Masters 2008

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Masters 2008

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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Attendees: 18th
Venue: Wembley Arena ,
London , England
Opening: January 13, 2008
Endgame: January 20, 2008

Winner: EnglandEngland Mark Selby
Finalist: EnglandEngland Stephen Lee
Highest Break: 141 ( Mark Selby , Ken Doherty ) EnglandEngland
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The SAGA Insurance Masters 2008 was a snooker tournament that took place in London from January 13th to 20th, 2008 .

It was traditionally played among the best 16 players in the world snooker rankings . In addition, there was a qualifying tournament among the lower-seeded players, the Masters Qualifying Event , which was won by Barry Hawkins . Marco Fu also received a wildcard, so that a total of 18 participants were at the start.

In the final there was a duel between the two Englishmen Mark Selby and Stephen Lee . Selby was able to prevail with 10: 3 and won his first Masters title.

Prize money

Prize money
winner £ 150,000
finalist £ 68,000
Semi-finalist £ 34,000
Quarter finalist £ 16,000
Round of 16 £ 12,000
Wildcard round £ 2,000
Highest break £ 10,000
Maximum break £ 25,000
total £ 460,000

Wildcard round

game Result
WC1 EnglandEngland Steve Davis (15) 2: 6 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu
WC2 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day (16) 6 : 2 EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins

Final round

  Round of 16
best of 11 frames 		  Quarterfinals
Best of 11 frames 		  Semi-final
best of 11 frames 		  Final
Best of 19 frames
                                     
1 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5                  
10 ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th  
10 ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 5
  11 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 6th  
8th ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
 
11 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 6th  
11 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 6th
  5 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 5  
5 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 6th      
 
12 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 2  
5 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 6th
  4th EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 5  
4th EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 6th
 
14th EnglandEngland Allister Carter 3  
11 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 10
  13 EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 3
3 ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 5            
 
13 EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 6th  
13 EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 6th
  6th EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 1  
6th EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 6th
 
16 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4th  
13 EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 6th
  Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 2  
7th AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 5      
 
Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 6th  
Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 6th
  9 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 3  
2 ScotlandScotland John Higgins 4th
 
9 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 6th  

final

Final: Best of 19 Frames
Referee: Michaela Tabb
Wembley Arena, London, England , 20th January 2008 EnglandEngland 
Mark Selby EnglandEngland 10 : 3 EnglandEngland Stephen Lee
Afternoon games: 50: 65 , 124 : 1 (124), 88 : 0 (88), 21: 77 , 13: 61 , 76 : 16, 79 : 1 (60)
evening games: 73 : 9, 132 : 0 (132), 76 : 32, 72 : 52, 125 : 5 (125), 141 : 0 (141)
141 Highest break 41
4th Century breaks -
6th 50+ breaks -

Century Breaks

EnglandEngland Mark Selby 141, 132, 125, 124, 107, 103
IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 141, 123, 114, 10
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 135
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 120, 113
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 118
AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 118
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 112
ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 107
ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 105, 103
ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 105
EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 105
Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 104, 100

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Masters 2008 . In: snooker.org . Retrieved February 8, 2013.