2014 Masters (snooker)

Dafabet Masters

Tournament information
Dates	12–19 January 2014
Venue	Alexandra Palace
City	London
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£600,000
Winner's share	£200,000
Highest break	Marco Fu (138)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Mark Selby
Score	10–4
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The 2014 Dafabet Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12–19 January 2014 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England.^[1] This was the first time that Dafabet sponsored the event.^[2]

Ronnie O'Sullivan set a new record by scoring 556 unanswered points in a professional event in his 6–0 quarter-final win against Ricky Walden.^[3] The previous record-holder was Ding Junhui, who scored 495 unanswered points against Stephen Hendry at the 2007 Premier League Snooker.^[4]

O'Sullivan set another record by reaching his tenth Masters final, surpassing the nine appearances by Hendry,^[5][6] and won his fifth Masters title by defeating defending champion Mark Selby 10–4.^[7][8] This was the third time these two players had met in a Masters final.

Field

Defending champion Mark Selby was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latest world rankings (revision 5). With O'Sullivan having a ranking of 24, Graeme Dott, ranked 16, was not invited. Robert Milkins was making his debut in the Masters.

Prize fund

The total prize money of the event was raised to £600,000 from the previous year's £500,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[9]

• 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

Main draw

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	Last 16 Best of 11 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Mark Selby	6
	15	Mark Davis	5
						1	Mark Selby	6
						13	John Higgins	5
	8	Stuart Bingham	2
	13	John Higgins	6
											1	Mark Selby	6
											9	Shaun Murphy	1
	5	Judd Trump	5
	10	Marco Fu	6
						10	Marco Fu	4
						9	Shaun Murphy	6
	4	Ding Junhui	4
	9	Shaun Murphy	6
																1	Mark Selby	4
																2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
	3	Neil Robertson	6
	11	Mark Allen	5
						3	Neil Robertson	2
						6	Stephen Maguire	6
	6	Stephen Maguire	6
	16	Joe Perry	4
											6	Stephen Maguire	2
											2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	7	Barry Hawkins	5
	12	Ricky Walden	6
						12	Ricky Walden	0
						2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	14	Robert Milkins	1

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Alexandra Palace, London, England, 19 January 2014[13][14]
Mark Selby (1)  England	4–10	Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)  England
Afternoon: 0–97 (97), 14–70 (70), 0–102 (96), 43–72, 9–84, 64–53 (O'Sullivan 53), 56–63, 37–71 Evening: 0–91 (90), 63–61, 67–27 (67), 23–60, 76–0 (67), 25–80 (72)
67	Highest break	97
0	Century breaks	0
2	50+ breaks	6

Century breaks

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• 138 Marco Fu
• 136 Mark Davis
• 134, 129 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 132, 112 Barry Hawkins
• 120, 101 Judd Trump
• 117 Shaun Murphy
• 114 Mark Allen
• 112 Stephen Maguire
• 109 John Higgins
• 106 Joe Perry
• 104 Mark Selby
• 101 Neil Robertson
• 100 Ricky Walden

References

1. "Tournament Calendar 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
2. "Dafabet Sponsor The Masters". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
3. McGovern, Thomas (17 January 2014). "Awesome O'Sullivan Smashes Record". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
4. Hendon, Dave (17 January 2014). "Record breaking O'Sullivan races into semis". Inside Snooker. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
5. "Ronnie O'Sullivan wins fifth Masters title by beating Mark Selby". BBC Sport. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
6. "O'Sullivan Into Tenth Masters Final". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
7. Mulgrew, John (19 January 2014). "Ronnie O'Sullivan wins snooker Masters: The 'Rocket' blazes to stunning victory over Mark Selby". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
8. Burnside, Brian (19 January 2014). "The 2014 Masters: Nerveless Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Mark Selby to take his fifth title". The Independent. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
9. "Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
10. "2014 Masters draw & results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
11. "2014 Masters provisional format of play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
12. "Masters snooker 2014: Scores, results and schedule". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
13. "Dafabet Masters (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
14. "Masters: Final – Match 15 – Mark Selby v Ronnie O'Sullivan". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
15. "Masters: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

External links

• 2014 Dafabet Masters – Pictures by World Snooker at Facebook