2016 Masters (snooker)

Dafabet Masters
Tournament information
Dates 10–17 January 2016
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 England Judd Trump (140)
Final
Champion England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up England Barry Hawkins
Score 10–1
2015

The 2016 Dafabet Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10–17 January 2016 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England.[1] It was the 42nd staging of the tournament and the fifth successive time it was held at the Alexandra Palace.

The defending champion Shaun Murphy lost 4–6 against Mark Allen in the first round.[2] Murphy forfeited the sixth frame of the match by missing a red on three consecutive occasions.[3]

The quarterfinal between Judd Trump and Neil Robertson produced six century breaks, setting a new record for the most centuries in an 11-frame match.[4] These included the two highest breaks of the tournament, 140 from Trump and 139 from Robertson. The match was singled out for especial praise, with John Virgo calling it one of the greatest in Masters history.[5]

Playing in his first major televised tournament since taking an eight-month hiatus from professional snooker, Ronnie O'Sullivan reached his eleventh Masters final and won the tournament for a sixth time, equalling Stephen Hendry's record for the most Masters titles.[6] Losing only the first frame, he defeated Barry Hawkins 10–1, the biggest winning margin since Steve Davis whitewashed Mike Hallett 9–0 in 1988,[7] and the first time a player had won ten consecutive frames in a Masters final.[8]

Field

Defending champion Shaun Murphy was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stuart Bingham seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings after the 2015 UK Championship. Liang Wenbo made his debut at the Masters after he entered the top 16 due to reaching the final of the 2015 UK Championship.

Prize fund

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

Main Draw

Last 16
Best of 11 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1 England Shaun Murphy 4
11 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 6
11 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 2
8 England Barry Hawkins 6
8 England Barry Hawkins 6
10 England Joe Perry 3
8 England Barry Hawkins 6
5 England Judd Trump 4
5 England Judd Trump 6
16 Scotland Stephen Maguire 4
5 England Judd Trump 6
4 Australia Neil Robertson 5
4 Australia Neil Robertson 6
14 Hong Kong Marco Fu 0
8 England Barry Hawkins 1
6 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
3 England Mark Selby 6
12 England Ricky Walden 0
3 England Mark Selby 3
6 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
6 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
13 Wales Mark Williams 5
6 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
2 England Stuart Bingham 3
7 Scotland John Higgins 6
15 China Liang Wenbo 4
7 Scotland John Higgins 3
2 England Stuart Bingham 6
2 England Stuart Bingham 6
9 China Ding Junhui 4

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel.
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 17 January 2016.
Barry Hawkins (8)
 England
1–10 Ronnie O'Sullivan (6)
 England
Afternoon: 66–50, 8–97 (70), 0–136 (136), 49–73 (52), 28–72, 36–64, 17–77 (77), 13–72 (72)
Evening: 39–58, 0–92 (66), 0–82 (82)
48 Highest break 136
0 Century breaks 1
0 50+ breaks 7

Century breaks

[9]

References

External links

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