Masters 2018

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Dafabet Masters 2018

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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Venue: Alexandra Palace ,
London , England
Opening: January 14, 2018
Endgame: January 21, 2018

Winner: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen
Finalist: EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson
Highest Break: 139 ( Liang Wenbo ) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
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Alexandra Palace in London, venue of the Masters 2018

The Masters 2018 was an invitation tournament and part of the 2017/18 season of the Snooker Main Tour . It took place for the seventh time at Alexandra Palace in London from January 14-21, 2018 . The defending champion was Ronnie O'Sullivan , who was therefore number one, even though he was second in the current world rankings.

The winner was Mark Allen , who defeated Kyren Wilson 10: 7 in the final.

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 will play for the Masters title for eight days. The tournament was opened on Sunday, January 14th, by world number one Mark Selby . Due to the suspension of Stuart Bingham, Liang Wenbo, who was placed 17th, moved up.

  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 6th                  
9 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 0  
1 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 1
  8th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 6th  
8th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 6th
 
11 BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 3  
8th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 6th
  5 ScotlandScotland John Higgins 3  
5 ScotlandScotland John Higgins 6th      
 
15th ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 4th  
5 ScotlandScotland John Higgins 6th
  16 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 1  
4th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 4th
 
16 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 6th  
8th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 10
  14th EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 7th
3 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th            
 
17th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 4th  
3 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th
  6th EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 4th  
6th EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 6th
 
13 EnglandEngland Allister Carter 4th  
3 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 5
  14th EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 6th  
7th EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 4th      
 
14th EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 6th  
14th EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 6th
  10 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 1  
2 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 5
 
10 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 6th  

final

Final: Best of 19 Frames
Referee: Olivier Marteel Alexandra Palace ,  London , England , January 21, 2018 BelgiumBelgium
Mark Allen Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 10 : 7 EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson
Afternoon games: 39: 80 (65), 82 : 22 (62), 50: 63 (52), 58 : 49, 58 : 7, 6: 86 (86), 1: 105 (89), 75 : 52 (KW 52)
Evening games: 65 : 43, 23: 92 (84), 79 : 0 (73), 119 : 0 (119), 84 : 1 (50), 0: 98 (73), 49: 73 , 69 : 2 (69), 72 : 0 (71)
119 Highest break 89
1 Century breaks -
6th 50+ breaks 7th

Century Breaks

In the course of the tournament 28 Centuries were played. John Higgins scored the 700th break of 100 or more points in his career in the semifinals. This makes him the third player in snooker history to reach this mark .

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 139 , 116
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 135, 120, 119, 115
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 135
EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 131, 120
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 131, 127, 113
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 125, 115, 105
ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 122
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 121, 120, 112
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 119
EnglandEngland Judd Trump 113, 111
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 111, 100
EnglandEngland Ali Carter 110
EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 109, 107, 106

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  1. ↑ World Rankings. (PDF; 277 kB) After 2017 Dafabet Scottish Open. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , December 18, 2017, accessed December 19, 2017 .
  2. ↑ O'Sullivan To Face Fu In Masters. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , December 10, 2017, accessed December 11, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Dafabet Masters (2018). Snooker.org, accessed January 21, 2018 .
  4. ↑ The Dafabet Masters 2018 - Centuries. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , archived from the original on April 5, 2018 ; accessed on January 21, 2018 .