Hong Kong Masters 2017
Hong Kong Masters 2017
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Attendees: | 8th |
| Venue: |
Queen Elizabeth Stadium , Hong Kong |
| Opening: | 20th July 2017 |
| Endgame: | 23rd July 2017
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| Winner: |
 Neil Robertson
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| Finalist: |
 Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| Highest Break: | 143 ( Ronnie O'Sullivan )
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← 1988
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The Hong Kong Masters 2017 was a snooker -Einladungsturnier in the season 2017/18 , the 23rd from 20th to July at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong was held. The tournament was held once on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region after it was handed over to the People's Republic of China . From 1983 to 1991 there were already professional tournaments in what was then the British Crown Colony, for six years under the name Hong Kong Masters .
The winner was Australian Neil Robertson , who beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 6: 3 in the final .
In addition to the main tournament, there were also exhibition matches between Hong Kong's two-time women's world champion Ng On Yee , seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White .
Prize money
The tournament was played for a total of £ 315,000 in prize money .
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 100,000 |
| finalist | £ 45,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 35,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 22,500 |
| All in all | £ 315,000 |
Attendees
Seven of the eight top players in the world rankings were invited (except for Ding Junhui ):
- Mark Selby , reigning world champion and world number one
- John Higgins , world number two, four times world champion
- Judd Trump , third in the world rankings, 2017 Players Championship winner
- Barry Hawkins , world number five, winner of the 2017 World Grand Prix
- Marco Fu , world number six, best Hong Kong snooker professional
- Neil Robertson , world number seven, ex-world champion
- Shaun Murphy , world number eight, ex-world champion
- Ronnie O'Sullivan , five-time world champion
Tournament schedule
Quarter, semi-finals and finals were played on four days in best-of-9 and best-of-11 mode.
There were big twists and turns in two games in the quarter-finals. Barry Hawkins took the lead 3-1 against the Hong Kong-born Marco Fu , but then lost 4 frames in a row and with it the match. Ronnie O'Sullivan missed a 2-0 lead and fell 4-2 to John Higgins . The Scot could not complete it and O'Sullivan turned the match to a 5-4 success. World champion Mark Selby lost 3: 5 to Neil Robertson after his injury break in his first appearance of the season and could only keep up to 3: 3. The Australian played five breaks of more than 50 points. The least contested win came from Judd Trump , who quickly took a 3-0 lead against Shaun Murphy with high breaks. At 4: 3, his compatriot came close to him again before Trump finished with a 92 break to 5: 3.
In the first semi-final, Marco Fu was the first to have an advantage. It was not until 4: 3 that Neil Robertson took the lead for the first time with a break of exactly 100 points. Fu couldn't counter the following 5: 3 and the Australian moved into the final 6: 4. O'Sullivan's semi-final was a reflection of his opening game. Again he quickly took the lead and was even 3-0 ahead, then Judd Trump turned the result to 4: 3. It came back to the decision frame and in a very close game, the veteran won with five points.
| Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames |
Semi-final best of 11 frames |
Final Best of 11 frames |
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| Mark Selby
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3 | ||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson
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5 | ||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson
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6th | ||||||||||||
 Marco Fu
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins
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3 | ||||||||||||
| Marco Fu
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5 | ||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson
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6th | ||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
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3 | ||||||||||||
| Judd Trump
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5 | ||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy
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3 | ||||||||||||
| Judd Trump
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5 | ||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
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6th | ||||||||||||
 John Higgins
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
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5 | ||||||||||||
Final statistics
In the final, the lead between the two players first switched back and forth. Frame 4 was typical, in which both scored breaks of 67 points and the respotted black had to decide. At 4: 3, Neil Robertson managed to win the frame by just one point. After that he got the next two frames with two high breaks without Ronnie O'Sullivan being able to achieve much. Even if he didn't succeed in a century, the Australian convinced with many high breaks, as in the whole tournament. O'Sullivan managed the highest break of the tournament in frame 5, but it was not enough for the entire game.
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Final: Best of 11 Frames Referee: John Fung Queen Elizabeth Stadium , Wan Chai , Hong Kong , July 23, 2017 |
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Neil Robertson
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6 : 3 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| 48: 75 , 81 : 0 (73), 133 : 0 (80, 53), 67: 74 (67, 67), 0: 143 (143), 64 : 40, 55 : 54, 80 : 4 (68) , 82 : 8 (82) | ||
| 82 | Highest break | 143 |
| - | Century breaks | 1 |
| 6th | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Century breaks
None of the four losers in the quarter-finals managed to break 100 or more points. The four semi-finalists shared the 9 Centurys, the highest break with 143 points was followed by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan
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143, 128, 126 |
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Judd Trump
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136, 100 |
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Marco Fu
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132, 103 |
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Neil Robertson
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108, 100 |
swell
- ↑ a b Hong Kong To Host Top Stars. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 7, 2017, accessed June 24, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d Hong Kong Masters Draw And Ticket Details. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 19, 2017, accessed June 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Hong Kong Masters (2017). Snooker.org, accessed July 23, 2017 .
- ^ Centuries. (No longer available online.) Worldsnooker.com, archived from the original on July 17, 2017 ; accessed on July 23, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Official website of the tournament (English / Chinese)