2014 Masters (snooker)

2014 Dafabet Masters

Tournament information
Dates	12–19 January 2014 (2014-01-12 – 2014-01-19)
Venue	Alexandra Palace
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£600,000
Winner's share	£200,000
Highest break	Marco Fu  (HKG) (138)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)
Runner-up	Mark Selby  (ENG)
Score	10–4
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The 2014 Masters (officially the 2014 Dafabet Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 19 January 2014 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. ^[1] This was the first time that Dafabet sponsored the Masters. ^[2]

Ronnie O'Sullivan set a new record by scoring 556 unanswered points in a professional event in his 6–0 quarter-final win against Ricky Walden – winning in just 58 minutes. ^[3] The previous record-holder was Ding Junhui, who scored 495 unanswered points against Stephen Hendry at the 2007 Premier League Snooker. ^[4]

O'Sullivan set another record by reaching his tenth Masters final, surpassing the nine appearances by Hendry, ^{[5] [6]} and won his fifth Masters title by defeating defending champion Mark Selby 10–4. ^{[7] [8]} This was the third time these two players had met in a Masters final.

Field

Defending champion Mark Selby was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latest world rankings (revision 5). With O'Sullivan having a ranking of 24, Graeme Dott, ranked 16, was not invited. Robert Milkins was making his debut in the Masters.

Prize fund

The total prize money of the event was raised to £600,000 from the previous year's £500,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^[9]

• Winner: £200,000
• Runner-up: £90,000
• Semi-finals: £50,000
• Quarter-finals: £25,000
• Last 16: £12,500
• Highest break: £10,000
• Total: £600,000

Tournament 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	Mark Selby  (ENG)	6
	15	Mark Davis  (ENG)	5
						1	Mark Selby	6
						13	John Higgins	5
	8	Stuart Bingham  (ENG)	2
	13	John Higgins  (SCO)	6
											1	Mark Selby	6
											9	Shaun Murphy	1
	5	Judd Trump  (ENG)	5
	10	Marco Fu  (HKG)	6
						10	Marco Fu	4
						9	Shaun Murphy	6
	4	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	4
	9	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)	6
																1	Mark Selby	4
																2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
	3	Neil Robertson  (AUS)	6
	11	Mark Allen  (NIR)	5
						3	Neil Robertson	2
						6	Stephen Maguire	6
	6	Stephen Maguire  (SCO)	6
	16	Joe Perry  (ENG)	4
											6	Stephen Maguire	2
											2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	7	Barry Hawkins  (ENG)	5
	12	Ricky Walden  (ENG)	6
						12	Ricky Walden	0
						2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	2	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	6
	14	Robert Milkins  (ENG)	1

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Alexandra Palace, London, England, 19 January 2014 [13] [14]
Mark Selby (1)   England	4–10	Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)   England
Afternoon: 0–97 (97), 14–70 (70), 0–102 (96), 43–72, 9–84, 64–53 (O'Sullivan 53), 56–63, 37–71 Evening: 0–91 (90), 63–61, 67–27 (67), 23–60, 76–0 (67), 25–80 (72)
67	Highest break	97
0	Century breaks	0
2	50+ breaks	6

Century breaks

Total: 16 ^[15]

• 138 – Marco Fu
• 136 – Mark Davis
• 134, 129 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 132, 112 – Barry Hawkins
• 120, 101 – Judd Trump
• 117 – Shaun Murphy
• 114 – Mark Allen
• 112 – Stephen Maguire
• 109 – John Higgins
• 106 – Joe Perry
• 104 – Mark Selby
• 101 – Neil Robertson
• 100 – Ricky Walden

References

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13. "Dafabet Masters (2014)". snooker.org. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
14. "Masters: Final – Match 15 – Mark Selby v Ronnie O'Sullivan". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
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External links

• 2014 Dafabet Masters – Pictures by World Snooker at Facebook