2010 Masters (snooker)
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 10–17 January 2010 |
| Venue | Wembley Arena |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £486,000 |
| Winner's share | £150,000 |
| Highest break |
 Stephen Maguire (140) Neil Robertson (140) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Mark Selby |
| Runner-up |
Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Score | 10–9 |
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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.[1]
Mark Selby won in the final 10–9 against Ronnie O'Sullivan.[2][3]
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).[4] Rory McLeod was making his debut in the Masters.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5][6]
Qualifying stage
- Winner: £2,000
- Runner-up: £680
- Semi-final: £250
- Quarter-final: £105
Televised stage
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Wild-card round
In the preliminary round the wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:[7]
| Match | Date | Score | ||
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| WC1 | Monday 11 January |  Mark Williams (15) |
6–2 | Rory McLeod |
| WC2 | Sunday 10 January | Mark King (16) |
6–2 | Jimmy White |
Main draw
| 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
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| 9 | Neil Robertson
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| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| 14 | Peter Ebdon
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| 8 |  Marco Fu
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| 14 | Peter Ebdon
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| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| 15 | Mark Williams
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| 5 | Ali Carter
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| 15 | Mark Williams
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| 15 | Mark Williams
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| 4 | Shaun Murphy
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| 4 | Shaun Murphy
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| 10 | Stephen Hendry
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| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| 7 | Mark Selby
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| 3 | Stephen Maguire
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| 16 | Mark King
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| 3 | Stephen Maguire
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| 6 | Ryan Day
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| 6 | Ryan Day
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| 12 | Joe Perry
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| 3 | Stephen Maguire
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| 7 | Mark Selby
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| 7 | Mark Selby
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| 13 |  Ding Junhui
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| 7 | Mark Selby
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| 11 |  Mark Allen
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| 2 | John Higgins
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| 11 | Mark Allen
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Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas Wembley Arena, London, England, 17 January 2010 | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) England |
9–10 | Mark Selby (7) England |
| 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.[11][12] Rory McLeod was rewarded with a wild-card to the 2010 Masters, becoming the first ever black player to appear at the final stage of the tournament.[13]
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Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- ↑ Garbett, Paul (6 January 2010). "Masters snooker seals sponsorship deal". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ↑ "Comeback King Selby Shocks Rocket". WPBSA. 18 January 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ "Mark Selby shocks Ronnie O'Sullivan at Masters final". BBC Sport. 18 January 2010. Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ↑ "Jimmy White given wildcard into Masters at Wembley". BBC Sport. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "2009–10 Masters Qualifying Event". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ↑ "Prize Fund". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ "Jungle Jimmy gets Wembley wildcard". Snooker Scene Blog. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- 1 2 "Main Event (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Main Event (Draw)". WPBSA. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ↑ "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ↑ "Qualifying (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ↑ "Qualifying (Draw)". WPBSA. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ↑ "McLeod ready for Masters debut". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ↑ "Century Breaks (Qualifying)". Global Snooker. Retrieved 6 January 2010.