European Masters 2020

European Masters 2020 BetVictor European Masters 2020
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Attendees:	128
Venue:	Messe , Dornbirn , Austria
Opening:	January 22, 2020
Endgame:	January 26, 2020
Winner:	Neil Robertson
Finalist:	Zhou Yuelong
Highest Break:	146 ( Thepchaiya Un-Nooh )
← 2018

The BetVictor European Masters in 2020 was a snooker tournament of the Main Tour - season 2019/20 , which from 22 to 26 January at the exhibition center of Dornbirn was held. For the first time Austria was the venue of a world ranking tournament. In addition, the three previous editions of the tournament had taken place in October, this time it was postponed to January beyond the turn of the year.

Last season in Belgium, England's Jimmy Robertson won. This time, however, he failed in qualifying.

In a one-sided final the Australian Neil Robertson prevailed 9-0 against the Chinese Zhou Yuelong and won his 17th title in a ranking tournament. It was only the second “whitewash” (to zero victory) in a ranking final with two sessions after the 1989 Grand Prix . If you add the Masters in 1988 and the International Open in 1981 , it was the fourth clean sheet in a long final of a professional tournament and the first that Steve Davis did not win.

Prize money

The prize money for the winner increased by £ 5,000 to £ 80,000. There was also an increase in the prize money for the highest tournament break to £ 5,000 after the "Rolling 147 Prize" was dropped this season.

In addition, the tournament was the start of the new "European Series" sponsored by BetVictor . An additional £ 150,000 was set aside for the player who does best in the four tournaments European Masters, German Masters , Shoot-Out and Gibraltar Open .

	Prize money
winner	£ 80,000
finalist	£ 35,000
Semi-finalist	£ 17,500
Quarter finalist	£ 11,000
Round of 16	£ 6,000
Last 32	£ 4,000
Last 64	£ 3,000
Highest break	£ 5,000
All in all	£ 407,000

Final round

The games of the final round were played in best-of-9 mode up to and including the quarter-finals (5 winning frames). In the semi-finals, whoever won six frames first, in the final, whoever won nine frames first. As in 2016 and as usual at the German Masters , only 32 players competed in Dornbirn. The round of 64 was played as part of the qualification.

	Round 1 best of 9 frames					Round of 16 best of 9 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-final best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	51	Daniel Wells	0
	39	Michael Holt	5
						39	Michael Holt	4th
						17th	Ali Carter	5
	61	Tian Pengfei	3
	17th	Ali Carter	5
											17th	Ali Carter	5
											25th	Scott Donaldson	1
	46	Robert Milkins	0
	9	Ding Junhui	5
						9	Ding Junhui	2
						25th	Scott Donaldson	5
	25th	Scott Donaldson	5
	8th	Kyren Wilson	2
																17th	Ali Carter	1
																4th	Neil Robertson	6th
	5	John Higgins	5
	65	Fergal O'Brien	2
						5	John Higgins	4th
						21st	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	5
	58	Robbie Williams	2
	21st	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	5
											21st	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	1
											4th	Neil Robertson	5
	20th	Graeme Dott	5
	35	Liang Wenbo	3
						20th	Graeme Dott	2
						4th	Neil Robertson	5
	29	Lü Haotian	2
	4th	Neil Robertson	5
																					4th	Neil Robertson	9
																					30th	Zhou Yuelong	0
	3	Mark Williams	4th
	30th	Zhou Yuelong	5
						30th	Zhou Yuelong	5
						99	Jackson Page	3
	99	Jackson Page	kl.
	19th	Yan Bingtao	-
											30th	Zhou Yuelong	5
											11	Barry Hawkins	2
	115	David Lilley	2
	11	Barry Hawkins	5
						11	Barry Hawkins	5
						6th	Mark Selby	4th
	68	Jak Jones	2
	6th	Mark Selby	5
																30th	Zhou Yuelong	6th
																18th	Gary Wilson	5
	54	Lu Ning	3
	53	Marco Fu	5
						53	Marco Fu	5
						23	Xiao Guodong	2
	75	Alfie Burden	3
	23	Xiao Guodong	5
											53	Marco Fu	3
											18th	Gary Wilson	5
	18th	Gary Wilson	5
	36	Luca Brecel	1
						18th	Gary Wilson	5
						40	Zhao Xintong	1
	55	Michael White	2
	40	Zhao Xintong	5

kl. = without a fight

final

Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Maike Kesseler Messe ,  Dornbirn , Austria , January 26, 2020
Neil Robertson	9 : 0	Zhou Yuelong
Session 1: 56 : 47, 100 : 44 (57), 99 : 0 (99), 128 : 0 (128), 83 : 0 (82), 65 : 27, 71 : 0, 109 : 4 (109) session 2: 73 : 45
128	Highest break	47
2	Century breaks	-
5	50+ breaks	-

qualification

Unlike in the previous two years, two qualifying rounds were played, so that only the last 32 competed in Dornbirn. From December 17th to 19th, 2019, the games took place in the Metrodome in the northern English city of Barnsley . All games were played in the best of 9 mode .

First round best of 9 frames Second round best of 9 frames                   1   Jimmy Robertson 3   34   Martin O'Donnell 5     34   Martin O'Donnell 3   51   Daniel Wells 5 51   Daniel Wells 5 114   Billy Castle 3   32   Anthony McGill 4th   98   Mitchell Mann 5     98   Mitchell Mann 3   39   Michael Holt 5 39   Michael Holt 5 52   Sunny Akani 1   16   Joe Perry 4th   61   Tian Pengfei 5     61   Tian Pengfei 5   101   James Cahill 0 96   Chang Bingyu 4th 101   James Cahill 5   17th   Ali Carter 5   91   Zhang Jiankang 3     17th   Ali Carter 5   90   Dominic Dale 2 90   Dominic Dale 5 119   Peter Lines 4th   72   Elliot Slessor 2   46   Robert Milkins 5     46   Robert Milkins 5   24   Tom Ford 2 24   Tom Ford 5 59   Andrew Higginson 3   49   Peter Ebdon 5   70   Zhang Anda 4th     49   Peter Ebdon 3   9   Ding Junhui 5 9   Ding Junhui 5 85   Alexander Ursenbacher 1   63   Mei Xiwen 5   50   Alan McManus 3     63   Mei Xiwen 4th   25th   Scott Donaldson 5 25th   Scott Donaldson 5 123   Riley Parsons 1   103   Chen Zifan 5   84   Louis Heathcote 2     103   Chen Zifan 1   8th   Kyren Wilson 5 8th   Kyren Wilson 5 97   Si Jiahui 4th   5   John Higgins 5   116   Lei Peifan 2     5   John Higgins 5   44   Yuan Sijun 2 111   Soheil Vahedi 2 44   Yuan Sijun 5   28   Mark Davis 3   122   Fraser Patrick 5     122   Fraser Patrick 3   65   Fergal O'Brien 5 56   Liam Highfield 4th 65   Fergal O'Brien 5   12   David Gilbert 2   74   Jordan Brown 5     74   Jordan Brown 1   58   Robbie Williams 5 58   Robbie Williams 5 33   Matthew Stevens 3   21st   Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5   86   Chen Feilong 3     21st   Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5   66   Luo Honghao 4th 66   Luo Honghao 5 48   Anthony Hamilton 4th   A.   Ross Muir 2   41   Kurt Maflin 5     41   Kurt Maflin 0   20th   Graeme Dott 5 20th   Graeme Dott 5 87   Thor Chuan Leong 1   35   Liang Wenbo 5   45   Chris Wakelin 1     35   Liang Wenbo 5   13   Stuart Bingham 4th 13   Stuart Bingham 5 112   Duane Jones 1   94   Adam Stefanów 1   43   Li Hang 5     43   Li Hang 4th   29   Lü Haotian 5 29   Lü Haotian 5 105   Igor Figueiredo 3   117   Gerard Greene 5   109   Brandon Sargeant 4th     117   Gerard Greene 3   4th   Neil Robertson 5 4th   Neil Robertson 5 77   Nigel Bond 2

First round best of 9 frames Second round best of 9 frames                   3   Mark Williams 5   71   Craig Steadman 4th     3   Mark Williams 5   95   Eden Sharav 0 95   Eden Sharav 5 76   John Astley 4th   30th   Zhou Yuelong 5   110   Bai Langning 4th     30th   Zhou Yuelong 5   93   David Grace 2 93   David Grace 5 121   Alex Borg 2   14th   Jack Lisowski 5   37   Hossein Vafaei 4th     14th   Jack Lisowski 4th   99   Jackson Page 5 106   Jamie O'Neill 4th 99   Jackson Page 5   19th   Yan Bingtao 5   73   Sam Baird 2     19th   Yan Bingtao 5   120   Andy Hicks 1 89   Jamie Clarke 4th 120   Andy Hicks 5   115   David Lilley 5   113   Simon Lichtenberg 4th     115   David Lilley 5   22nd   Ryan Day 0 22nd   Ryan Day 5 A.   Paul Davison 1   67   Joe O'Connor 3   78   Lee Walker 5     67   Joe O'Connor 1   11   Barry Hawkins 5 11   Barry Hawkins 5 A.   Ross Bulman 4th   A.   Florian Nuessle 4th   68   Jak Jones 5     68   Jak Jones 5   27   Matthew Selt 2 27   Matthew Selt 5 69   Mike Dunn 0   118   Jimmy White 5   83   Hammad Miah 4th     118   Jimmy White 2   6th   Mark Selby 5 6th   Mark Selby 5 64   Ken Doherty 4th   7th   Mark Allen 5   42   Mark King 2     7th   Mark Allen 0   54   Lu Ning 5 54   Lu Ning 5 79   Oliver Lines 3   26th   Ricky Walden 3   53   Marco Fu 5     53   Marco Fu 5   38   Ben Woollaston 0 88   Fan Zhengyi 2 38   Ben Woollaston 5   10   Shaun Murphy 5   81   Ashley Carty 2     10   Shaun Murphy 2   75   Alfie Burden 5 92   Kishan Hirani 0 75   Alfie Burden 5   23   Xiao Guodong 5   100   Andy Lee 3     23   Xiao Guodong 5   A.   Lukas Kleckers 2 102   Xu Si 1 A.   Lukas Kleckers 5   108   Kacper Filipiak 5   60   Mark Joyce 3     108   Kacper Filipiak 1   18th   Gary Wilson 5 18th   Gary Wilson 5 104   Barry Pinches 3   36   Luca Brecel 5   47   Michael Georgiou 4th     36   Luca Brecel 5   57   Martin Gould 2 15th   Stephen Maguire 3 57   Martin Gould 5   55   Michael White 5   80   Harvey Chandler 0     55   Michael White 5   107   Rod Lawler 1 31   Noppon Saengkham 3 107   Rod Lawler 5   40   Zhao Xintong 5   62   Sam Craigie 0     40   Zhao Xintong 5   82   Ian Burns 2 2   Judd Trump 3 82   Ian Burns 5

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2019/20 season)

Century breaks

Main round

13 players get a total of 27 Centurys in the course of the main round.

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 146, 124 Mark Selby 136 Ding Junhui 131 Michael Holt 130 Neil Robertson 128, 115, 110, 109, 107, 104, 100 Xiao Guodong 121 Zhou Yuelong 113 (2 ×), 100

Scott Donaldson 109 Gary Wilson 106, 105 (2 ×), 104, 102 Graeme Dott 104 Barry Hawkins 102, 100 Marco Fu 102 Liang Wenbo 102

qualification

41 players achieved a total of 67 century breaks in the two qualifying rounds .

Michael Georgiou 142 Jordan Brown 140 Yan Bingtao 137, 116, 105, 102 (2 ×) Scott Donaldson 135, 108, 105 Barry Hawkins 135 David Grace 135 Liang Wenbo 134, 132, 121, 102 Alfie Burden 134 Chang Bingyu 134 Luo Honghao 131, 129 Zhou Yuelong 130, 116 Lü Haotian 128, 100 Jak Jones 127, 126, 105 Martin Gould 125 Luca Brecel 124, 113 Jack Lisowski 123, 100 Xiao Guodong 120, 112 Mitchell Mann 120 Michael White 119 Stuart Bingham 119 Joe Perry 117, 102

Neil Robertson 115, 103, 100 Jimmy Robertson 115 Ryan Day 114 (2 ×) Robbie Williams 113, 100 Tom Ford 113 Gary Wilson 112 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 112 Fergal O'Brien 109, 107 Tian Pengfei 109 Lukas Kleckers 108 Craig Steadman 106 Dominic Dale 106 Ding Junhui 105, 104, 102 Daniel Wells 104, 101 Mark King 104 David Lilley 102 Mei Xiwen 102 Li Hang 101 Stephen Maguire 100 Chen Zifan 100

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} BetVictor European Masters. In: wst.tv. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , May 10, 2019, accessed December 15, 2019 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b} 2019-2020 Season Summary. (PDF; 144 kB) In: wst.tv. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , September 19, 2019, accessed September 27, 2019 .  
3. ↑ BetVictor European Masters 2020 Qualifiers. (PDF; 256 kB) In: wst.tv. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , December 9, 2019, accessed December 15, 2019 .  
4. ↑ BetVictor European Masters (2020). In: snooker.org. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .  
5. ↑ BetVictor European Masters 2020 - Centuries. In: worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , accessed January 26, 2020 .  
6. ↑ BetVictor European Masters 2020 Qualifiers - Centuries. In: worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , accessed February 2, 2020 .