2014 Masters (snooker)

Dafabet Masters

Tournament information
Dates	12–19 January 2014
Venue	Alexandra Palace
City	London
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£600,000
Winner's share	£200,000
Highest break	138
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Mark Selby
Score	10–4
← 2013

The 2014 Dafabet Masters professional non-ranking snooker tournament took place between 12–19 January 2014 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England.^[1] This was the first time that Dafabet sponsored the event.^[2]

Ronnie O'Sullivan set a new record of scoring 556 unanswered points in any professional event in his 6–0 quarter-final win against Ricky Walden.^[3] The previous record-holder was Ding Junhui, who scored 495 points against Stephen Hendry at the 2007 Premier League Snooker.^[4]

O'Sullivan won his fifth Masters title by defeating defending champion Mark Selby 10–4 in the final.^[5][6] This was O'Sullivan's record 10th Masters final.^[7]

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:^[8]

• 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

Main draw

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	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	6
	15	Mark Davis	5
						1	Mark Selby	6
						13	John Higgins	5
	8	Stuart Bingham	2
	13	John Higgins	6
											1	Mark Selby	6
											9	Shaun Murphy	1
	5	Judd Trump	5
	10	Marco Fu	6
						10	Marco Fu	4
						9	Shaun Murphy	6
	4	Ding Junhui	4
	9	Shaun Murphy	6
																1	Mark Selby	4
																2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
	3	Neil Robertson	6
	11	Mark Allen	5
						3	Neil Robertson	2
						6	Stephen Maguire	6
	6	Stephen Maguire	6
	16	Joe Perry	4
											6	Stephen Maguire	2
											2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	7	Barry Hawkins	5
	12	Ricky Walden	6
						12	Ricky Walden	0
						2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	14	Robert Milkins	1

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Alexandra Palace, London, England, 19 January 2014[12][13]
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

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References

External links

• 2014 Dafabet Masters – Pictures by World Snooker at Facebook