2007 Masters (snooker)

2007 SAGA Insurance Masters
Tournament information
Dates	14–21 January 2007
Venue	Wembley Arena
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£130,000
Highest break	Ding Junhui (CHN) (147)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Ding Junhui (CHN)
Score	10–3
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Last updated September 14, 2023

The 2007 Masters (officially the 2007 SAGA Insurance Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 14 to 21 January 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament. In a slight change for 2007, there were 19 competitors, as opposed to 18 up until 2006. The top 16 seeds for ranking events were automatically invited, while the other players entered a qualifying tournament for the right to one of three wild-card places. The two remaining places were granted by the game's governing body at their discretion to Jimmy White and Ding Junhui. Stuart Bingham won the qualifying tournament.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his third Masters title by defeating Ding Junhui 10–3 in the final. With a noticeably partisan crowd, a visibly upset Ding went to shake O'Sullivan's hand after the latter won the 12th frame to go 9–3 in front, apparently believing that the match was over. The two walked arm-in-arm out of the arena. After O'Sullivan clinched the match in the following frame, it later transpired that Ding had indeed believed the match was best-of-17 frames.

Field

Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Graeme Dott seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 14, 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Stuart Bingham (ranked 24), and two wild-card selections, Ding Junhui (ranked 27) and Jimmy White (ranked 34). This was the only time that there were three matches in the wild-card round. Barry Hawkins 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

Winner: £130,000
Runner-up: £62,000
Semi-final: £32,000
Quarter-final: £16,000
Last 16: £12,000
Last 18 (seeded): £12,000
Last 18 (wild-cards): £2,000

Highest break: £10,000
Maximum break: £25,000

Wild-card round

In the preliminary "wild-card round", the three wild-card players were drawn against the players seeded 14th, 15th and 16th:^[2]^[3]^[4] During the course of his match against Anthony Hamilton, Ding Junhui became the 28th and youngest ever player to score a maximum 147 break on live television. Aged 19 years and 288 days, he broke the previous record set by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1997 who was then 21 years and 137 days old. This was also just the second maximum in the history of the Masters.^[5]

Match	Date		Score
WC1	Sunday 14 January	Matthew Stevens (WAL) (14)	6–1	Jimmy White (ENG)
WC2	Sunday 14 January	Ali Carter (ENG) (15)	6–5	Stuart Bingham (ENG)
WC3	Sunday 14 January	Anthony Hamilton (ENG) (16)	3–6	Ding Junhui (CHN)

Main draw

^[2]^[3]^[4]

Last 16 Best of 11 frames			Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames			Semi-finals Best of 11 frames			Final Best of 19 frames

1	John Higgins (SCO)	5

9	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	6
			9	Stephen Maguire	6

			13	Neil Robertson	2
8	Mark Williams (WAL)	0

13	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6
						9	Stephen Maguire	4

						5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
5	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	6

15	Ali Carter (ENG)	1
			5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6

			4	Ken Doherty	5
4	Ken Doherty (IRL)	6

12	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	3
									5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10

										Ding Junhui	3
3	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	6

14	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	5
			3	Stephen Hendry	6

			6	Shaun Murphy	3
6	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6

11	Steve Davis (ENG)	3
						3	Stephen Hendry	2

							Ding Junhui	6
7	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	3

	Ding Junhui (CHN)	6
				Ding Junhui	6

			10	Stephen Lee	2
2	Graeme Dott (SCO)	2

10	Stephen Lee (ENG)	6

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Wembley Arena, London, England, 21 January 2007.^[2]^[3]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) England	10–3	Ding Junhui China
Afternoon: 1–77 (77), 16–109 (109), 62–1 (55), 99–22 (99), 128–0 (128), 101–37 (101), 64–72 (O'Sullivan 58), 116–4 (116) Evening:96–0 (96), 66–65 (66, 65), 143–11 (143), 97–0, 121–12 (74)
143	Highest break	109
4	Century breaks	1
10	50+ breaks	3

Qualifying

The 2006 Masters Qualifying Event were held between 4 and 9 November 2006 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England. The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Stuart Bingham.^[6]

Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 9 frames		Last 16 Best of 9 frames		Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals Best of 9 frames		Final Best of 11 frames

Ryan Day

Bye
		Ryan Day	5

		Matthew Couch	2
Matthew Couch	4

Liu Song	2
				Ryan Day	5

				Gerard Greene	3
Gerard Greene	4

James Leadbetter	2
		Gerard Greene	5

		Dene O'Kane	4
Lee Spick	3

Dene O'Kane	4
						Ryan Day	2

						David Gray	5
Barry Pinches	4

Mohammed Shehab	3
		Barry Pinches	5

		Jamie Burnett	4
Jamie Burnett	4

David Morris	3
				Barry Pinches	2

				David Gray	5
David Gray

Bye
		David Gray	5

		Judd Trump	4
Judd Trump	4

Andrew Higginson	2
								David Gray	2

								Stuart Bingham	5
Stuart Bingham

Bye
		Stuart Bingham	5

		Paul Davison	1
Jamie Cope	w/d

Paul Davison	w/o
				Stuart Bingham	5

				Mark King	1
Mark King

Bye
		Mark King	5

		Mark Allen	4
Mark Allen	4

Robert Stephen	1
						Stuart Bingham	5

						Michael Holt	3
Ricky Walden	4

Tian Pengfei	1
		Ricky Walden	5

		Alex Borg	3
David Roe	0

Alex Borg	4
				Ricky Walden	1

				Michael Holt	5
Michael Holt

Bye
		Michael Holt	5

		Chris Norbury	0
Chris Norbury	4

Patrick Einsle	1
										Stuart Bingham	6

										Mark Selby	2
Nigel Bond

Bye
		Nigel Bond	5

		Mark Joyce	3
Marcus Campbell	3

Mark Joyce	4
				Nigel Bond	2

				Joe Swail	5
Joe Swail

Bye
		Joe Swail	5

		Tom Ford	1
Tom Ford	w/o

Alfie Burden	w/d
						Joe Swail	0

						Mark Selby	5
Mark Selby

Bye
		Mark Selby	5

		Ben Woollaston	3
Robin Hull	1

Ben Woollaston	4
				Mark Selby	5

				Ian McCulloch	3
Ian McCulloch

Bye
		Ian McCulloch	5

		Passakorn Suwannawat	0
Joe Jogia	1

Passakorn Suwannawat	4
								Mark Selby	5

								Marco Fu	2
Marco Fu

Bye
		Marco Fu	5

		Paul Davies	0
Paul Davies	4

Jamie Jones	0
				Marco Fu	5

				Issara Kachaiwong	0
Michael Judge	2

Issara Kachaiwong	4
		Issara Kachaiwong	5

		Jeff Cundy	4
Jimmy Michie	2

Jeff Cundy	4
						Marco Fu	5

						Liang Wenbo	4
Dave Harold	4

Sean Storey	1
		Dave Harold	3

		Andrew Norman	5
Andrew Norman	4

Lee Page	0
				Andrew Norman	2

				Liang Wenbo	5
Joe Perry

Bye
		Joe Perry	3

		Liang Wenbo	5
Fergal O'Brien	1

Liang Wenbo	4

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

Total: 26^[3]

147, 128, 109, 108, 105, 105, 104 – Ding Junhui
143, 130, 128, 117, 116, 115, 106, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
129 – Stephen Hendry
127 – Ken Doherty
126, 102 – Neil Robertson

116 – Stephen Maguire
105, 103, 103 – Matthew Stevens
103 – Anthony Hamilton
103 – Ali Carter
100 – Stephen Lee

Qualifying stage centuries

^[6]

137, 124, 103 – Marco Fu
137 – Michael Holt
131 – Dene O'Kane
129, 112 – Barry Pinches
127, 123, 121, 116, 114, 106 – Mark Selby
118, 110, 104, 102 – Stuart Bingham
118 – Mark King

116 – Joe Perry
105, 104 – David Gray
104 – Jeff Cundy
104 – Judd Trump
103 – Liang Wenbo
102 – Michael Judge
100 – Ian McCulloch

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Tournament information

Dates	14–21 January 2007 (2007-01-14 – 2007-01-21)
Venue	Wembley Arena
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£130,000
Highest break	Ding Junhui (CHN) (147)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Ding Junhui (CHN)
Score	10–3
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