Masters (snooker)
![]() | |
Tournament information | |
---|---|
Venue | Alexandra Palace (since 2012) |
Location | London |
Kintra | England |
Established | 1975 |
Organisation(s) | Warld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |
Format | Non-rankin event |
Tot prize fund | £600,000[1] |
Recent edeetion | 2020 |
Current champion(s) | ![]() |
The Masters i a professional invitational snooker toornament. Held every year syne 1975, it i the seicont-langest runnin tournament behind the Warld Championship. It is ane o the Triple Crown events, an awtho nae a rankin event, it i regartit as ane o the maist prestigious toornaments on the circuit. The reignin champion is Stuart Bingham.
Format[eedit | eedit soorce]
The format hae been largely unchanged syne 1984 an the toornament generally involves the leadin 16 players in the warld rankins. Frae 1990 tae 2010 thare wae a wild-card roond.
The defendin champion is seedit 1 while th current Warld Champion is seedit 2 (assuming that it is a different player). The remainin places are then allocated tae the tap players in the warld rankins, seedit in order o thae rankins. Syne the defendin champion an current Warld Champion are normally ranked in the tap 16, the field generally consists o the tap 16 ranked players. The exceptions hae been:
- In 2006 Warld Champion Shaun Murphy wis ranked 21 sae that Ian McCulloch, ranked 16, wae nae automatically invited. McCulloch wis, houiver, the wild-card choice.
- In 2013 Stephen Lee, ranked 9, did nae play acause he wis suspended an sae Mark Davis, ranked 17, wis invitit.
- In 2014 Warld Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan wis ranked 24 sae that Graeme Dott, ranked 16, wis nae invitit.
- In 2015 Ali Carter wae seedit 13, despite bein ranked 18, acause o illness that haed stopped him frae playin for an extendit period, an sae Graeme Dott, ranked 16, wis nae invited.
- In 2018 Stuart Bingham, ranked 12, did nae play acause he wis suspended and sae Liang Wenbo, ranked 17, wis invitit.
- In 2020 Ronnie O'Sullivan, ranked 3, chose nae tae enter and sae Ali Carter, ranked 17, wis invited.
Winners[eedit | eedit soorce]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Kalb, Rolf (6 Januar 2015). "Snooker – Die Turnier-Infos zum Masters". Yahoo Eurosport. Archived frae the original on 18 Januar 2015. Retrieved 15 Januar 2015.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedcajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
- ↑ "The Masters – History". warldsnooker.com. Warld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived frae the original on 14 Februar 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ↑ "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived frae the original on 24 Januar 2013. Retrieved 20 Januar 2012.
- ↑ "Hall of Fame". Snooker.org. Archived frae the original on 27 Juin 2013. Retrieved 22 Juin 2013.
- ↑ "BGC Masters (2012)". Snooker.org. Archived frae the original on 19 Januar 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ↑ "Betfair Masters (2013)". Snooker.org. Archived frae the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ↑ "Dafabet Masters (2014)". Snooker.org. Archived frae the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 9 Apryle 2013.
- ↑ "Dafabet Masters (2015)". Snooker.org. Archived frae the original on 1 Julie 2014. Retrieved 16 Mey 2014.
- ↑ "Dafabet Masters (2016)". Snooker.org. Archived frae the original on 16 Januar 2016. Retrieved 18 Januar 2016.
- ↑ "Dafabet Masters (2017)". Snooker.org. Archived frae the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 23 Januar 2017.
- ↑ "Dafabet Masters (2018)". Snooker.org. Archived frae the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 22 Januar 2018.
- ↑ "Dafabet Masters (2019)". Snooker.org. Archived frae the original on 21 Januar 2019. Retrieved 21 Januar 2019.
- ↑ "Dafabet Masters 2020". Warld Snooker. 12–19 Januar 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2019.[deid airtin]