,000 £150,000 Stephen Maguire SCO (140)Neil Robertson AUS (140) Mark Selby ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 10–9 2009 2011 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.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/6941757/Masters-snooker-seals-sponsorship-deal.html Masters snooker seals sponsorship deal Garbett Paul 6 January 2010 The Daily Telegraph London 6 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100109131339/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/6941757/Masters-snooker-seals-sponsorship-deal.html 9 January 2010 live 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.http://www.worldsnooker.com/masters10_news-105436.htm?tid=148 Comeback King Selby Shocks Rocket 18 January 2010 WPBSA 18 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100121143204/http://www.worldsnooker.com/masters10_news-105525.htm?tid=148 21 January 2010https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/8464301.stm Mark Selby shocks Ronnie O'Sullivan at Masters final 18 January 2010 BBC Sport 20 January 2010 live https://web.archive.org/web/20100120081649/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/8464301.stm 20 January 2010 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).https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/8418717.stm Jimmy White given wildcard into Masters at Wembley 17 December 2009 BBC Sport 21 January 2015 Rory McLeod was making his debut in the Masters following his win in the qualifying tournament;Rory Mcleod RKG - Snooker https://www.rkgsnooker.com/player/player-profile/rory-mcleod/token-86 2024-01-31 www.rkgsnooker.com 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:http://www.global-snooker.com/Masters-Snooker-qualifying-2009-10.asp 2009–10 Masters Qualifying Event Global Snooker 11 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100113110615/http://www.global-snooker.com/Masters-Snooker-qualifying-2009-10.asp 13 January 2010 usurpedhttp://www.global-snooker.com/Pokerstars-Masters-2010-prize-fund.asp Prize Fund Global Snooker 18 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100116224717/http://www.global-snooker.com/Pokerstars-Masters-2010-prize-fund.asp 16 January 2010 usurped Qualifying stage Winner: £2,000 Runner-up: £680 Semi-final: £250 Quarter-final: £105 Televised stage 70% 50% Winner: £150,000 Runner-up: £75,000 Semi-final: £34,000 Quarter-final: £16,000 Last 16: £14,000 Last 18 (wild-cards): £3,500 50% Highest break: £10,000 Maximum break: £25,000 Total: £486,000 Wild-card round In the preliminary round the wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:https://snookerscene.blogspot.com/2009/12/jungle-jimmy-gets-wembley-wildcard.html Jungle Jimmy gets Wembley wildcard 7 December 2009 Snooker Scene Blog 6 January 2010 Match Date Score 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 http://www.global-snooker.com/Masters-2010-Schedule.asp Main Event (Results) global-snooker.com 6 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100113110523/http://www.global-snooker.com/Masters-2010-Schedule.asp 13 January 2010 usurpedhttp://www.worldsnooker.com/masters10_draw.htm?tid=148 Main Event (Draw) WPBSA 6 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20091223023332/http://www.worldsnooker.com/masters10_draw.htm?tid=148 23 December 2009 dead The 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 14 July 2012 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 9 Neil Robertson AUS 4 8 Marco Fu HKG 2 14 Peter Ebdon ENG 6 5 Ali Carter ENG 3 15 Mark Williams WAL 6 4 Shaun Murphy ENG 6 10 Stephen Hendry SCO 4 3 Stephen Maguire SCO 6 16 Mark King ENG 3 6 Ryan Day WAL 6 12 Joe Perry ENG 0 7 Mark Selby ENG 6 13 Ding Junhui CHN 1 2 John Higgins SCO 3 11 Mark Allen NIR 6 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 14 ENG Peter Ebdon 3 15 WAL Mark Williams 6 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 4 3 SCO Stephen Maguire 6 6 WAL Ryan Day 1 7 ENG Mark Selby 6 11 NIR Mark Allen 5 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 15 WAL Mark Williams 5 3 SCO Stephen Maguire 3 7 ENG Mark Selby 6 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 9 7 ENG Mark Selby 10 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan VerhaasWembley Arena, London, England, 17 January 2010 Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) 9–10 Mark Selby (7) 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.http://www.global-snooker.com/Masters-Snooker-qualifying-2009-schedule.asp Qualifying (Results) Global Snooker 6 January 2010 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20100102113256/http://www.global-snooker.com/Masters-Snooker-qualifying-2009-schedule.asp 2 January 2010http://www.worldsnooker.com/masters10_qualifying_draw.htm?tid=147 Qualifying (Draw) WPBSA 6 January 2010 Rory McLeod earned a wild-card to the 2010 Masters, beating Andrew Higginson 6–1 in the final.http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=snooker/09/10/29/manual_210731.html McLeod ready for Masters debut Sporting Life 6 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110605032744/http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=snooker%2F09%2F10%2F29%2Fmanual_210731.html 5 June 2011 dead 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 ENG Matthew Selt 3 ENG Ben Woollaston 4 CHN Liu Song 4 ENG Sam Baird 2 ENG Martin Gould 4 ENG Chris Norbury 3 IRL Ken Doherty 2 WAL Michael White 4 THA Atthasit Mahitthi 1 ENG David Gray 4 ENG Jimmy White 4 ENG Andrew Norman 1 WAL Daniel Wells 4 ENG Jimmy Robertson 1 ENG Lee Page 2 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 4 ENG David Gilbert 1 CHN Zhang Anda 4 ENG Andrew Higginson 4 THA Noppadol Sangnil 1 ENG Simon Bedford 4 ENG Craig Steadman 1 ENG Mark Joyce 1 THA James Wattana 4 ENG Tom Ford w/d ENG Joe Jogia w/o ENG Matthew Couch 4 IRL Brendan O'Donoghue 2 ENG Robert Milkins 4 ENG David Hogan 2 ENG Barry Pinches 4 NIR Jordan Brown 2 ENG Barry Hawkins 1 ENG Ben Woollaston 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 4 CHN Liu Song 5 NIR Gerard Greene 3 ENG Martin Gould 5 ENG Michael Holt 5 WAL Michael White 3 ENG Stephen Lee 3 ENG David Gray 5 ENG Ian McCulloch 3 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG Rory McLeod 5 WAL Daniel Wells 0 ENG Ricky Walden 5 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 0 ENG Dave Harold 2 CHN Zhang Anda 5 ENG Judd Trump 1 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 ENG Simon Bedford 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 4 THA James Wattana 5 NIR Joe Swail 2 ENG Joe Jogia 5 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Matthew Couch 0 SCO Jamie Burnett 3 ENG Robert Milkins 5 ENG Jamie Cope 2 ENG Barry Pinches 5 ENG Ben Woollaston 5 CHN Liu Song 1 ENG Martin Gould 4 ENG Michael Holt 5 ENG David Gray 5 ENG Jimmy White 4 ENG Rory McLeod 5 ENG Ricky Walden 2 CHN Zhang Anda 3 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 THA James Wattana 3 ENG Joe Jogia 1 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Robert Milkins 4 ENG Barry Pinches 5 ENG Ben Woollaston 5 ENG Michael Holt 3 ENG David Gray 2 ENG Rory McLeod 5 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 WAL Matthew Stevens 1 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Barry Pinches 0 ENG Ben Woollaston 1 ENG Rory McLeod 5 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 ENG Anthony Hamilton 3 ENG Rory McLeod 6 ENG Andrew Higginson 1 Century breaks Televised stage centuries A total of 20 century breaks were made during the event. 140, 121 Stephen Maguire 140, 101 Neil Robertson 132, 107, 102 Mark Williams 129, 112, 109 Mark Selby 122, 114, 106, 106, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan 114, 104 Stephen Hendry 114 Mark Allen 106, 100 Shaun Murphy Qualifying stage centuries A total of 12 centuries were made during qualifying for the event.http://www.global-snooker.com/Masters-Snooker-qualifer-centuries.asp Century Breaks (Qualifying) Global Snooker 6 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110705070132/http://www.global-snooker.com/Masters-Snooker-qualifer-centuries.asp 5 July 2011 usurped 137 Barry Pinches 125 Judd Trump 120 Bjorn Haneveer 118 Matthew Selt 116 Jimmy White 111, 109 Anthony Hamilton 107, 100 Jamie Burnett 106 David Gray 105 Rory McLeod 100 Robert Milkins References 2010 Category:2010 in snooker Category:2010 in sport in London Category:January 2010 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:Sport in the London Borough of Brent Category:Events at Wembley Arena