Masters 2016

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Dafabet Masters 2016

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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Venue: Alexandra Palace ,
London , England
Opening: January 10, 2016
Endgame: 17th January 2016

Winner: EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Highest Break: 140 ( Judd Trump ) EnglandEngland
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Alexandra Palace in London, venue of the 2016 Masters

The Masters 2016 was an invitation tournament and part of the 2015/16 season of the Snooker Main Tour . For the fifth time it took place at Alexandra Palace in London .

The defending champion was the Englishman Shaun Murphy , who already lost the opening match against Mark Allen 4-6. The winner was Ronnie O'Sullivan with a 10-1 win over Barry Hawkins . It was the biggest win in a best-of-19 final at the tournament. For O'Sullivan it was the sixth Masters title, drawing level with record winner Stephen Hendry .

Prize money

The prize money remained unchanged compared to the previous year.

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

The 16 top players in the world rankings played for the Masters title for eight days. The tournament was opened on Sunday, January 10th by the top-seeded defending champion Shaun Murphy . The second game of the day was played by number 2 seeded World Champion Stuart Bingham .

  Round of 16 (Best of 11 Frames)
10. – 13. January 		  Quarterfinals (Best of 11 Frames)
14./15. January 		  Semi-finals (best of 11 frames)
January 16 		  Finale (Best of 19 Frames)
January 17th
                                     
1 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 4th                  
11 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 6th  
11 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 2
  8th EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 6th  
8th EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 6th
 
10 EnglandEngland Joe Perry 3  
8th EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 6th
  5 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 4th  
5 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th      
 
16 ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 4th  
5 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th
  4th AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 5  
4th AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 6th
 
14th Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 0  
8th EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 1
  6th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
3 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 6th            
 
12 EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 0  
3 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 3
  6th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th  
6th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th
 
13 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5  
6th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th
  2 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 3  
7th ScotlandScotland John Higgins 6th      
 
15th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 4th  
7th ScotlandScotland John Higgins 3
  2 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 6th  
2 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 6th
 
9 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 4th  

final

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

Century Breaks

EnglandEngland Judd Trump 140, 129, 105, 104, 103
AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 139, 106, 100
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 137, 109, 104
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 136, 121, 117, 104, 100
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 133, 120, 119, 104
EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 130, 128, 100
EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 120
EnglandEngland Mark Selby 113
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 100

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  1. ↑ O'Sullivan To Face Williams In Masters. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , December 6, 2015, accessed December 7, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b Dafabet Masters (2016). Snooker.org, accessed December 7, 2015 .