Masters 2015

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Dafabet Masters 2015

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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Venue: Alexandra Palace ,
London , England
Opening: January 11, 2015
Endgame: January 18, 2015

Winner: EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy
Highest Break: 147 ( Marco Fu ) Hong KongHong Kong
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The Dafabet Masters 2015 was a tournament of the Snooker Main Tour 2014/15 , which took place from January 11th to 18th, 2015 at Alexandra Palace in London .

In the round of 16, Marco Fu managed the 112th maximum break against Stuart Bingham in the fourth frame . It was the seventh 147 break of the season and the third in Fu's career.

Ronnie O'Sullivan played his 775th Century in the last frame of his round of 16 game against Ricky Walden , setting Stephen Hendry's record . In the quarterfinals he succeeded against Marco Fu the 776th and in the semifinals against Robertson the 777th Century; he is now the sole record holder in these statistics. With his victory over Fu, it was his 43rd at the Masters, he broke another record previously held by Hendry.

In the first round five of the eight seeded players were eliminated.

Defending champion was O'Sullivan, who lost 6-1 to Neil Robertson in the semifinals .

The winner was Shaun Murphy , who defeated Robertson 10: 2 in the final. Murphy was the tenth player to win the Triple Crown with this win. This was last achieved by his final opponent in 2013.

Prize money

Prize money
winner £ 200,000
finalist £ 90,000
Semi-finalist £ 50,000
Quarter finalist £ 25,000
Round of 16 £ 12,500
Highest break £ 10,000
All in all £ 600,000

Tournament schedule

  Round of 16 (best of 11 frames)
11. – 14. January 		  Quarterfinals (Best of 11 Frames)
15. – 16. January 		  Semi-finals (best of 11 frames)
January 17th 		  Finale (Best of 19 Frames)
January 18th
                                     
1 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th                  
9 EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 4th  
1 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th
  10 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 1  
8th EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 3
 
10 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 6th  
1 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 1
  4th AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 6th  
5 EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 1      
 
13 EnglandEngland Allister Carter 6th  
13 EnglandEngland Allister Carter 1
  4th AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 6th  
4th AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 6th
 
16 EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 4th  
4th AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 2
  11 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 10
3 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 3            
 
14th EnglandEngland Joe Perry 6th  
14th EnglandEngland Joe Perry 4th
  6th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 6th  
6th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 6th
 
15th ScotlandScotland John Higgins 4th  
6th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 2
  11 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 6th  
7th EnglandEngland Judd Trump 4th      
 
12 ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th  
12 ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 4th
  11 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 6th  
2 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 5
 
11 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 6th  

final

Final: Best of 19 Frames
Referee: Brendan Moore Alexandra Palace ,  London , England , 18th January 2015 EnglandEngland
Shaun Murphy EnglandEngland 10 : 2 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson
Afternoon games: 70 : 6 (64), 66 : 53, 127 : 0 (127), 77 : 24 (76), 80 : 32, 0: 80 (80), 70 0 (69), 49: 69
evening games: 57 : 55 (51 NR), 127 : 0 (127), 73 : 13, 83 : 7 (60)
127 Highest break 80
2 Century breaks -
6th 50+ breaks 2

Century Breaks

Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 147 , 103 (2 ×)
ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 137
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 132, 120, 104
EnglandEngland Allister Carter 130
AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 128, 127, 117, 100
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 127 (2 ×), 103 (2 ×), 102
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 121
EnglandEngland Mark Selby 120, 100
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 116, 101 (2 ×), 100
EnglandEngland Judd Trump 109
EnglandEngland Joe Perry 104 (2 ×)
EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 100

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fu Makes Magical Maximum . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . January 11, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ 775. Century break of his career: O'Sullivan sets Hendry's record . Spox.com . January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  3. ^ Adam Shergold: Ronnie O'Sullivan equals Stephen Hendry's record of 775 centuries as 'Rocket' defeats Ricky Walden at the Masters . Daily Mail Online . January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ Shamoon Hafez: Masters 2015: Ronnie O'Sullivan breaks Stephen Hendry's record . BBC Sports . January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ Rolf Kalb : Snooker - The tournament information about the Masters . Yahoo Eurosport . January 6, 2015. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 15, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.eurosport.yahoo.com
  6. ^ Dafabet Masters Draw And Format . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . December 7, 2014. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.
  7. ↑ Masters Provisional Format of Play (PDF; 242 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  8. ↑ a b Dafabet Masters (2015) . Snooker.org. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  9. ^ Masters - Century Breaks . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved January 15, 2015.