2014 Masters (snooker)

2014 Dafabet Masters
Tournament information
Dates12–19 January 2014 (2014-01-12 – 2014-01-19)
VenueAlexandra Palace
CityLondon
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£600,000
Winner's share£200,000
Highest break Marco Fu (HKG) (138)
Final
Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up Mark Selby (ENG)
Score10–4
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The 2014 Masters (officially the 2014 Dafabet Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 19 January 2014 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England.[1] This was the first time that Dafabet sponsored the Masters.[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 - winning in just 58 minutes.[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

Tournament draw

[10][11][12][13]

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 (ENG) 6
15  Mark Davis (ENG) 5
1 England Mark Selby 6
13 Scotland John Higgins 5
8  Stuart Bingham (ENG) 2
13  John Higgins (SCO) 6
1 England Mark Selby 6
9 England Shaun Murphy 1
5  Judd Trump (ENG) 5
10  Marco Fu (HKG) 6
10 Hong Kong Marco Fu 4
9 England Shaun Murphy 6
4  Ding Junhui (CHN) 4
9  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 6
1 England Mark Selby 4
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
3  Neil Robertson (AUS) 6
11  Mark Allen (NIR) 5
3 Australia Neil Robertson 2
6 Scotland Stephen Maguire 6
6  Stephen Maguire (SCO) 6
16  Joe Perry (ENG) 4
6 Scotland Stephen Maguire 2
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
7  Barry Hawkins (ENG) 5
12  Ricky Walden (ENG) 6
12 England Ricky Walden 0
2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
2  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 6
14  Robert Milkins (ENG) 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

Total: 16[15]

References

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  13. ^ a b "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 1 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
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