2010 Masters (snooker)

2010 PokerStars.com Masters
Tournament information
Dates	10–17 January 2010
Venue	Wembley Arena
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£486,000
Winner's share	£150,000
Highest break	Stephen Maguire (SCO) (140); Neil Robertson (AUS) (140)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score	10–9
	← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Masters (officially the 2010 PokerStars.com Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 17 January 2010 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. This was the first time that the Masters was sponsored by PokerStars.com.^[1]

The final was a repeat of the previous years' final, with Mark Selby playing against the defending championship Ronnie O'Sullivan. Unlike the previous year, Selby won his 2nd Masters title by defeating O'Sullivan 10–9 in the final after trailing 4–1, 5–3 and 9–6.^[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 following his win in the qualifying tournament;^[5] this to date is the last Masters to feature such qualifying tournament and the wildcard round in general.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[6]^[7]

Qualifying stage

Winner: £2,000
Runner-up: £680
Semi-final: £250
Quarter-final: £105

Televised stage

Winner: £150,000
Runner-up: £75,000
Semi-final: £34,000
Quarter-final: £16,000
Last 16: £14,000
Last 18 (wild-cards): £3,500

Highest break: £10,000
Maximum break: £25,000
Total: £486,000

Wild-card round

In the preliminary round the wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:^[8]

Match	Date		Score
WC1	Monday 11 January	Mark Williams (WAL) (15)	6–2	Rory McLeod (ENG)
WC2	Sunday 10 January	Mark King (ENG) (16)	6–2	Jimmy White (ENG)

Main draw

^[9]^[10]^[11]

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 (ENG)	6

9	Neil Robertson (AUS)	4
			1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6

			14	Peter Ebdon	3
8	Marco Fu (HKG)	2

14	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	6
						1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6

						15	Mark Williams	5
5	Ali Carter (ENG)	3

15	Mark Williams (WAL)	6
			15	Mark Williams	6

			4	Shaun Murphy	4
4	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6

10	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	4
									1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9

									7	Mark Selby	10
3	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	6

16	Mark King (ENG)	3
			3	Stephen Maguire	6

			6	Ryan Day	1
6	Ryan Day (WAL)	6

12	Joe Perry (ENG)	0
						3	Stephen Maguire	3

						7	Mark Selby	6
7	Mark Selby (ENG)	6

13	Ding Junhui (CHN)	1
			7	Mark Selby	6

			11	Mark Allen	5
2	John Higgins (SCO)	3

11	Mark Allen (NIR)	6

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.^[12]^[13] Rory McLeod earned a wild-card to the 2010 Masters, beating Andrew Higginson 6–1 in the final.^[14]


Round 1 Best of 7 frames		Round 2 Best of 9 frames		Round 3 Best of 9 frames		Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals Best of 9 frames		Final Best of 11 frames



		Barry Hawkins	1

Matthew Selt	3	Ben Woollaston	5
				Ben Woollaston	5
Ben Woollaston	4
				Liu Song	1
		Fergal O'Brien	4

Liu Song	4	Liu Song	5
						Ben Woollaston	5
Sam Baird	2
						Michael Holt	3
		Gerard Greene	3

Martin Gould	4	Martin Gould	5
				Martin Gould	4
Chris Norbury	3
				Michael Holt	5
		Michael Holt	5

Ken Doherty	2	Michael White	3
								Ben Woollaston	1
Michael White	4
								Rory McLeod	5
		Stephen Lee	3

Atthasit Mahitthi	1	David Gray	5
				David Gray	5
David Gray	4
				Jimmy White	4
		Ian McCulloch	3

Jimmy White	4	Jimmy White	5
						David Gray	2
Andrew Norman	1
						Rory McLeod	5
		Rory McLeod	5

Daniel Wells	4	Daniel Wells	0
				Rory McLeod	5
Jimmy Robertson	1
				Ricky Walden	2
		Ricky Walden	5

Lee Page	2	Bjorn Haneveer	0
										Rory McLeod	6
Bjorn Haneveer	4
										Andrew Higginson	1
		Dave Harold	2

David Gilbert	1	Zhang Anda	5
				Zhang Anda	3
Zhang Anda	4
				Andrew Higginson	5
		Judd Trump	1

Andrew Higginson	4	Andrew Higginson	5
						Andrew Higginson	5
Noppadol Sangnil	1
						Matthew Stevens	1
		Matthew Stevens	5

Simon Bedford	4	Simon Bedford	2
				Matthew Stevens	5
Craig Steadman	1
				James Wattana	3
		Stuart Bingham	4

Mark Joyce	1	James Wattana	5
								Andrew Higginson	5
James Wattana	4
								Anthony Hamilton	3
		Joe Swail	2

Tom Ford	w/d	Joe Jogia	5
				Joe Jogia	1
Joe Jogia	w/o
				Anthony Hamilton	5
		Anthony Hamilton	5

Matthew Couch	4	Matthew Couch	0
						Anthony Hamilton	5
Brendan O'Donoghue	2
						Barry Pinches	0
		Jamie Burnett	3

Robert Milkins	4	Robert Milkins	5
				Robert Milkins	4
David Hogan	2
				Barry Pinches	5
		Jamie Cope	2

Barry Pinches	4	Barry Pinches	5

Jordan Brown	2

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

A total of 20 century breaks were made during the event.^[9]

140, 121 – Stephen Maguire
140, 101 – Neil Robertson
132, 107, 102 – Mark Williams
129, 112, 109 – Mark Selby
122, 114, 106, 106, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
114, 104 – Stephen Hendry
114 – Mark Allen
106, 100 – Shaun Murphy

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 12 centuries were made during qualifying for the event.^[15]

137 – Barry Pinches
125 – Judd Trump
120 – Bjorn Haneveer
118 – Matthew Selt
116 – Jimmy White
111, 109 – Anthony Hamilton
107, 100 – Jamie Burnett
106 – David Gray
105 – Rory McLeod
100 – Robert Milkins

References

^ Garbett, Paul (6 January 2010). "Masters snooker seals sponsorship deal". The Daily Telegraph. London. 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.
^ "Rory Mcleod | RKG - Snooker". www.rkgsnooker.com. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
^ "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.
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^ "Main Event (Draw)". WPBSA. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
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^ "Qualifying (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
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^ "McLeod ready for Masters debut". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
^ "Century Breaks (Qualifying)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[1] Garbett, Paul (6 January 2010). "Masters snooker seals sponsorship deal". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[2] "Comeback King Selby Shocks Rocket". WPBSA. 18 January 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.

[3] "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.

[4] "Jimmy White given wildcard into Masters at Wembley". BBC Sport. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

[5] "Rory Mcleod | RKG - Snooker". www.rkgsnooker.com. Retrieved 31 January 2024.

[6] "2009–10 Masters Qualifying Event". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2010.

[7] "Prize Fund". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.

[8] "Jungle Jimmy gets Wembley wildcard". Snooker Scene Blog. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[gs_me_r-9] "Main Event (Results)". global-snooker.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[10] "Main Event (Draw)". WPBSA. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[11] "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

[12] "Qualifying (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[13] "Qualifying (Draw)". WPBSA. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[14] "McLeod ready for Masters debut". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[15] "Century Breaks (Qualifying)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

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Tournament information

Dates	10–17 January 2010 (2010-01-10 – 2010-01-17)
Venue	Wembley Arena
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£486,000
Winner's share	£150,000
Highest break	Stephen Maguire (SCO) (140) Neil Robertson (AUS) (140)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score	10–9
← 2009 2011 →