Masters 2017

Dafabet Masters 2017
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Venue:	Alexandra Palace , London , England
Opening:	15th January 2017
Endgame:	22nd January 2017
Winner:	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Finalist:	Joe Perry
Highest Break:	141 ( Marco Fu )
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Alexandra Palace in London, venue of the Masters 2017

The Masters 2017 was an invitation tournament and part of the 2016/17 season of the Snooker Main Tour . For the sixth time it took place in Alexandra Palace in London .

The winner was the Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan , who thus defended his title and with his seventh win became the record winner of the tournament. O'Sullivan dedicated his victory to Paul Hunter , who died in 2006 and whose name the Masters Cup has been bearing since that tournament.

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 15th, by the top-seeded defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan .

Round of 16 best of 11 frames

Quarterfinals Best of 11 frames

Semi-final best of 11 frames

Final Best of 19 frames

1

Ronnie O'Sullivan

6th

12

Liang Wenbo

5

1

Ronnie O'Sullivan

6th

8th

Neil Robertson

3

8th

Neil Robertson

6th

13

Allister Carter

3

1

Ronnie O'Sullivan

6th

14th

Marco Fu

4th

5

Judd Trump

5

14th

Marco Fu

6th

14th

Marco Fu

6th

10

Mark Allen

2

4th

John Higgins

5

10

Mark Allen

6th

1

Ronnie O'Sullivan

10

9

Joe Perry

7th

3

Stuart Bingham

1

9

Joe Perry

6th

9

Joe Perry

6th

6th

Ding Junhui

1

6th

Ding Junhui

6th

16

Kyren Wilson

3

9

Joe Perry

6th

11

Barry Hawkins

5

7th

Shaun Murphy

1

11

Barry Hawkins

6th

11

Barry Hawkins

6th

2

Mark Selby

3

2

Mark Selby

6th

15th

Mark Williams

5

final

Final: Best of 19 Frames Referee: Paul Collier Alexandra Palace ,  London , England , 22nd January 2017
Ronnie O'Sullivan	10 : 7	Joe Perry
Afternoon games: 24: 79 (72), 16: 101 (53), 86 : 27 (58), 31: 90 (74), 0: 115 (115), 67 : 40, 61 : 21, 81 : 23 (55 ) Evening games: 51 : 14, 124 : 4 (56, 68), 67 : 12, 108 : 15 (85), 1: 117 (117), 1: 92 (92), 130 : 0 (112), 1: 106 (53), 56 : 39
112	Highest break	117
1	Century breaks	2
6th	50+ breaks	7th

Century Breaks

A total of 26 breaks of 100 or more points were achieved.

Marco Fu 141 , 140, 130, 110 (2 ×), 102 Mark Selby 139, 109, 101 Stuart Bingham 132 Joe Perry 127, 117, 116, 115, 107 Ronnie O'Sullivan 122, 121, 112 Ding Junhui 120

Neil Robertson 117 Judd Trump 112, 102 John Higgins 111 Liang Wenbo 109 Kyren Wilson 106 Mark Allen 104

swell

1. ↑ Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Joe Perry to win record seventh Masters title in: The Guardian , January 22, 2017, accessed January 23, 2017
2. ↑ O'Sullivan To Face Liang In Masters. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , December 4, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016 .  
3. ↑ Dafabet Masters (2017). Snooker.org, accessed January 22, 2017 .  
4. ↑ The Dafabet Masters 2017 - Centuries. (No longer available online.) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , archived from the original on January 16, 2017 ; accessed on January 22, 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.