2008 Masters (snooker)

Overview

The 2008 Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 13 to 20 January 2008 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was sponsored by Saga Insurance. The second Triple Crown event of the 200708 season, following the 2007 UK Championship and preceding the 2008 World Snooker Championship, the tournament was the 34th edition of the Masters, which was first held in 1975 for ten invited players at the West Centre Hotel in London. John Spencer won the inaugural event, defeating Ray Reardon on a in the of the final. The second-oldest professional snooker tournament, after the World Snooker Championship, the Masters had been staged at the Wembley Arena since 2007. As of 2008, Stephen Hendry was the most successful player in the tournament's history, having won the title six times. Ronnie O'Sullivan held the record as the tournament's youngest winner, having won his first title in 1995, aged 19. Reardon stood as the oldest winner, as he was 43 when he prevailed in the 1976 final.

Participants

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, Barry Hawkins (ranked 19), and wild-card selection Marco Fu (ranked 27). Mark Selby was making his debut in the Masters.

Prize money

The winner of the event received £150,000 from a total prize fund of £460,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:

Qualifying stage

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

Televised stage

• Winner: £150,000
• Runner-up: £68,000
• Semi-final: £34,000
• Quarter-finalist: £16,000
• First round: £12,000
• Last 18 (wild-cards): £2,000
• Highest : £10,000
• Maximum break: £25,000
• Total: £460,000

Summary

Wild-card round

The wild-card-round matches were played as the best of 11 . In his match against Barry Hawkins, Ryan Day potted fifteen and was on course for a maximum break, but lost position and missed the fifteenth . He went on to win 62. Marco Fu compiled a century break and four further to defeat Steve Davis 62. "I was capitalising more on Steve [Davis]'s errors than creating good chances of my own," Fu said.

First round

The first-round matches were played as the best of 11 frames. Stephen Maguire faced Ronnie O'Sullivan, who was the defending champion and had defeated him 102 in the final of the 2007 UK Championship a month earlier. Maguire produced breaks of 103 and 84 as he moved into a 41 lead. O'Sullivan made breaks of 112 and 72 as he reduced the deficit and went on to force a . In the final frame, O'Sullivan missed the final when he was and allowed Maguire to get back in and clinch victory with blue and . "I had my chance and I didn't take it. If you don't take your chances then don't expect another one," O'Sullivan lamented. It was the first time since 2003 that O'Sullivan did not reach the final of the event. The runner-up in the previous edition, Ding Junhui, was 13 and 34 in arrears to John Higgins, but took three frames on the spin to win 64. Stephen Lee won 65 over Graeme Dott. Shaun Murphy, who was feeling unwell, faced Ali Carter. Carter took the first frame on the final black and doubled his lead in the next, but Murphy levelled at 22 and 33. Murphy went on to win 63. "Ali [Carter] was poorly through the match as well. He said he wasn't feeling very well, so we both struggled," Murphy said afterwards.

Mark Williams took a 20 lead against Ken Doherty with breaks of 118 and 69. Doherty replied with breaks of 101, 89, 53 and 68 to win six consecutive breaks and advance into the quarter-finals. Out of the top 32 and facing the possibility of having to play in the qualifying stages of the following World Championship, Williams admitted after the defeat he has contemplating retiring from professional snooker. "I'll mull over my situation in the summer. There are plenty of things to do outside snooker, but hopefully I won't have to think about that," he said. Peter Ebdon compiled breaks of 92, 76, 52 and 50 as he built a 42 lead against Day. Day levelled the match with back-to-back 50 breaks, but Ebdon also won two on the spin to seal a 64 victory. Neil Robertson made breaks of 63 and 118 to take the two first frames of his match against Fu. Fu, winner of the 2007 Grand Prix, replied with breaks of 89, 71, 69 and 100 to go 42 in front. The match went to a decider, which Fu won on the . Stephen Hendry met Mark Selby in a match which, according to Sam Lyon's report for BBC Sport, was characterised "by missed and poor play". Hendry took a 53 lead with a break of 105, but Selby won three consecutive frames to win the match. "I feel I'm too good not to come back. People keep saying that Hendry's gone but that's all rubbish. One good performance and I'll be back," Hendry said afterwards.

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played as the best of 11 frames. Doherty, who had recently been a father, fell 14 behind Murphy. Doherty manufactured breaks of 141 and 114 as he forced a decider, which he won with another century break. "There's never any disgrace in losing to someone who's playing as well as Ken [Doherty] was," Murphy said. Maguire, winner of the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy, produced a 105 break as he raced into a 31 lead against Selby. A miss on the in frame eight allowed Maguire to maintain a two-frame cushion at 53, one shy of victory. Selby made breaks of 55, 103 and 54 to win three consecutive frames and take the match. "I just can't believe I've got beat. I was thinking I was in the next round, but he stepped up a gear and played great," Maguire said.

Lee won the two first frames of his match against Ebdon. In the third, Ebdon went for a more difficult black ball so as to stay on course to a maximum break, but missed it and allowed Lee to steal it with an 87 clearance. "I shouldn't have gone for the maximum and I got what I deserved," Ebdon said after the match. Lee then extended his lead to five frames, only one away from a place in the final. In the sixth frame, Ebdon was on a break of 105 in another attempt to get a 147, but missed a black off its spot. Lee clinched victory in the following frame. "It was a strange game, he never settled and kept giving me some nice chances," Lee said after the match. Ding made an 87 break and Fu compiled a 93 as they shared the first four frames. Ding won the next, but Fu produced breaks of 62, 86 and 51 to win four consecutive frames for a 63 victory.

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played as the best of 11 frames. Selby won the opening frame, but Doherty then edged 21 in front. Although Selby replied with three consecutive frames to lead 32, the match went into a decider. Selby won it. Doherty regretted that, having had a chance in the decider, he did not win it. "I have had a good tournament but at this moment in time I'm not thinking about that," he said after the match.

In the other semi-final, Lee enjoyed a 31 lead against Fu, who narrowed the deficit in the following frame. Lee went on to secure a place in the final with a 62 victory. "I felt quite nervous at the start of the match but then got stuck in. I just kept Marco away from the table today and that proved decisive," Lee said. Fu argued that he was tired, not having been able to sleep after his quarter-final match against Ding.

Final

The final took place on 20 January as the best of 19 frames, between Selby and Lee. Referee Michaela Tabb, who had been in charge of the final of the 2007 Welsh Open during the season, became the first woman to officiate a Masters final. "I'll be making a little bit of history," she said ahead of the match. Selby reached the final having won all his matches in the deciding frame. While Selby was playing in the final as a Masters debutant, Lee reached the final on his eleventh appearance. Lee won the opening frame with a 41 break, which would remain as his highest of the match. Lee was also ahead at 31, but Selby won four on the spin before the interval aided by breaks of 124 and 88. In the first of the evening session, Selby compiled a break of 132. Selby clinched a 103 victory with another century break in the last frame, a 141 break which tied the one made by Doherty as the highest of the tournament and secured him an additional prize of £5,000.

Selby became the fourth debutant—after John Spencer in 1975, Doug Mountjoy in 1977, Terry Griffiths in 1980 and Hendry in 1989—to win the Masters as a debutant. "I've been knocking on the door for a while. The world championship would have been nice last season, but to win the Masters is amazing," Selby said, and he added: "I'm only 24 but I feel about 40 after those close matches". Lee was disappointed with his performance in the final. "I'm gutted for people who turned up to watch me," he said.

Wild-card round

In the wild-card round, the qualifier and wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:

Main draw

The results for the main draw are shown below. Match winners are shown in bold. The numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the seedings.

|team-width = auto Best of 11 frames Best of 11 frames Best of 11 frames Best of 19 frames

| |Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) |5 |Stephen Maguire (10) |6

| |Stephen Hendry (8) |5 |Mark Selby (11) |6

| |Ken Doherty (5) |6 |Mark Williams (12) |2

| |Shaun Murphy (4) |6 |Ali Carter (14) |3

| |Graeme Dott (3) |5 |Stephen Lee (13) |6

| |Peter Ebdon (6) |6 |Ryan Day (16) |4

| |Neil Robertson (7) |5 |Marco Fu |6

| |John Higgins (2) |4 |Ding Junhui (9) |6

| |Stephen Maguire (10) |5 |Mark Selby (11) |6

| |Ken Doherty (5) |6 |Shaun Murphy (4) |5

| |Stephen Lee (13) |6 |Peter Ebdon (6) |1

| |Marco Fu |6 |Ding Junhui (9) |3

| |Mark Selby (11) |6 |Ken Doherty (5) |5

| |Stephen Lee (13) |6 |Marco Fu |2

| |Mark Selby (11) |10 |Stephen Lee (13) |3

Final

Qualifying

The 2007 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 7 September and 12 September 2007 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Barry Hawkins.

Best of 7 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 11 frames | RD1-seed01 = | RD1-team01 = Northern Ireland Joe Swail | RD1-score01 = | RD1-seed02 = | RD1-team02 = Bye | RD1-score02 = | RD1-seed03 = | RD1-team03 = Scotland Jamie Burnett | RD1-score03 = 4 | RD1-seed04 = | RD1-team04 = China Xiao Guodong | RD1-score04 = 2 | RD1-seed05 = | RD1-team05 = Wales Matthew Stevens | RD1-score05 = 0 | RD1-seed06 = | RD1-team06 = England Jimmy White | RD1-score06 = 4 | RD1-seed07 = | RD1-team07 = England Andy Hicks | RD1-score07 = 4 | RD1-seed08 = | RD1-team08 = Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez | RD1-score08 = 2 | RD1-seed09 = | RD1-team09 = England Michael Holt | RD1-score09 = 2 | RD1-seed10 = | RD1-team10 = England Ben Woollaston | RD1-score10 = 4 | RD1-seed11 = | RD1-team11 = Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien | RD1-score11 = 4 | RD1-seed12 = | RD1-team12 = England Ian Preece | RD1-score12 = 0 | RD1-seed13 = | RD1-team13 = England Anthony Hamilton | RD1-score13 = 4 | RD1-seed14 = | RD1-team14 = England Alex Davies | RD1-score14 = 0 | RD1-seed15 = | RD1-team15 = England Mark Davis | RD1-score15 = 4 | RD1-seed16 = | RD1-team16 = England Jamie O'Neill | RD1-score16 = 0 | RD1-seed17 = | RD1-team17 = Northern Ireland Mark Allen | RD1-score17 = 4 | RD1-seed18 = | RD1-team18 = England Ashley Wright | RD1-score18 = 3 | RD1-seed19 = | RD1-team19 = England Rod Lawler | RD1-score19 = 4 | RD1-seed20 = | RD1-team20 = England Jimmy Robertson | RD1-score20 = 0 | RD1-seed21 = | RD1-team21 = Wales Dominic Dale | RD1-score21 = 1 | RD1-seed22 = | RD1-team22 = China Liang Wenbo | RD1-score22 = 4 | RD1-seed23 = | RD1-team23 = Ireland Joe Delaney | RD1-score23 = 4 | RD1-seed24 = | RD1-team24 = England Munraj Pal | RD1-score24 = 2 | RD1-seed25 = | RD1-team25 = Northern Ireland Gerard Greene | RD1-score25 = 2 | RD1-seed26 = | RD1-team26 = Norway Kurt Maflin | RD1-score26 = 4 | RD1-seed27 = | RD1-team27 = England Judd Trump | RD1-score27 = 4 | RD1-seed28 = | RD1-team28 = England Matthew Selt | RD1-score28 = 2 | RD1-seed29 = | RD1-team29 = England Dave Harold | RD1-score29 = 1 | RD1-seed30 = | RD1-team30 = Wales Paul Davies | RD1-score30 = 4 | RD1-seed31 = | RD1-team31 = England Andrew Higginson | RD1-score31 = 4 | RD1-seed32 = | RD1-team32 = England Joe Jogia | RD1-score32 = 1 | RD1-seed33 = | RD1-team33 = England Stuart Bingham | RD1-score33 = 2 | RD1-seed34 = | RD1-team34 = England Alfie Burden | RD1-score34 = 4 | RD1-seed35 = | RD1-team35 = England Ricky Walden | RD1-score35 = 4 | RD1-seed36 = | RD1-team36 = England Lee Spick | RD1-score36 = 1 | RD1-seed37 = | RD1-team37 = England Jamie Cope | RD1-score37 = 4 | RD1-seed38 = | RD1-team38 = England Mark Joyce | RD1-score38 = 2 | RD1-seed39 = | RD1-team39 = England Rory McLeod | RD1-score39 = 4 | RD1-seed40 = | RD1-team40 = England Lee Walker | RD1-score40 = 1 | RD1-seed41 = | RD1-team41 = England Mark King | RD1-score41 = 4 | RD1-seed42 = | RD1-team42 = Thailand Issara Kachaiwong | RD1-score42 = 3 | RD1-seed43 = | RD1-team43 = England David Gray | RD1-score43 = w/o | RD1-seed44 = | RD1-team44 = Malta Tony Drago | RD1-score44 = w/d | RD1-seed45 = | RD1-team45 = Ireland Michael Judge | RD1-score45 = 4 | RD1-seed46 = | RD1-team46 = Scotland James McBain | RD1-score46 = 0 | RD1-seed47 = | RD1-team47 = England Andrew Norman | RD1-score47 = 4 | RD1-seed48 = | RD1-team48 = Australia Steve Mifsud | RD1-score48 = 2 | RD1-seed49 = | RD1-team49 = England Nigel Bond | RD1-score49 = 4 | RD1-seed50 = | RD1-team50 = Wales Gareth Coppack | RD1-score50 = 1 | RD1-seed51 = | RD1-team51 = Finland Robin Hull | RD1-score51 = 2 | RD1-seed52 = | RD1-team52 = China Tian Pengfei | RD1-score52 = 4 | RD1-seed53 = | RD1-team53 = England Barry Hawkins | RD1-score53 = 4 | RD1-seed54 = | RD1-team54 = Scotland Fraser Patrick | RD1-score54 = 3 | RD1-seed55 = | RD1-team55 = England Tom Ford | RD1-score55 = 0 | RD1-seed56 = | RD1-team56 = Wales Michael White | RD1-score56 = 4 | RD1-seed57 = | RD1-team57 = England Ian McCulloch | RD1-score57 = 3 | RD1-seed58 = | RD1-team58 = England Martin Gould | RD1-score58 = 4 | RD1-seed59 = | RD1-team59 = England Barry Pinches | RD1-score59 = 3 | RD1-seed60 = | RD1-team60 = China Liu Chuang | RD1-score60 = 4 | RD1-seed61 = | RD1-team61 = England David Gilbert | RD1-score61 = 4 | RD1-seed62 = | RD1-team62 = Thailand Supoj Saenla | RD1-score62 = 2 | RD1-seed63 = | RD1-team63 = England Joe Perry | RD1-score63 = | RD1-seed64 = | RD1-team64 = Bye | RD1-score64 = | RD2-seed01 = | RD2-team01 = Northern Ireland Joe Swail | RD2-score01 = 2 | RD2-seed02 = | RD2-team02 = Scotland Jamie Burnett | RD2-score02 = 5 | RD2-seed03 = | RD2-team03 = England Jimmy White | RD2-score03 = 5 | RD2-seed04 = | RD2-team04 = England Andy Hicks | RD2-score04 = 1 | RD2-seed05 = | RD2-team05 = England Ben Woollaston | RD2-score05 = 5 | RD2-seed06 = | RD2-team06 = Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien | RD2-score06 = 4 | RD2-seed07 = | RD2-team07 = England Anthony Hamilton | RD2-score07 = 5 | RD2-seed08 = | RD2-team08 = England Mark Davis | RD2-score08 = 1 | RD2-seed09 = | RD2-team09 = Northern Ireland Mark Allen | RD2-score09 = 5 | RD2-seed10 = | RD2-team10 = England Rod Lawler | RD2-score10 = 2 | RD2-seed11 = | RD2-team11 = China Liang Wenbo | RD2-score11 = 5 | RD2-seed12 = | RD2-team12 = Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney | RD2-score12 = 2 | RD2-seed13 = | RD2-team13 = Norway Kurt Maflin | RD2-score13 = 5 | RD2-seed14 = | RD2-team14 = England Judd Trump | RD2-score14 = 4 | RD2-seed15 = | RD2-team15 = Wales Paul Davies | RD2-score15 = 1 | RD2-seed16 = | RD2-team16 = England Andrew Higginson | RD2-score16 = 5 | RD2-seed17 = | RD2-team17 = England Alfie Burden | RD2-score17 = 0 | RD2-seed18 = | RD2-team18 = England Ricky Walden | RD2-score18 = 5 | RD2-seed19 = | RD2-team19 = England Jamie Cope | RD2-score19 = 5 | RD2-seed20 = | RD2-team20 = England Rory McLeod | RD2-score20 = 2 | RD2-seed21 = | RD2-team21 = England Mark King | RD2-score21 = 5 | RD2-seed22 = | RD2-team22 = England David Gray | RD2-score22 = 4 | RD2-seed23 = | RD2-team23 = Republic of Ireland Michael Judge | RD2-score23 = 5 | RD2-seed24 = | RD2-team24 = England Andrew Norman | RD2-score24 = 4 | RD2-seed25 = | RD2-team25 = England Nigel Bond | RD2-score25 = 5 | RD2-seed26 = | RD2-team26 = China Tian Pengfei | RD2-score26 = 4 | RD2-seed27 = | RD2-team27 = England Barry Hawkins | RD2-score27 = 5 | RD2-seed28 = | RD2-team28 = Wales Michael White | RD2-score28 = 2 | RD2-seed29 = | RD2-team29 = England Martin Gould | RD2-score29 = 4 | RD2-seed30 = | RD2-team30 = China Liu Chuang | RD2-score30 = 5 | RD2-seed31 = | RD2-team31 = England David Gilbert | RD2-score31 = 5 | RD2-seed32 = | RD2-team32 = England Joe Perry | RD2-score32 = 3 | RD3-seed01 = | RD3-team01 = Scotland Jamie Burnett | RD3-score01 = 4 | RD3-seed02 = | RD3-team02 = England Jimmy White | RD3-score02 = 5 | RD3-seed03 = | RD3-team03 = England Ben Woollaston | RD3-score03 = 5 | RD3-seed04 = | RD3-team04 = England Anthony Hamilton | RD3-score04 = 4 | RD3-seed05 = | RD3-team05 = Northern Ireland Mark Allen | RD3-score05 = 4 | RD3-seed06 = | RD3-team06 = China Liang Wenbo | RD3-score06 = 5 | RD3-seed07 = | RD3-team07 = Norway Kurt Maflin | RD3-score07 = 5 | RD3-seed08 = | RD3-team08 = England Andrew Higginson | RD3-score08 = 4 | RD3-seed09 = | RD3-team09 = England Ricky Walden | RD3-score09 = 3 | RD3-seed10 = | RD3-team10 = England Jamie Cope | RD3-score10 = 5 | RD3-seed11 = | RD3-team11 = England Mark King | RD3-score11 = 0 | RD3-seed12 = | RD3-team12 = Ireland Michael Judge | RD3-score12 = 5 | RD3-seed13 = | RD3-team13 = England Nigel Bond | RD3-score13 = 2 | RD3-seed14 = | RD3-team14 = England Barry Hawkins | RD3-score14 = 5 | RD3-seed15 = | RD3-team15 = China Liu Chuang | RD3-score15 = 5 | RD3-seed16 = | RD3-team16 = England David Gilbert | RD3-score16 = 0 | RD4-seed01 = | RD4-team01 = England Jimmy White | RD4-score01 = 5 | RD4-seed02 = | RD4-team02 = England Ben Woollaston | RD4-score02 = 0 | RD4-seed03 = | RD4-team03 = China Liang Wenbo | RD4-score03 = 0 | RD4-seed04 = | RD4-team04 = Norway Kurt Maflin | RD4-score04 = 5 | RD4-seed05 = | RD4-team05 = England Jamie Cope | RD4-score05 = 5 | RD4-seed06 = | RD4-team06 = Ireland Michael Judge | RD4-score06 = 1 | RD4-seed07 = | RD4-team07 = England Barry Hawkins | RD4-score07 = 5 | RD4-seed08 = | RD4-team08 = China Liu Chuang | RD4-score08 = 3 | RD5-seed01 = | RD5-team01 = England Jimmy White | RD5-score01 = 4 | RD5-seed02 = | RD5-team02 = Norway Kurt Maflin | RD5-score02 = 5 | RD5-seed03 = | RD5-team03 = England Jamie Cope | RD5-score03 = 3 | RD5-seed04 = | RD5-team04 = England Barry Hawkins | RD5-score04 = 5 | RD6-seed01 = | RD6-team01 = Norway Kurt Maflin | RD6-score01 = 4 | RD6-seed02 = | RD6-team02 = England Barry Hawkins | RD6-score02 = 6

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

A total of 23 century breaks were made during the main stage of the tournament.

• 141, 132, 125, 124, 107, 103 Mark Selby
• 141, 123, 114, 101 Ken Doherty
• 135 Ding Junhui
• 120, 113 Ryan Day
• 118 Neil Robertson
• 118 Mark Williams
• 112 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 107 Graeme Dott
• 105, 103 Stephen Maguire
• 105 Peter Ebdon
• 105 Stephen Hendry
• 104, 100 Marco Fu

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 27 century breaks were made during the qualifying rounds.

• 140 Jamie Burnett
• 137, 104 Liu Chuang
• 136 Anthony Hamilton
• 135, 123, 109, 107, 103 Jamie Cope
• 125 Joe Perry
• 122, 110 Kurt Maflin
• 119, 113 Judd Trump
• 114, 105 Andrew Higginson
• 114 Jimmy White
• 110, 102 Mark Allen
• 110 Xiao Guodong
• 107, 104 Ricky Walden
• 107 Joe Delaney
• 103 David Gilbert
• 101 Andrew Norman
• 100 Alfie Burden
• 100 Nigel Bond

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