2009 Masters (snooker)

The 2009 Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 18 January 2009 at the Wembley Arena in London, England.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 4th Masters title by beating defending champion Mark Selby 10–8 in the final.

The quarter-final match between Stephen Maguire and Neil Robertson featured 5 consecutive century breaks between the two players: 3 from Maguire and 2 from Robertson. This is a joint record for a professional match and a standalone record for a best-of-11 frame match.

Field
Defending champion Mark Selby was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 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, Judd Trump (ranked 41), and wild-card selection Ricky Walden (ranked 35). Mark Allen, Judd Trump and Ricky Walden were making their debuts in the Masters.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Qualifying stage

 * Winner: £2,000
 * Runner-up: £680
 * Semi-final: £250
 * Quarter-final: £105
 * Total: £1,600

Television stage

 * Winner: £150,000
 * Runner-up: £75,000
 * Semi-final: £32,000
 * Quarter-final: £16,000
 * Last 16: £14,000
 * Last 18 (wild-cards): £3,500


 * Highest break: £10,000
 * Maximum break: £25,000
 * Total: £482,000

Wild-card round
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds.

Qualifying
The 2008 Masters Qualifying Event was held between 21 and 26 November 2008 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The winner was awarded with a wild-card to the 2009 Masters.

Televised stage centuries
Total: 31


 * 140, 127, 100 – John Higgins
 * 136, 128, 118, 115, 110, 102, 101, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 130, 124 – Ali Carter
 * 128, 114, 113, 105 – Stephen Maguire
 * 123 – Judd Trump
 * 122, 100 – Neil Robertson


 * 120, 114, 104, 102, 101, 100 – Mark Selby
 * 119, 104 – Mark Allen
 * 115 – Mark King
 * 106 – Graeme Dott
 * 105 – Joe Perry

Judd Trump's and Mark King's centuries were scored in the wild-card round.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 138, 129, 120 – Judd Trump
 * 136 – Ricky Walden
 * 132 – Andrew Higginson
 * 125 – Mark Joyce
 * 125 – Jin Long
 * 124, 120, 100 – Jamie Cope
 * 121 – Kuldesh Johal


 * 118 – Ian McCulloch
 * 115, 101 – Matthew Stevens
 * 114 – David Roe
 * 109 – Matthew Selt
 * 109 – Joe Swail
 * 100 – Andy Hicks