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2007 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Jan 2007

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Jan 2007

FieldValue
tournament_name2007 SAGA Insurance Masters
logoSAGA Insurance Masters logo.jpg
dates
venueWembley Arena
locationLondon
countryEngland
organisationWPBSA
formatNon-ranking event
winners_share£130,000
highest_breakDing Junhui (147)
winnerRonnie O'Sullivan
runner_upDing Junhui
score10–3
previous[2006](2006-masters-snooker)
next[2008](2008-masters-snooker)

The 2007 Masters (officially the 2007 SAGA Insurance Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 14 to 21 January 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament. In a slight change for 2007, there were 19 competitors, as opposed to 18 up until 2006. The top 16 seeds for ranking events were automatically invited, while the other players entered a qualifying tournament for the right to one of three wild-card places. The two remaining places were granted by the game's governing body at their discretion to Jimmy White and Ding Junhui. Stuart Bingham won the qualifying tournament.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his third Masters title by defeating Ding Junhui 10–3 in the final. With a noticeably partisan crowd, a visibly upset Ding went to shake O'Sullivan's hand after the latter won the 12th frame to go 9–3 in front, apparently believing that the match was over. The two walked arm-in-arm out of the arena. After O'Sullivan clinched the match in the following frame, it later transpired that Ding had indeed believed the match was best-of-17 frames.

Field

Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Graeme Dott seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 14, 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Stuart Bingham (ranked 24), and two wild-card selections, Ding Junhui (ranked 27) and Jimmy White (ranked 34). This was the only time that there were three matches in the wild-card round. Barry Hawkins was making his debut in the Masters.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Qualifying stage

  • Winner: £2,000
  • Runner-up: £680
  • Semi-final: £250
  • Quarter-final: £105
  • Total: £3,600

Televised stage

  • Winner: £130,000
  • Runner-up: £62,000
  • Semi-final: £32,000
  • Quarter-final: £16,000
  • Last 16: £12,000
  • Last 18 (seeded): £12,000
  • Last 18 (wild-cards): £2,000
  • Highest break: £10,000
  • Maximum break: £25,000

Wild-card round

In the preliminary "wild-card round", the three wild-card players were drawn against the players seeded 14th, 15th and 16th: During the course of his match against Anthony Hamilton, Ding Junhui became the 28th and youngest ever player to score a maximum 147 break on live television. Aged , he broke the previous record set by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1997 who was then old. This was also just the second maximum in the history of the Masters.

MatchDateScore
WC1Sunday 14 January**Matthew Stevens** (14)
WC2Sunday 14 January**Ali Carter** (15)
WC3Sunday 14 JanuaryAnthony Hamilton (16)

Main draw

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Final

**10**50+ breaks3

Qualifying

The 2006 Masters Qualifying Event were held between 4 and 9 November 2006 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England. The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Stuart Bingham.

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RD2-score04=4 | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=ENG Barry Pinches | RD2-score05=5 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=SCO Jamie Burnett | RD2-score06=4 | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=ENG David Gray | RD2-score07=5 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=ENG Judd Trump | RD2-score08=4 | RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09=ENG Stuart Bingham | RD2-score09=5 | RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=ENG Paul Davison | RD2-score10=1 | RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11=ENG Mark King | RD2-score11=5 | RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12=NIR Mark Allen | RD2-score12=4 | RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13=ENG Ricky Walden | RD2-score13=5 | RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=MLT Alex Borg | RD2-score14=3 | RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15=ENG Michael Holt | RD2-score15=5 | RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=ENG Chris Norbury | RD2-score16=0 | RD2-seed17= | RD2-team17=ENG Nigel Bond | RD2-score17=5 | RD2-seed18= | RD2-team18=ENG Mark Joyce | RD2-score18=3 | RD2-seed19= | RD2-team19=NIR Joe Swail | RD2-score19=5 | RD2-seed20= | RD2-team20=ENG Tom Ford | RD2-score20=1 | RD2-seed21= | RD2-team21=ENG Mark Selby | 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| RD4-team07=HKG Marco Fu | RD4-score07=5 | RD4-seed08= | RD4-team08=CHN Liang Wenbo | RD4-score08=4 | RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01=ENG David Gray | RD5-score01=2 | RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02=ENG Stuart Bingham | RD5-score02=5 | RD5-seed03= | RD5-team03=ENG Mark Selby | RD5-score03=5 | RD5-seed04= | RD5-team04=HKG Marco Fu | RD5-score04=2 | RD6-seed01= | RD6-team01=ENG Stuart Bingham | RD6-score01=6 | RD6-seed02= | RD6-team02=ENG Mark Selby | RD6-score02=2

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

Total: 26

  • 147, 128, 109, 108, 105, 105, 104 Ding Junhui
  • 143, 130, 128, 117, 116, 115, 106, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • 129 Stephen Hendry
  • 127 Ken Doherty
  • 126, 102 Neil Robertson
  • 116 Stephen Maguire
  • 105, 103, 103 Matthew Stevens
  • 103 Anthony Hamilton
  • 103 Ali Carter
  • 100 Stephen Lee

Qualifying stage centuries

  • 137, 124, 103 Marco Fu
  • 137 Michael Holt
  • 131 Dene O'Kane
  • 129, 112 Barry Pinches
  • 127, 123, 121, 116, 114, 106 Mark Selby
  • 118, 110, 104, 102 Stuart Bingham
  • 118 Mark King
  • 116 Joe Perry
  • 105, 104 David Gray
  • 104 Jeff Cundy
  • 104 Judd Trump
  • 103 Liang Wenbo
  • 102 Michael Judge
  • 100 Ian McCulloch

References

References

  1. "Preisgeld Masters 2007". brownball.de.
  2. "SAGA Insurance Masters 2007". Snooker.org.
  3. "2007 Saga Masters". Global Snooker Centre.
  4. "The Masters". Snooker Scene.
  5. (14 January 2007). "Ding compiles maximum at Masters". [[BBC Sport]].
  6. "2006 Saga Masters Qualifying Event". Global Snooker Centre.
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