2012 Masters (snooker)

2012 BGC Masters

Tournament information
Dates	15–22 January 2012 (2012-01-15 – 2012-01-22)
Venue	Alexandra Palace
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£500,000
Winner's share	£150,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG) (141)
Final
Champion	Neil Robertson  (AUS)
Runner-up	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)
Score	10–6
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The 2012 Masters (officially the 2012 BGC Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 15 and 22 January 2012 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. ^[1] This was the first time that Stephen Hendry didn't participate at the Masters since his début in 1989, ^{[2] [3]} and the first time that BGC Partners sponsored the event. ^[4]

Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round 4–6 against Ronnie O'Sullivan. ^[5] Ronnie O'Sullivan made the highest break of the tournament in the second round against Judd Trump, making a 141.

Neil Robertson won his first Masters title by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–6 in the final. ^[6] This was Robertson's 10th professional title and his second Triple Crown title after winning the 2010 World Snooker Championship.

Field

Defending champion Ding Junhui was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latest world rankings (revision 2). Martin Gould was making his debut in the Masters.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^[7]

• Winner: £150,000
• Runner-up: £75,000
• Semi-finals: £30,000
• Quarter-finals: £20,000
• Last 16: £15,000
• Highest break: £15,000
• Total: £500,000

Main draw

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	Last 16 Best of 11 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	4
	14	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	6
						14	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2
						8	Judd Trump	6
	8	Judd Trump  (ENG)	6
	11	Stuart Bingham  (ENG)	3
											8	Judd Trump	3
											5	Neil Robertson	6
	5	Neil Robertson  (AUS)	6
	12	Mark Allen  (NIR)	3
						5	Neil Robertson	6
						4	Mark Williams	4
	4	Mark Williams  (WAL)	6
	9	Stephen Maguire  (SCO)	4
																5	Neil Robertson	10
																6	Shaun Murphy	6
	3	Mark Selby  (ENG)	6
	13	Stephen Lee  (ENG)	4
						3	Mark Selby	2
						6	Shaun Murphy	6
	6	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)	6
	16	Martin Gould  (ENG)	2
											6	Shaun Murphy	6
											2	John Higgins	4
	7	Ali Carter  (ENG)	3
	10	Graeme Dott  (SCO)	6
						10	Graeme Dott	3
						2	John Higgins	6
	2	John Higgins  (SCO)	6
	15	Matthew Stevens  (WAL)	2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore Alexandra Palace, London, England, 22 January 2012 [9]
Neil Robertson (5)   Australia	10–6	Shaun Murphy (6)   England
Afternoon:61–57, 30–93 (65), 7–116 (102), 120–6 (103), 74–37, 25–60 (53), 72–0 (72), 72–48 (60) Evening: 21–79, 101–32 (101), 57–14, 80–9 (76), 76–23 (76), 0–85 (52), 0–86 (86), 109–0 (70)
103	Highest break	102
2	Century breaks	1
7	50+ breaks	5

Century breaks

Total: 21 ^[11]

• 141, 125 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 140, 121, 107 – Judd Trump
• 139, 122, 107, 102, 101, 100 – Shaun Murphy
• 124 – Mark Allen
• 119, 103, 101, 100, 100 – Neil Robertson
• 112, 110 – Mark Selby
• 109 – John Higgins
• 100 – Stephen Lee

References

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5. "Rocket Finds Extra Gear To Beat Ding". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved 16 January 2012.
6. "Masters snooker: Neil Robertson captures first title". BBC Sport . Retrieved 22 January 2012.
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