Английская Википедия:2008 Masters (snooker)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox individual snooker tournament The 2008 Masters (officially the 2008 SAGA Insurance Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 20 January 2008 at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
Mark Selby won the tournament on his first attempt by defeating Stephen Lee 10–3 in the final. In the final frame, he tied Ken Doherty for the highest break of the tournament, recording a total clearance of 141.
This was the first time since 2003 that Ronnie O'Sullivan had failed to reach the final; the defending champion lost 5–6 to Stephen Maguire in the first round.
Facts and figures
- Ryan Day potted 15 reds and 14 blacks in his wild-card match against Barry Hawkins before attempting a long black in an attempt to achieve a 147, instead of potting a straightforward brown and getting an almost assured 144.
- Peter Ebdon also was on for a 147, but missed the last-but-one red in his quarter-final match against Stephen Lee.
- Ding Junhui won his match against John Higgins 6–4, needing a snooker in the last frame with the last 5 colours remaining.
- Mark Williams scored his first century of the season (a 118) in winning the first two frames against Ken Doherty, before losing the next six.
- Ken Doherty was 4–1 down to Shaun Murphy, but made three centuries in four frames in winning 6–5.
- Seven matches went to a deciding frame (6–5).
- Two first-round matches went to the last black: Stephen Lee's match against Graeme Dott, where he came from 5–2 down to win 5–6; and Marco Fu also won on the black in defeating Neil Robertson.
- Mark Selby won three deciding-frame matches in reaching the final, coming from 5–3 to beat both Stephen Hendry and Stephen Maguire 6–5, and he also beat Ken Doherty by the same scoreline in his semi-final.
- Michaela Tabb became the first woman to referee a Masters final. She had already refereed the Welsh Open final in 2007.
Field
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Barry Hawkins (ranked 19), and wild-card selection Marco Fu (ranked 27). Mark Selby was making his debut in the Masters.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
Qualifying stage
- Winner: £2,000
- Runner Up: £680
- Semi-final: £250
- Quarter-final: £105
- Total: £3,600
Televised stage
Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break
- Winner: £150,000
- Runner-up: £68,000
- Semi-final: £34,000
- Quarter-finalist: £16,000
- Last 16: £12,000
- Last 18 (wild-cards): £2,000
- Highest break: £10,000
- Maximum break: £25,000
- Total: £460,000
Wild-card round
In the wild-card round, the qualifier and wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:[2][3][4]
Match | Date | Score | ||
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WC1 | Monday 14 January | Шаблон:Flagathlete (15) | 2–6 | Шаблон:Flagathlete |
WC2 | Sunday 13 January | Шаблон:Flagathlete (16) | 6–2 | Шаблон:Flagathlete |
Main draw
[2][3][4] Шаблон:16TeamBracket
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Wembley Arena, London, England, 20 January 2008.[2][3] | ||
Mark Selby (11) Шаблон:ENG |
10–3 | Stephen Lee (13) Шаблон:ENG |
Afternoon: 50–65, 124–1 (124), 88–0 (88), 21–77, 13–61, 76–16, 79–1 (60), 73–9 Evening: 132–0 (132), 76–32, 72–52, 125–5 (125), 141–0 (141) | ||
141 | Highest break | 41 |
4 | Century breaks | 0 |
6 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
Qualifying
The 2007 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 7 September and 12 September 2007 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.[5] The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Barry Hawkins.
Century breaks
Main stage centuries
Total: 23[3] Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2
- 141, 132, 125, 124, 107, 103 Шаблон:Ndash Mark Selby
- 141, 123, 114, 101 Шаблон:Ndash Ken Doherty
- 135 Шаблон:Ndash Ding Junhui
- 120, 113 Шаблон:Ndash Ryan Day
- 118 Шаблон:Ndash Neil Robertson
- 118 Шаблон:Ndash Mark Williams
- 112 Шаблон:Ndash Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 107 Шаблон:Ndash Graeme Dott
- 105, 103 Шаблон:Ndash Stephen Maguire
- 105 Шаблон:Ndash Peter Ebdon
- 105 Шаблон:Ndash Stephen Hendry
- 104, 100 Шаблон:Ndash Marco Fu
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 27[5] Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2
- 140 Шаблон:Ndash Jamie Burnett
- 137, 104 Шаблон:Ndash Liu Chuang
- 136 Шаблон:Ndash Anthony Hamilton
- 135, 123, 109, 107, 103 Шаблон:Ndash Jamie Cope
- 125 Шаблон:Ndash Joe Perry
- 122, 110 Шаблон:Ndash Kurt Maflin
- 119, 113 Шаблон:Ndash Judd Trump
- 114, 105 Шаблон:Ndash Andrew Higginson
- 114 Шаблон:Ndash Jimmy White
- 110, 102 Шаблон:Ndash Mark Allen
- 110 Шаблон:Ndash Xiao Guodong
- 107, 104 Шаблон:Ndash Ricky Walden
- 107 Шаблон:Ndash Joe Delaney
- 103 Шаблон:Ndash David Gilbert
- 101 Шаблон:Ndash Andrew Norman
- 100 Шаблон:Ndash Alfie Burden
- 100 Шаблон:Ndash Nigel Bond
References
Шаблон:Masters (snooker) Шаблон:Snooker season 2007/2008